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Project description
The GreenBattery project focuses on building the prototype of a green battery. The key idea behind the project lies in establishing a battery prototype with green (or greener) components without compromising the performance of the battery.
The project is focusing on building up the prototype of a green battery. It will be divided into sub-WPs, focusing on the anode, cathode, electrolyte and binder development. The key idea behind the project is to establish a battery prototype with green (or greener) components without compromising the battery cell performance. We will use (waste) biomass to replace fossil elements or toxic compounds in batteries. During the cell assembling specific focus is paid for the sustainability of battery cell lines, in order to fulfill the criteria of green transition in the EU level. In the project an integrated evaluation of the technological performance and economic feasibility of a biobattery to identify the most important underlying parameters for its technical and economic feasibility and compare it with the traditional Li-ion battery. The project will also assess environmental performance of biobatteries by applying life cycle assessment (LCA). LCA is an analytical tool under ISO 14040 and 14044 used to calculate environmental performance of product or service throughout its life cycle.
Publications
- Simões Dos Reis, G., Petnikota, S., Subramaniyam, C. M., Pequeno de Oliveira, H., Larsson, S., Thyrel, M., Lassi, U., & García Alvarado, F. (2023). Sustainable Biomass-Derived Carbon Electrodes for Potassium and Aluminum Batteries : Conceptualizing the Key Parameters for Improved Performance. Nanomaterials, 13(4), Article 765. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13040765
- Simoes dos Reis, G., Molaiyan, P., Subramaniyam, C. M., García-Alvarado, F., Paolella, A., Pequeno de Oliveira, H., & Lassi, U. (2023). Biomass-derived carbon–silicon composites (C@Si) as anodes for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries : A promising strategy towards long-term cycling stability : A mini review. Electrochemistry Communications, 153, Article 107536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2023.107536
- Roy, I.S., Taponen, H., Välikangas, J., Hannila, E., Lassi, U., Fabritius, T. and Sliz, R. (2024), Implementing Substrate Treatments to Enhance Adhesion and Facilitate Cyrene as an NMP Alternative for Sustainable Printed Nickel–Manganese–Cobalt-Based Battery Cathodes. Energy Technol. 2400638. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202400638
- Molaiyan, P., Bhattacharyya, S., dos Reis, G. S., Sliz, R., Paolella, A., & Lassi, U. (2024). Towards greener batteries : sustainable components and materials for next-generation batteries. Green Chemistry, 26(13), 7508-7531. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3gc05027k
- Laisné, E., Thivet, J., Manavalan, G., Petnikota, S., Mikkola, J. P., Thyrel, M., Hu, T., Lima, E. C., Naushad, M., Lassi, U., & dos Reis, G. S. Box-Behnken design for the synthesis optimization of mesoporous sulfur-doped carbon-based materials from birch waste: Promising candidates for environmental and energy storage application (2024). Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 692, Article 133899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.133899
- Rafal Sliz; Ivy Saha Roy; Palanivel Molaiyan; Juho Välikangas; Tero Jakkila; Tao Hu; Hai Harry Nguyen; Esa Hannila; Sofia Illikainen; Ulla Lassi; Tapio Fabritius, (2024) Various Solvent-Binder Compositions and their Crystalline Phase for Optimal Screen-Printing of NMC Cathodes, Batteries & Supercaps 7, 3, e202300527, https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202300527
- Lempiäinen, H., Bergna, D., Heponiemi, A., Hu, T., dos Reis, G. S., Sliz, R., & Lassi, U. (2024). Fe-based catalytic modification of a birch sawdust-based carbon structure : The effect of process parameters on the final product using an experimental design. Carbon trends, 17, Article 100428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100428
- Nguyen, Hai H.; Valikangas, Juho; Hannila, Esa; Molaiyan, Palanivel; Keski-Korsu-Piekkari, Paula; Lassi, Ulla; Fabritius, Tapio; Sliz, Rafal"Impact of Temperature Variations on the Electrochemical Performance of Batteries with Cyrene-Based, Spray-Printed NMC Cathodes," 2024 IEEE 24th International Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO), Gijon, Spain, 2024, pp. 533-538, https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-202412047045
- Palanivel Molaiyan, Buket Boz, Glaydson Simoes dos Reis, Rafal Sliz, Shuo Wang, Marco Borsari, Ulla Lassi, Andrea Paolella, Paving the path toward silicon as anode material for future solid-state batteries, eTransportation, Volume 23, 2025, 100391, ISSN 2590-1168, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.etran.2024.100391
- Sruthy, E S; Grimm, Alejandro; Paul, Menestreau; Cherian, Christie Thomas; Thyrel, Mikael; Molaiyan, Palanivel; Lassi, Ulla; Petnikota, Shaikshavali; Reis, Glaydson Simões Dos, 2025, Low-temperature Highly Graphitized Porous Biomass-based Carbon as an Efficient and Stable Electrode for Lithium-ion Batteries and Supercapacitors, Chemical engineering journal advances, 22, 100762, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceja.2025.100762
- Hegazy, Sherif; Subramaniyam, Chandrasekar M.; Abdelrahim, Ahmed; Sliz, Rafal; Hu, Tao; Tuomikoski, Sari; Lassi, Ulla; García‐Alvarado, Flaviano; Srivastava, Varsha, 2025, Optimized Carbonization of Biomass‐Derived Carbon Anodes for Stable and Long‐Cycle Sodium‐Ion Battery Performance ChemElectroChem, 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202500195
Contact persons
Tina Asplund, Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius
Yvonne Nordin, RISE Processum AB
Nebiyu Girgibo, University of Vaasa
Mikael Thyrel, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ulla Lassi, University of Oulu