Type : Bid Notification
Opportunity: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), LLC under contract no. DE-AC52-07NA27344 (Contract 44) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is offering the opportunity to enter into a collaboration to further develop and commercialize its skin-layered microporous separators for lithium-ion batteries.Background: Secondary Li-ion batteries are rechargeable electrochemical energy storage devices typically used in high-powered applications, including portable electronics, vehicles, and grid energy storage. These batteries consist of a porous separator sandwiched between a positive and negative electrode and wetted with electrolyte that is ionically conductive but elec...