2019 Projects

CBI members, in collaboration with some of the world’s leading research institutes, are currently working on a range of innovative research projects.

Learn more about these projects

Advanced Battery Concepts / EAI

Feasibility Study: Bipolar Lead Batteries in Automotive Applications

View the project news release here

Borregaard/Cabot/East Penn/Hammond

Investigation into the Combined Influence of Carbon Black and Organic Expander to Improve Micro-Hybrid Service of Enhanced Flooded Batteries

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View the project update (February 2021)

Electric Applications Incorporated

Grid Energy Storage Performance Improvement Using Controlled Overcharge

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View the project update here (Jan 2021)

Exide Technologies/Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (ICMA)

Initial Neutron Diffraction Studies of Lead Battery Plates

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Fraunhofer Institute/TUB/Moll/Ford

Best practices of cell testing for EFB regarding DCA and high-temperature durability

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Fraunhofer Institute/WUST

Investigations on the effect of carbon surface functional groups on electrochemical behavior of lead-carbon electrodes

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UCLA

Visualizing the dynamics of carbon-enhanced negative electrodes

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View the project update here (April 2021)

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