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La revolucionaria bateria de litio de

Evonik Industries AG
Lithium ceramic battery
In Germany, Evonik Industries and its partners are developing for this purpose the world's
largest lithium ceramic battery. This has been made possible by CERIO technology, a
special combination of ceramic materials and highmolecular ionic conductors, which
ensures greatly increased safety combined with a small footprint and long cycle lifetime.
As a first step, an energy storage device with an output of one megawatt (MW) and a
storage capacity of about 700 kWh is being developed at the Vlklingen power plant site in
the Saarland. An example gives an idea of the performance of such a device: If it were
charged and discharged every 15 minutes, the energy supplied would meet the needs of
4,000 households a year. Following the development of the 1-megawatt storage device, an
expansion to 10 MW is planned.
We're using our unique lithium ion expertise, which is already revolutionizing the
electrification of the car, to enter an entirely new market, says Dr. Klaus Engel, chairman
of the Executive Board of Evonik Industries AG. Using lithium ceramic technology, we've
achieved, for the first time ever, cost effective decoupling of the generation and
consumption of power. We can stabilize grid fluctuations arising from solar and wind
power generation, and can therefore organize power generation with far greater overall
efficiency. As in the automotive sector, this will be a billion-euro market, predicts Engel.
Experts estimate market volume for advanced energy storage devices at more than 10
billion in the long term.

Lithium ion batteries are currently being intensively developed worldwide for the drive
systems of the future. This unique patented technology from Evonik is also at the core of
our partnership with Daimler AG, which aims at mass producing electric vehicles from
2012 onward. In addition to the anode and cathode material, the SEPARION ceramic
membrane serving as a separator is at the core of the innovation.
About Evonik
Evonik Industries is the creative industrial group from Germany which operates in three
business areas: Chemicals, Energy and Real Estate. Evonik is a global leader in specialty
chemicals, an expert in power generation from hard coal and renewable energies, and one
of the largest private residential real estate companies in Germany. Our strengths are
creativity, specialization, continuous self-renewal, and reliability. Evonik is active in over
100 countries around the world. In its fiscal year 2008 about 41,000 employees generated
sales of about 15.9 billion and an operating profit (EBITDA) of about 2.2 billion.
Evonik Industries has been producing specialty chemical products in China since the early
1990s; with wide-ranging trading relations already in place prior to this. The Group now
has a total of 20 companies and 16 production sites in the region. In fiscal year 2008, 4,000
employees generated sales of over 820 million. Evonik regards China as one of the driving
forces of the global economy, and we consequently intend to increase our business in
Greater China to around 2 billion in the medium term.
En Alemania, Evonik Industries y sus socios estn desarrollando bateras de litio con
separador cermico ms grande del mundo. Esto ha sido posible gracias a la tecnologa
CERIO, una combinacin especial de materiales cermicos y conductores inicos, lo que
garantiza una mayor seguridad en gran medida combinada con pequea dimensines y
larga vida.
Como primer paso, un dispositivo de almacenamiento de energa con una potencia de un
megavatio (MW) y una capacidad de almacenamiento de unos 700 kWh se est
desarrollando en el sitio de la planta de energa Vlklingen en Saarland. Un ejemplo da una
idea de la realizacin de un dispositivo de este tipo: Si se carga y se descarga cada 15
minutos, la energa suministrada podra satisfacer las necesidades de 4.000 hogares al ao.
Tras el desarrollo del dispositivo de almacenamiento de 1 MW, se prev una expansin de
10 MW.
"Estamos utilizando nuestra experiencia nica en iones de litio, que ya est revolucionando
la electrificacin del automvil, para entrar en un mercado totalmente nuevo," dice el Dr.
Klaus Engel, presidente del Consejo Ejecutivo de Evonik Industries AG. "Gracias a la
tecnologa de cermica de litio, que hemos logrado, posibilita la desvinculacin del costo
de la produccin y el consumo de energa.

Podemos estabilizar las fluctuaciones de la red derivadas de la generacin de energa solar

y elica, y por lo tanto podemos organizar la generacin de energa con mucha mayor
eficiencia general. Al igual que en el sector del automvil, este ser un mercado de miles de
millones de euros ", predice Engel. Los expertos estiman que el volumen de mercado de los
dispositivos de almacenamiento de energa avanzada en ms de 10 mil millones de en el
largo plazo.
Las bateras de iones de litio actualmente se estn desarrollando intensamente en todo el
mundo para los sistemas de propulsin del futuro. Esta tecnologa nica y patentada de
Evonik es tambin la clave de nuestra asociacin con Daimler AG, que tiene por objeto la
produccin en masa de vehculos elctricos a partir de 2012 en adelante.
Adems de el material nodo y el ctodo, la membrana cermica SEPARION, que sirve
como separador, es el ncleo de la innovacin.
Acerca de Evonik
Evonik Industries es el grupo industrial de Alemania que opera en tres reas de negocio:
productos qumicos, energa y bienes raices. Evonik es lder mundial en especialidades
qumicas, un experto en la generacin de energa a partir del carbn y las energas
renovables, y una de las mayores empresas de bienes races en Alemania. Nuestros puntos
fuertes son la creatividad, la especializacin, la auto-renovacin continua, y la fiabilidad.
Evonik est activa en ms de 100 pases de todo el mundo. En el ao fiscal 2008 cerca de
41.000 empleados generaron ventas de alrededor de 15,9 mil millones y un beneficio
operativo (EBITDA) de alrededor de 2,2 mil millones .
Evonik Industries ha estado produciendo productos qumicos de especialidad en China
desde la dcada de 1990.
El Grupo ya cuenta con un total de 20 empresas y 16 centros de produccin en la regin. En
el ao fiscal 2008, 4.000 empleados generaron ventas de ms de 820 millones .
Evonik considera a China como una de las fuerzas impulsoras de la economa mundial, y en
consecuencia, tiene la intencin de aumentar el negocio con China en alrededor de 2 mil
millones en el mediano plazo.

Evonik Industries presents: SEPARION Safety and Performance

Ceramic separator for large format Lithium Ion batteries
SEPARION is a flexible ceramic membrane developed by Evonik Industries which has
been proved to be a reliable battery separator for safe large format lithium-ion cells.
Since its introduction in 2007, SEPARION is commercially used as separator in large
format high energy LIB cells for industrial and automotive applications (e-Smart).
Since 2014, SEPARION is available for the general market.
SEPARION Ceramic separator for large format Lithium Ion batteries
SEPARION is a composite membrane made of a polymer non-woven impregnated by
ceramic particles. It has significantly higher temperature stability than PO based
separators:

Mechanical integrity > 240 C

Very low shrinkage of <1% at 200 C
Suitable separator for cell operating temperatures >100 C

SEPARION
Delivery form: Separator rolls. Roll lengths and widths are adjustable over a wide range.
Forma de suministro: Rollos separadores. Las longitudes del rollo y anchos son ajustables en un
amplio rango.

The largest lithium ceramic battery in the world

In future, wind and sun energy should be efficiently storable, even on a large-scale. Evonik
and its partners are therefore developing the world's largest lithium ceramic battery.
This is made possible thanks to CERIO technology, a special combination of ceramic
materials and ionic conductors of high molecular weight that guarantee the greatly
enhanced safety along with requiring little space and having a high cycle life. At the
Saarland power plant location of Vlklingen, an initial step has been made in the creation
of a power storage system with a power of one megawatt (MW) and a storage capacity of
roughly 700 kWh. "We are using our unique lithium ion expertise, which is already
revolutionizing the electrification of the automobile, to enter into a whole new market,"
reported Dr. Klaus Engel, Member of the Executive Board of Evonik Industries. "For the
first time, the generation and consumption of electricity can therefore be separated using
lithium-ceramic technology, at a reasonable price. We can stabilize the grid fluctuations
that are caused by harvesting energy from the sun and wind, making the generation of
energy significantly more efficient overall. This creates a market worth billions, also in the
automobile sector," states Dr. Engel. Experts estimate the long-term market volume for
modern power storage systems to be over 10 billion euros.
The future supply requirements is in the three-figure megawatt range

For Germany alone, the future supply requirements for modern storage systems is in the
three-figure megawatt range. The project, which is being sponsored as part of the LIB 2015
research initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and
is scheduled to last for three years, focuses on the economic and technical viability of this
kind of mega-battery for stationary applications.

"Power storage systems such as these have enormous benefits for the flexible integration of
renewable energies," reports Carsten Kolligs, who manages the project in the Science-toBusiness Center Eco of Creavis Technologies & Innovation within Evonik.
La batera de litio de cermica ms grande del mundo
En el futuro, la energa que proviene del viento y el sol deben ser eficientemente
almacenable, incluso a gran escala. Evonik y sus socios estn desarrollando, por tanto, la
batera de litio de cermica ms grande del mundo.
Esto es posible gracias a la tecnologa CERIO, una combinacin especial de materiales
cermicos y conductores inicos de alto peso molecular que garanticen una seguridad
mucho mayor, junto con requerimientos de poco espacio y que tienen un ciclo de vida alto.
En la ubicacin de la planta de energa Vlklingen, un paso inicial se ha hecho en la
creacin de un sistema de almacenamiento de energa con una potencia de un megavatio
(MW) y una capacidad de almacenamiento de aproximadamente 700 kWh. "Estamos
utilizando nuestra experiencia nica de iones de litio, que ya est revolucionando la
electrificacin del automvil, para entrar en un nuevo mercado", inform el Dr. Klaus
Engel, miembro del Consejo Ejecutivo de Evonik Industries. "Por primera vez, la
generacin y el consumo de electricidad pueden ser separados utilizando la tecnologa de
litio-cermica, a un precio razonable. Podemos estabilizar las fluctuaciones de la red que
son causadas por la energa que proviene del sol y el viento, por lo que la generacin de
energa es significativamente ms eficiente en general. Esto crea un mercado de miles de
millones, tambin en el sector del automvil ", afirma el Dr. Engel. Los expertos estiman
que el volumen del mercado a largo plazo para los sistemas de almacenamiento de energa
modernos para ser ms de 10 millones de euros.
Las necesidades de abastecimiento futuro est en el rango de tres cifras de megavatios.
Slo en Alemania, las necesidades de abastecimiento a futuro para los sistemas de
almacenamiento modernos est en el rango de megavatios de tres cifras. El proyecto, que
est siendo patrocinado como parte de la iniciativa de investigacin LIB 2015 del
Ministerio Federal Alemn de Educacin e Investigacin (BMBF) y est programado para
una duracin de tres aos, se centra en la viabilidad econmica y tcnica de este tipo de
mega-batera para aplicaciones estacionarias.

"Los sistemas de almacenamiento de energa como el descripto tiene enormes beneficios

para la integracin flexible de las energas renovables", informa Carsten Kolligs, que
gestiona el proyecto en el Centro Eco Ciencia-to-Business de Creavis Tecnologas e
innovacin dentro de Evonik.

Aspectos constructivos de una tecnologa nica.

La mayor seguridad

http://separion.com/