Research at SEEL

The SEEL network includes industry companies, research collaborations in Sweden, and collaborations in Europe. The Swedish industrial network consists of e.g., the automotive industry and companies active in the battery industry. Within the Swedish research networks there are e.g. Swedish Electromobility Center and Batteries Sweden (BASE), which bring together companies, academia and institutes. The European network consists of e.g. the research program Battery 2030+ and the industrial project IPCEI Batteries.

The aim is to consolidate efficient knowledge development and improve the conditions for collaboration in the field of electrified transport in Europe. Researchers, small and medium-sized enterprises, and large-scale industry companies will gain the possibility to perform test activities at independent facilities with state-of-the-art equipment.

SEEL aspires to be an open and unique test centre with diversified equipment that can manage test objects ranging from battery coin cells to complete light and heavy-duty vehicles. At SEEL, all kinds of actors can meet at a neutral place to jointly strive for a good exchange on the way forward to a sustainable and fossil-free society.

Within the framework of IPCEI Batteries, SEEL plans to execute research collaborations on:

• methods for accelerated testing of cells focusing on cycling procedures,
• methods to transform measurement results from tests on coin cells into understanding how the chemistry will perform in a commercial cell,
• methods to characterize ageing of a battery cell and its state of health,
• methods to capture in situ information such as temperature and local ion concentration enabling more accurate models of state of power, state of charge, and state of health,
• testing new solutions for battery packs adopting advanced materials, and
• testing of physical and chemical characteristics of used batteries with regard to transportation, storage and mechanical treatment.