https://liten.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/Batteries-Europe-publishes-its-Strategic-Research-Agenda.aspx CEA-Liten (Laboratory of Innovation for New Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials) is the first European institute entirely dedicated to energy transition. Its activities focus on several key areas: solar energy, network management, storage including batteries and hydrogen in a logic of energy efficiency and circular economy. en-US https://liten.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/PublishingImages/Home/CEA-Liten-Logo.png https://liten.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2026/Thermal-runaway-batteries.aspx When thermal runaway occurs in a battery, the gases emitted (or generated) can ignite! CEA-Liten has developed a system to manage these gases to prevent this type of event, which often involves the projection of fragments and the release of toxic fumes. The initial results have been promising. Batteries ; Innovation for industry Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News R＆D;batteries;AxesBatteries; Mon, 11 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2026/Using-the-right-energy-source-at-the-right-time-based-on-market-conditions.aspx ​The electricity market, means of production and consumption have undergone significant changes since the beginning of the millennium as a result of market opening, the rise of renewable energies and increased usage of electricity. Energies ; Energy efficiency ; Batteries ; Solar energy ; Photovoltaic solar power Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Ines News AxesSystemes; Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2026/Using-deep-learning-models-better-estimate-state-health-Li-ion-batteries.aspx By combining two AI models with transfer learning techniques, researchers from CEA-Liten and CEA-Leti have managed to estimate the state of health of Li-ion batteries with unprecedented levels of accuracy. What’s more, these results were based on a real-world dataset of just 40 cells! This major breakthrough will help improve battery use and extend their lifespan. Batteries ; Energy storage ; Innovation for industry Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Leti News AxesBatteries; Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Ultra-thin-lithium-metal-electrodes-for-tomorrow-all-solid-state-batteries.aspx All-solid-state batteries are a promising avenue for the next generation of energy storage systems, especially for electric vehicles, aerospace and defense. It could increase the - energy density at the cell level by up to 50% while also improving system safety. One of the main challenge to industrialize this technology is to scale up the fabrication of very thin and uniform lithium metal negative electrode In 2022, the CEA, Saft (a TotalEnergies company), and Automotive Cells Company (ACC) kicked off a joint R&D project to address these issues. The initial results have just been published. Innovation for industry ; Renewable energies ; Batteries Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News AxesBatteries; Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Giving-batteries-a-second-life.aspx The CEA is innovating to facilitate the reuse of end-of-life batteries and is developing tools and methods to, for instance, quickly identify their state of health or predict their lifetime in a future application. Batteries ; Innovation for industry ; Technical and economic aspects of energy Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Ines News AxesPV;AxesBatteries; Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Brand-new-way-better-assess-environmental-impact-batteries.aspx How can you design batteries with the lowest possible impact on the environment? Well, together with Laboratoire G-SCOP, CEA researchers combined LCA with parametric models. This unprecedented method allows them to quantify the impact of design choices on a battery’s environmental impact, including its lifetime. Batteries ; Energy storage ; Innovation for industry Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News AxesBatteries;AxesEcoCirculaire; Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/overchardged-battery-deteriorate-in-real-time.aspx By combining X-ray diffraction and small angle scattering at the ESRF, electrochemical analysis and gas detection, CEA researchers have managed to track the degradation of an overcharged Li-ion battery in real time. This breakthrough brings great opportunities, including the ability to identify the optimal operating range, refine aging models, and improve post-production quality models. Batteries ; Lithium-ion batteries ; Energy storage ; Innovation for industry Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions DES News lithiation;Battery;lithium-ion;electrodes;batteries;AxesBatteries; Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Li-ion-Battery-Safety-CEA-Joins-a-New-European-Project.aspx SAGELi aim of developing safer and more sustainable lithium-ion batteries. The project seeks to resolve the NMC cells thermal runaway issue by exploring new positive electrode materials. Batteries Teachers ; Institutions ; Companies DES News batteries Li-ion;AxesBatteries; Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Lithium-metal-batteries-model-understanding-formation-dendrites.aspx Why do lithium dendrites form in lithium metal batteries? This unwanted phenomenon has been delaying the highly anticipated advent of these batteries–given their record-setting gravimetric capacity– for many years. And the modeling tool developed by CEA-Liten has shed some light on why this occurs. Batteries ; Energy storage Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News Battery;dendrites;lithium;AxesBatteries; Tue, 08 Jul 2025 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/A-promising-proof-concept-Liten-potassium-ion-cells.aspx With no critical materials, low impact preparatory and synthesis processes, and promising performance, the first K-ion full-cells to be assembled and tested by CEA-Liten have a bright future ahead of them. Efforts have intensified in this area with a thesis, and Carnot and PEPR (Priority Program and Equipment for Research) projects. Batteries ; Energy storage ; Innovation for industry Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News cell: battery;carnot;K-ion;potassium;PEPR;Material;graphite; Wed, 14 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Journey-to-the-core-of-a-fast-charging-Lithium-Ion-cell.aspx The latest modeling tools, which are both powerful and yet efficient in terms of computational resources, can now be used to simulate the fast charging of an 18650 cell, by characterizing current and temperature heterogeneity, stoichiometry of electrode materials, and location of lithium plating, etc. This marks a major step forward in developing safer, more efficient and durable batteries. Batteries ; Lithium-ion batteries ; Energy storage ; Energies Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News modeling;tool;Charging;lithium;Battery;Fast;batteries;electrode;plating;stoichiometry;AxesBatteries; Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Batteries-propagation-thermal-runaway-all-solid-state-closely-monitored.aspx As part of some thesis work on the propagation of thermal runaway, a CEA-Liten team found that this very phenomenon occurs in certain all-solid-state cells, despite them being regarded as safer. This research also identified the key factors contributing to this process. Batteries ; Lithium-ion batteries ; Renewable energies ; Innovation for industry Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News all-solid-state;AxesBatteries;Cell;thermal runaway;propagation;monitoring;Battery;batteries; Thu, 06 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Placing-sensors-inside-battery-cell-impacts-anode-lithiation.aspx The local electrochemical behavior of a lithium-ion battery cell is altered by sensors placed inside the cell according to research by CEA-Liten, CEA-Irig, and four other partners*. The results, published in Nature Communications, could help battery manufacturers improve their products. Lithium-ion batteries ; Batteries ; Innovation for industry ; Energies Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions IRIG News nature communications;lithiation;AxesBatteries;sensors;anode;IRIG;electrochemical; Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2024/WATTALPS-raises-11-millions-euros.aspx Grenoble, France startup WATTALPS, a CEA spinoff, is helping electrify the construction, farming, mining, transportation, shipping, logistics, warehousing, and sports vehicle markets with its immersion-cooled batteries for heavy equipment. The company recently announced that it raised €11 million in capital. Batteries ; Lithium-ion batteries ; Innovation for industry Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News start-up;startup;batteries;AxesBatteries; Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/stellantis-cea-next-generation-battery-cell-technology.aspx ​Stellantis and CEA, one of the world’s most innovative research institutions, today announced a new, five-year collaboration that targets in-house design of next-generation battery cells for electric vehicles. Batteries ; Electric vehicles ; Renewable energies Journalists DES Press release ; Partnerships electric mobility;Battery;Renewable energies;low-carbon; Wed, 03 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/CEA-and-BRGM-recommendations-to-the-European-regulation-on-the-carbon-footprint-of-batteries.aspx The European Union's Joint Research Centre has just published the latest version of its draft regulations for a sustainable battery industry. The aim of these regulations is to make it possible to declare the total carbon footprint of each battery, so that batteries that do not meet the criteria can be excluded from the European market. Batteries Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/Fire-risks-of-battery-storage-in-buildings.aspx A pedagogical and practical report has recently been published to inform stakeholders of the risks and solutions. It provides a summary of four years work carried out by a group of civil and fire safety experts, scientists and industrialists, which was specifically created on the initiative of the French Directorate General for Civil Security and Crisis Management and the Fire Department of Savoie-France (SDIS73). Energies ; Energy storage ; Batteries Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News risks;report;Battery;storage;building;Fire; Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/ITE-INES-2-Scientific-result-Retaining-time.aspx ​The Institute for Energy Transition INES.2S is developing methodologies and tools for optimal management of stationary storage systems. Based on the results of tests on several battery technologies (nearly 500 references), our laboratories are developing, among other things, advanced technologies to evaluate battery status indicators (charge, health, etc.) in order to optimize their management and improve performance and life time. Batteries ; Energy storage Researchers ; Journalists ; Companies Ines News Energy storage;performance;Electricity;Patent;Networks;Battery; Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/Batteries-Europe-has-published-its-Raw-Materials-and-Recycling-Roadmap.aspx The CEA-Liten is strongly involved and contributed to this roadmap in particular on the circular economy of batteries. Batteries Researchers ; Companies ; Journalists ; Young people Liten News Europe;circular economy;recycling;raw materials;second-life;batteries; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2021/Making-pure-silicon-from-scraps.aspx The SELISI project aims to develop processes for recycling powder from sawing silicon bricks. The objective is to achieve various qualities of recycled material for recovery in different industrial sectors such as Li-ion batteries, silicon-based ceramics and photovoltaics. Photovoltaic solar power ; Batteries Researchers ; Journalists ; Companies Ines News Photovoltaics;RESITEC;Silicon;KIC raw materials;ceramics;ECM Greentech;recycling;SELISI;batteries; Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/Batteries-Europe-publishes-its-Strategic-Research-Agenda.aspx ​Batteries Europe has published its Strategic Research Agenda, which outlines the research priorities for batteries that will allow Europe to become a competitive actor in the market. Batteries Researchers ; Companies ; Journalists ; Young people Liten Agenda mobile;applications;strategic research agenda;batterie;Europe;transport;batteries; Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/Innovative-Power-Electronic-Architectures-for-electric-batteries.aspx Batteries Press release electric storage;batteries;energy transition; Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/Focus-batteries.aspx Batteries Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/Battery-2030-Power-up-Europe-s-Battery-Revolution.aspx Batteries Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/preventing-thermal-runaway-embedded-batteries-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency.aspx Leti and Liten, both CEA Tech institutes, developed the electronics and algorithms required to measure the internal temperature of a battery cell by estimating electrical impedance. The purpose of the solution is to detect the early signs of thermal runaway in embedded lithium-ion batteries. Batteries Companies ; Journalists ; Researchers Leti News CEA Tech;Leti;battery-based storage;Energy storage;software and systems engineering;Embedded systems;electric mobility;electronics; Thu, 18 May 2017 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/A-promising-new-prototype-for-batteries.aspx Batteries News na-ion;Battery;sodium-ion;development; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 11:00:00 GMT