Scientists from the Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) and the National Institute of Chemistry from Slovenia are looking for solutions that will improve battery performance.

The Polish-Slovenian project “Additives for high energy batteries based on divalent metal ions and organic cathode” received funding in the OPUS 22 + LAP / WEAVE competition, carried out by the National Science Center and the Slovenian Research Agency.

As part of the project, researchers from Poland and Slovenia set out to develop the potential of metal-organic batteries.

“We want to improve the properties of new generation cells, which are based on calcium and magnesium ions and an organic cathode”, explains Prof. Władysław Wieczorek from the Faculty of Chemistry, project manager.

Researchers intend to apply additives to electrolytes. They also plan to develop new high energy and capacity organic cathode materials.