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Take part in the LOLABAT Final Event on 9th September 2024

SOLSTICE will be present at the LOLABAT Final Event. Online participation is free and open to all interested parties: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1893ed4d-2086-4f1f-95af-59199d3881ac@76e3e3ff-fce0-45ec-a946-bc44d69a9b7e

SOLSTICE at Swiss Battery Days 2024

Sajad Rahimi’s (EMPA) presentation on a „New Electrode Formulation for High-Temperature Na-ZnCl2 Batteries“ at the Swiss Battery Days (https://swissbatterydays.empa.ch) was received with great interest.

Reusable Cell Design for High-Temperature Na-ZnCl2 batteries

Colleagues from SOLSTICE and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) reported on cell designs suitable for the neutron-radiography of high-temperature Na-ZnCl2 batteries in a recently published paper. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/ad3b78

Glass-based sealants for Na-Zn batteries

The SOLSTICE partners Politecnico di Torino and FZSoNick published a joint paper on promising glass-based sealants for Na-Zn batteries in Ceramics International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.01.367

SINTEF Lab Visit at HZDR

Catherine K. W. Solem from SINTEF visited HZDR to take part in open cell experiments designed to shed light on the processes in the anode compartment.

POLITO Visit at SINTEF

Dr. Fabiana D’Isanto and Andrea Baggio from Politecnico di Torino had this week a research visit at SINTEF in Trondheim, helping to prepare and seal an All-Liquid Battery pilot cell.

SOLSTICE Publication MDPI Batteries

SOLSTICE has published the first joint paper for work package 6 „Molten salt electrolyte“ in the journal “MDPI Batteries”. The paper entitled „AlCl3-NaCl-ZnCl2 Secondary Electrolyte in Next-Generation ZEBRA (Na-ZnCl2) Battery“ is part of the Special Issue on „High Performance Sodium Rechargeable Batteries and Beyond“. https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/9/8/401

SOLSTICE at SUPEHR23 conference

Dr. William Nash and Dr. Norbert Weber from HZDR presented the all-liquid battery research on the SUPEHR23 conference.

Book „Monetizing Energy Storage“ now available

The new book about the cost of energy storage by SOLSTICE project members Dr. Oliver Schmidt and Dr. Iain Staffell from Imperial College London is now available free of charge at https://global.oup.com/academic/product/monetizing-energy-storage-9780192888174