Canadian Battery Innovation Center

Lead Proponent

Dalhousie University

Project Objectives

The objective of this project is to establish a Canadian Battery Innovation Center (CBIC) that will accelerate scale-up of innovations from Canada’s world-class battery laboratories by enabling construction of next generation battery cells at the highest industrial standards.

Expected Results

This project aims to:

1. Yield technologies that deliver high energy density, affordability, ultra-long lifetime, improved sustainability, and advanced safety of batteries.
2. Lead to the creation of the CBIC which will be accessible Canada-wide to researchers across academia, Canadian SMEs and larger industry and will lead to a self-sustaining user-fee model.
3. Lead to training of highly-qualified personnel over the project duration.
4. Provide infrastructure to rapidly assess whether battery breakthroughs on the lab-scale can feasibly translate to successful commercial products.
5. Provide the capability to fabricate custom, high-quality battery cells in multiple form factors for research and development.
6. Yield world-leading research in the development of next generation battery cells with novel processing methods to high industrial standards.