LITHIUM INNOVATION CENTER PROJECT

Applied R&D center for Li use in electric accumulators (Ion-Lithium batteries)

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Chile is the main Lithium productor in the world.

Companies Soquimich (SQM) and Chemetall (SCL) , product from Chilean salars, the 53% of worlwide Lithium and more 75% of Lithium used in batteries applications.

Marubeni is a world-class trader company and a global inversor in new energy entrepeneurs in electric car industry.
Energy Center of Engineer Faculty, Universidad de Chile , is the choice windows to lead this Country iniciative, using academic Chilean network(*), labs and scientifics groups to support applied science focused in some niches of solutions to expand the industrial business related to massive use of electric acumulators in electric cars and other huge scale applications

(*) Initial academic team participating of Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Chile, Universidad de Santiago and Universidad de Antofagasta

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The new energy paradigm industry

Environment of CIL creation

PETROLEUM PRICES, DECLINATION OF RESERVES, SOCIOPOLITICAL FACTORS, ENVIRONMENT CO2 PROBLEMS, ARE MARKING THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF ICE (INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE) BASE OF TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY. BATTERY USED IN ELECTRIC CARS IS A NEW INDUSTRIAL AREA WITH HUGE POTENTIAL OF GROWTH IN NEXT YEARS. POTENTIAL OF THIS INDUSTRY IS IMPREDECTIBLE IN SAME WAY INTERNET WAS AT EARLY 90`S. THE ACHILLESS HEEL OF THIS INDUSTRY IS TO RESOLVE THE CURRENTS PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED TO ION-LITHIUM BATTERY IN ORDER TO REACH THE MINIMAL INDUSTRIAL GOALS TO EXPANSION ON MARKET DEMAND. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATED WITH LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES FOR CARS WILL MOVE U.S. $ 25 BILLION BY 2014, ACCORDING TO RESEARCH FIRM FUJI-KEIZAI. THIS INDUSTRY INCLUDES THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS AND SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF THESE BATTERIES AND OF COURSE, THE SAME BATTERY MARKET. IT IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT THE NUMBER OF APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE WORLD OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, HAS GROWN OVER 200% LAST YEAR. CIL FORMATION OBJETIVES IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING OF NEW PROFESSIONALS AND SPECIALISTS, AND GENERATING VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF PRODUCING AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES IN CHILE.

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Electric Vehicles Industry Business

US 200 billion/ year in 2015

DRIVER

LIB Batteries Industry

US 25 billion/ year in 2015

The hard balance and dependence

US 1 billion/ year in 2015

Lithium Industry

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The new energy paradigm industry

URGENCE REQUEST OF DRIVERS (EV VENDORS )!!

Main commercial problems to be resolved of LithiumBatteries for electric vehicles applications in next 5 years
Prices should be reduced from around US$ 300/kWh 1.000 /kWh to less US$

Pack size should reach about 40 kWh (double currently) to expand range from 160 kms to 350 kms Energy Density (Wh/kg) and Energy Volume (Wh/l) should be increase two times in order to support new size in current EV. Recharge time in a Quick Charge equipment should be less of 15 minutes, considering new size requeriments. That mean battery should support over 400 amperes in charge process. Cycle Life (80% DOD) should be over 1.000 cycles. Security issues should be maintained under all mentioned requeriments
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But

Commercial objetives
Generate contradictory scientific and technical problems: Increase capacity v / s lower prices. Increase charge speed but more life cycles. Sizes reduction but more storage capacity. Materials costs in batteries is an important externality.

Solution is a trade-off between many stages

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That mean a common objetives but many lines of work

A challenge to science, technology and industry

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search for cross-solution

Layers and research potential lines

Layer Name Lithium Carbonate and Powder for use in batteries manufacture. Involved sciences& technologies Materials, Mining, Electrochemistry and processing steps in value chain. Research areas Materials procurement processes, improvements in mining, Industrial Chemistry, powders and materials preparation... cathodes, anodes and electrolytes materials. Electrochemical processes and cell optimization, Nanotechnology in electrodes, 3DPrinting, Polymers and efficient composites... . Improvement in the manufacture of cells and battery packing, electronic control , automation , robotic, manufactures tools Traction systems optimization, testing of LIB environment behavior, efficient electric motors, energy efficient use (electronics, superconductors, capacitors, solar panels, etc.).. Intelligent car-home apps, charging systems, on board electronic , car-network communications, smartgrid applications...

Layer 1

Layer 2

Electrochemical processes and optimizing of battery energy performance.

materials, electrochemistry, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical behavior

Layer 3

Manufacture of battery Cells and Packing manufacture Process

Industrial process, Electrical & Industrial Engineering Mechanical , Materials, Economical issues.

Layer 4

Exogenous Technology applications in order to optimize battery use and performance

Electrical and Industrial Engineering, Electronics and Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering

Layer 5

Industrial models to use batteries in an efficient way

Renewable energy sources, conceptual projects in carbon footprint areas, etc.

Battery recycling for storage second life, use of social life of LIB, LIB refurbishing , Battery Outsourcing business model , new applications in industrial and electric generation, at home, in business, energy,

Resourses

Groups & Labs R&D academics local centers

Groups & Labs R&D U de Chile centers

Business , Goverment and companies support

CIL
Scientific applied development

International Partnerships

Products

New entrepeneurs

Technological applications
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Short-term plan
Phases and Targets
International partnerships?
Analog phase of local stages and local skills& capacities. Call to R&D groups players Diagnosis of local capacities and state of art worldwide- first bettings of nuclear R&D groups players
Projects selection and focus of working lines decision.

PHASE-0 Exploration
NOV 2010-ENE 2011 Genesis workshop Done

PHASE -1 Diagnosis
ENE 2011-ABR 2011

PHASE -2 Definition
ABR 2011-SEP 2011
After depend

Clouds to glass workshop Next

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PRESS RELEASE, NOV 7th 2010

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Genesis workshop Jan 25-26- 2011

We are buildind new paradigms

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