Materials Development to Pack Design and Performance
Projects within this strand harness world-class research to deliver advances in battery chemistries, materials systems, and engineered components by integrating advanced computational and experimental approaches to address challenges in battery performance, safety and reliability.
Battery Degradation
Led by the University of Cambridge, this project is examining how environmental stresses damage EV batteries as a first step towards extending their life.
Multi-Scale Modelling
Imperial College London is leading a consortium of six other university and 17 industry partners to equip industry and academia with new software tools.
Battery Safety
Led by the University of Oxford, this project is taking an integrated approach to understanding the “science of battery safety” at multiple scales, from materials development and cell degradation to a battery systems level.
Cathode Materials
The project led by University of Oxford is seeking to develop novel, partially ordered Li-rich 3-dimensional cathode materials from first principles, through to synthesis at 100g scale and validation in single layer pouch cells.
Completed Projects
Two projects, FutureCat and CATMAT, successfully concluded in September 2025.
FutureCat
The FutureCat project was led by the University of Warwick with six other university and eight industry partners. It had a coordinated approach to cathode chemistry design, development and discovery.
CATMAT
The CATMAT project was led by the University of Oxford with five other university and 12 industry partners, this project placed considerable emphasis on understanding the fundamental mechanisms at work within novel cathodes.