Alessandra Manzini
R&I Project Manager & Business Development, PhD
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Consultant in the Energy sector. PhD in Regional Planning and Public Policies. In the last years I have specialised in Circular Design, Technology Transfer, Business Development & Modelling activities for 2BoSS project working in collaboration with scientific experts in nanotechnologies and LCA Assessment. Working at 2BoSS I have acquired knowledge on the edges of emerging markets and innovation battery technologies commercialisation especially focusing on Sulfur cathodes batteries (Li-S).
As evaluator I carry out risks, due diligence and impacts assessment of socio technical innovations to support decision making in product, programme and policy design
and development. As strategic planner I facilitate the engagement of actors in the socio-technical ecosystems (niches) for the novelties uptake towards full scale manufacture.
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2BoSS A battery technology based on silicon, sulfur, and biomass derived carbon.
2BoSS innovation is a Si-Li2S battery technology made of a cobalt free Li2S-based cathode and a graphite-dendrite free silicon-based anode which is under development within the 2BoSS project (https://2boss.eu/). Besides improving performance and safety, as well as minimizing the use of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs), a key advantage of the battery technology here proposed is the easier recycling of its raw materials. 2BoSS batteries are designed to use no metal collector and to incorporate no metal additive at the cathode, anode, and electrolyte, which will allow a more effective and economical separation of the two key raw materials: silicon and lithium.
2BoSS is validating effective lixiviation strategies to separate and regenerate the battery key elements and defining its upscaling.
Batteries are an essential component of portable devices and electric vehicles, and their rapid growth requires both to secure the availability of the used raw materials and to develop effective and economical strategies for their recycling. Lithium-ion batteries are the current dominating technology, but they have several intrinsic limitations that hinder their sustainable production, such as a moderate specific energy capacity and durability, a strong reliance on several CRMs, and the complex and costly recycling of these CRMs related to their dispersion and intermixing with other metals.
The proposed technology offers a higher energy density and theoretical capacity, use of abundant materials and increased safety compared to traditional lithium-ion batteries. 2BoSS technology solves the challenges consumers, industrial users and society at large are facing in terms of safety, reliability, environmental and social sustainability of electrification of mobility. With our battery innovation the future of EVs is in line with key customer requirements and with all the upcoming regulations, especially Critical Raw Materials Act target objectives, circularity of design and valorization of recycled materials.
Next Generation batteries adoption: a survey-based study on users and experts’ perspectives.
The survey-based study explores adoption attitudes of users and experts towards electric vehicles (EVs) and next generation batteries for achieving low carbon mobility. Two surveys were deployed inviting 50 users and 50 experts to answer questions on adoption, development, and use of next generation batteries. Surveys were conducted during the ‘first stage’ of the living lab process for circular design of 2BoSS battery (2boss.eu). 2BoSS project aims to develop and validate a Si-Li2S battery technology made of cobalt free Li2S-based cathode and a graphite-dendrite free silicon-based anode in a circular economy framework. The aim of the ‘first stage’ is to understand the ‘current state’ and setting the benchmarks together with stakeholders, users, and experts, concerning the current preferences of customers, the current problems for the commercialization especially of Sulfur Batteries and the barriers that are preventing a full transition to EVs. Results show users' sensibilities, consumers choices on EVs and get insights on their knowledge and expectations for batteries and future energy scenarios. The study dived into the energy storage emerging technologies and their potential uses, assessing advantages and disadvantages with the expert’s participants. The experts’ survey results highlighted drawbacks of current predominant Lithium-ion Batteries (LiBs) and explored opinions on the potential benefits, challenges, and prospects for sulfur batteries compared to other emerging technologies. To maximise the rigor of the study results were compared with a broader literature review studies on adoption of next-generation batteries. Concluding remarks indicate intersecting areas of the different surveyed perspectives and areas where the knowledge transfer should be improved.
Alessandra Manzini
R&I Project Manager & Business Development, PhD
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