Article published NANOMIL
Nanostructured powders for new materials
In operation in the CEA Grenoble site since 2007, the Nanomil platform is devoted to mechanosynthesis research for the production of nanostructured powders for industrial use.
Equipped with milling machines of different types and sizes, the Nanomil platform can be used to perform mechanosynthesis experiments at three scales: 20 kg (for the development of new materials), 200 kg (for the production of prototypes using these new materials), and 2 kg (for production process validation with a view to industrial transfer). Various types of materials can be used (metallic, ceramic, mineral, polymeric) in both liquid and gaseous environments (inert or reactive). The resulting powders are formed to produce energy storage or conversion systems. One of the first applications subject to industrial transfer concerns new generation lithium-ion batteries (less expensive, safer, lighter and more compact due to the replacement of the cobalt-based electrode material with an iron-based nanostructured composite material). Other materials are currently being developed for applications such as lithium batteries, solid hydrogen storage (for fuel cells), and thermoelectrical energy recovery.
