Batch #5

Category: New materials, Production engineering, Mechanochemical synthesis of high-performance materials

The production of high-performance materials is associated with considerable sustainability challenges. These include the generation of toxic chemicals/waste and a high demand for solvents. In addition, high temperatures and pressures are required, resulting in high energy consumption. MechSyn, a spin-off of the MPI for Coal Research in Mülheim a. d. Ruhr, avoids this problem by using special ball mills in which the substances introduced are subjected to mechanical forces, thus initiating chemical reactions without the use of solvents or increases in temperature and pressure. This leads to a significant increase in efficiency compared to conventional processes. The purely electrically driven mechanochemical process enables the synthesis of new materials with better material properties, such as a larger surface area, greater stability or a longer service life.