Hydro-Québec

Published purpose

The project will develop and industrialize nickel‑rich layered‑oxide cathode active materials that deliver high-energy density with reduced cobalt content, and will validate their performance in industry‑relevant cell formats. Hydro-Québec’s Centre of Excellence for Transportation Electrification and Energy Storage and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) will collaborate on material design, pilot synthesis, electrode engineering and cell manufacturing to accelerate scale‑up. The NRC’s efforts will focus on controlled particle morphology, compositional tuning and surface engineering via targeted dopants and conformal coatings, while the Centre will optimize slurry recipes and continuous roll‑to‑roll coating, drying and calendering to produce uniform, high‑quality electrodes. Parallel workstreams will develop low‑impact recycling routes and demonstrate the incorporation of recycled nickel‑rich active material into complete cells, supporting a sustainable pathway to commercialization.