Fraunhofer IWS receives millions in federal funding for dry battery electrode coating technology

DRYtraec® to become technology platform

Press release (No. 8) - Fraunhofer IWS Dresden /

The DRYtraec® coating process developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS allows the dry production of battery electrodes without toxic organic solvents or water. In particular, the space- and energy-intensive drying step of conventional wet-chemical coating processes is completely eliminated. In addition to environmental protection aspects, there is enormous potential for cost reduction in the battery cell production. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is now funding a project with 3.7 million euros that will develop the dry-coating technology into a holistic technology platform.