Industrial Minerals


BASF to start production of lithium-ion battery electrolytes

01 June 2011

by Mark Watts

German chemicals giant confident in future of lithium in auto batteries

Keywords: BASF, lithium, batteries, electric vehicles, Lio-ion, cathodes, electrolytes

The world’s largest chemicals company BASF plans to expand its lithium-ion battery (Li-ion) materials output through the production of electrolytes.The German group’s confidence in Li-ion batteries as the key energy storage device in electric vehicles should give confidence to the lithium industry, which is undergoing...