Innovative POLYmers for Lithium Battery TEchnologies

POLYMAT is an internationally reputed research institute in Polymer Science. It counts with more than 150 people including more than 30 Assistant, Associate and Full Professors and more than 60 PhD students and postdoctoral fellows and administrative personnel. 

 

POLYMAT has provided technical support to more than 100 companies, both SMEs and large companies. POLYMAT includes 3 ERC grantees and it has participated in more than 50 national and EU funded projects.

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POLYTE-EID fellows will be part of the Innovative Polymers Group directed by Prof. David Mecerreyes. This research team is specialized in the design of polymers for applications in emerging areas such as Energy and Bioelectronics. Its activities include polymer circular economy, chemical recycling, polymer electrolytes and redox polymers for batteries and conducting polymers for bioelectronics.

TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE (TME) is the regional headquarters of Toyota in Europe. Located in Brussels (Belgium), TME acts as the centre for all European operations including the principal areas of manufacturing & engineering and marketing & sales activities.

   

Established in 1987, the Toyota Technical Centre in Zaventem (Belgium) is home to TME’s European Research & Development (R&D) facility. Besides its in-house activity, this centre has several R&D projects with European universities related to various technologies.

   

TME is fully equipped with research facilities and equipment for Li-ion and Li-Air battery assembly (glove box, coin cell, Li-O2 cell, Karl-Fischer); Li-ion and Li-O2 battery testing (temperature chambers, multipotentiostat, impedance); battery electrode preparation (powder drying, sieving, mixer, Dr Blade automatic coater, spin coater, dip coater); materials synthesis or treatment (Ball Miller, Schlenk line, high temperature oven); material characterization (XRD, SEM, EDX).