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f.l.t.r.: Provost Dr. Nicole Kaiser, BayBatt Director Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Danzer, Franc Dierl (MdL), President of the District Council Henry Schramm, University President Prof. Dr. Stefan Leible, Science Minister Markus Blume - © Peter Kolb für UBT

On April 8, Bavaria's Science Minister Markus Blume opened the new NW IV building and the BayBatt Cell Technology Center at the University of Bayreuth. Funded by the Hightech Agenda, state-of-the-art research facilities have been created on the campus.

"Battery research is now firmly established at the University of Bayreuth with the Bavarian Centre for Battery Technology (BayBatt)," said University President Prof. Dr. Stefan Leible in his welcoming address. "State-of-the-art facilities and state-of-the-art equipment are not an end in themselves: they ensure that scientists who come to Bayreuth find the best working conditions and can advance their research at the University of Bayreuth at the highest level. Thanks to the High-Tech Agenda of the Free State of Bavaria, the professorships located here can contribute to finding answers to today's technological, ecological and medical challenges."

A particular highlight is the BayBatt Cell Technology Center, a pilot plant for the production of battery cells that is unique in Germany. Here, material classes of all kinds can be processed with high precision into different types of battery cells, each in several formats. The facility maps the entire battery cell production process. The components to be examined range from the electrodes used, separators, electrolytes and arresters to cell components from post-mortem analyses. The company manufactures its own battery cells in various formats with high repeat accuracy and the production process is state of the art. The quantities are small, as the focus here is on flexibility and reproducibility for research. The manufactured cells are demonstrators for the materials, electrodes and storage concepts used. The processes are currently being established. Cells for in-house research, collaborative research and contract research for OEMs and suppliers are to be manufactured in the laboratory. The BayBatt Cell Technology Center was financed from two sources: EUR 2.5 million came from the Hightech Agenda Bayern and a further EUR 2.5 million from large-scale equipment funding from the Free State of Bavaria.

Blume also had words of appreciation for this: "The University of Bayreuth is our Bavarian supercell: BayBatt is the leading research center for battery technology in Germany. The opening of the BayBatt Cell Technology Center today shows once again that we are at the forefront of technological progress in Bavaria. We are massively expanding renewable energies. And we are providing new storage technologies. This is crucial for the energy transition: We have to solve the storage problems and quickly bring knowledge to commercial implementation!"

Press release Bayreuth is a "Bavarian supercell" with more photos.

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