Renewable Energy Manufacturing - Battery Challenge Statements
The Challenge Statements below are designed to inspire and attract Australia's world-class Battery, Manufacturing and Digital research and development (R&D) expertise to help address the most pressing challenges faced by India's leading Battery manufacturers.
Materials processing and circularity
- Direct Cathode Active Material (CAM) recycling and performance retention
- Mineral extraction and recovery - sustainable solvent and catalyst development to develop indigenous, recyclable, or biodegradable extractants and catalysts for battery minerals (i.e. cobalt, nickel), and Rare Earth Elements (REE) recovery in hydrometallurgical and recycling systems
- Recycling pathways for critical mineral extraction from spent battery systems
- Rare earth recovery and magnet materials from industrial by-products
- Ultra-purification of critical battery materials for high-performance cathodes
Cell chemistry and battery design
- Solid-state battery innovation for enhanced energy density and thermal resilience
- Next-generation cell formats for thermal safety and structural integration - to evaluate and commercialise alternative cell formats (i.e. blade, prismatic) with enhanced crash resistance, lower thermal runaway risk, and space-efficient integration
Manufacturing scale up and localisation
- Physical battery line scale-up - cell manufacturing readiness and quality assurance (QA) protocols for domestic production scale-up
- Localisation of supply chains and substitution of key imported battery components (e.g. semiconductors, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, separators)
Digital systems
- Advanced diagnostics and second-life battery analytics using AI and sensors
- Geographic customisation of battery User Interface / User Experience (UI/UX) and compliance frameworks
- Advanced power electronics and integrated control systems for battery management to co-develop smart battery management systems (BMS) and power conditioning units with embedded firmware, enabling seamless operation across residential, commercial, and grid-scale storage.