BGRIMM Easpring Receives Approval to Co-establish Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Key Materials for Solid-State Batteries

Recently, building on the cooperation foundation of the "China-South Africa Joint Research Center for the Development and Utilization of Mineral Resources" under the Ministry of Science and Technology, BGRIMM Easpring New Energy Materials Research Institute and the Materials Computation and Simulation Center of the University of Limpopo in South Africa were officially approved to establish the Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Key Materials for Solid-State Batteries. The establishment of this joint laboratory is an important initiative to respond to the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative, leverage the industrial and research strengths of China and South Africa, and actively align with the global demand for new energy industry development.

Easpring has been deeply engaged in the field of solid-state batteries for many years. The solid-state electrolytes and dual-phase composite cathode materials it has developed have achieved vehicle demonstration applications. Its special ultra-high nickel cathode materials were selected for the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Top 100 New Technologies and New Products List. To date, Easpring has filed 143 invention patents related to solid-state batteries worldwide and has undertaken a number of national key R&D projects. Its technological strength and industrialization experience are at an advanced global level.

The University of Limpopo in South Africa is a national leading institution in the field of mineral resources in South Africa, with deep expertise in solid-state physics material simulation technology. The two sides have been cooperating since 2018, having signed two cooperation agreements on the development of key materials for lithium batteries and jointly completed a national key R&D program, laying a solid foundation for the approval of this joint laboratory.

In the future, both sides will focus on cooperation related to the industrialization of key materials for solid-state batteries, leveraging their respective strengths to jointly break through core technological bottlenecks in solid-state batteries and enhance the core competitiveness of the global new energy vehicle industry chain. At the same time, the laboratory will inject new vitality into deepening scientific and technological cooperation between China and Africa, supporting South Africa's industrial technological upgrading in the new energy sector, jointly implementing the concept of green and low-carbon development, and writing a new chapter of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.

Source: BRIGM News WeChat Official Account
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