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International Workshop on Molten Salt and Liquid Metal Batteries (MSB 2025)

From 20th to 22nd May 2025, SOLSTICE organized the „International Workshop on Molten Salt and Liquid Metal Batteries“ (MSB 2025) in Dresden, Germany. This was the last meeting for the SOLSTICE project members and an excellent opportunity to exchange with experts from the molten salt battery community.

SOLSTICE in EMPA Quarterly

EMPA Quarterly features an article on the storage solutions developed in SOLSTICE with a focus on the contribution of EMPA and Horien, Image: EMPA. https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/salzbatterie & https://www.empa.ch/documents/d/s604/eq84_en_final_web

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.