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LANXESS e-mobility

LANXESS offers a broad product portfolio for electromobility. From raw materials and specialty chemicals for battery materials to dyes for high-voltage applications, flame retardants for high-performance plastics and cooling fluids for battery systems as well as components of the electric powertrain components comprehensive innovations from a single source.


e-mobility  - our way into a sustainable future

Climate change is one of the most significant challenges the world is facing today. LANXESS takes its responsibility and is committed to become climate neutral by 2040.

A transition towards sustainable and smart mobility offers many opportunities for CO2-savings. Lithium-ion batteries as the heart of electric cars are the key technology towards zero emission vehicles. The demand for batteries is growing rapidly, providing vast opportunities for the chemical industry to develop innovative materials.

LANXESS offers material solutions for lithium-ion batteries and e-mobility applications - to contribute to future mobility needs.


BATTERY MATERIALS

Advanced lithium-ion battery technology is strongly material driven and major improvements account to innovative materials and processes developed by the chemical industry. LANXESS offers a broad range of advanced materials and technologies for lithium-ion batteries.

Our product portfolio for battery materials comprises raw materials and precursors for cathode materials and electrolyte components as well as refining technologies for lithium, cobalt and nickel.

LANXESS is energizing chemistry

LANXESS has a strong platform for battery materials. Our upstream integration into key raw materials and existing asset footprint in Europe have the potential to strongly contribute in creating a local battery material value chain to enable a sustainable cell production in Europe.

CHEMICALS FOR CATHODE MATERIALS

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Syntheticiron oxides for lithium iron phosphate (LFP)

Synthetic iron oxides are used - along with phosphorus chemicals - as precursors of LFP.  In Germany, LANXESS operates one of the world’s largest production plants for this chemistry and is among the world’s leading manufacturers. As a raw material supplier, LANXESS can serve the growing LFP demand in Europe with its technical iron oxides marketed under the Bayoxide® brand.
More information: Synthetic iron oxides
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Lithium extraction and production of battery grade lithium carbonate 

LANXESS has access to one of the largest underground brine deposits in North America containing significant concentrations of lithium. For the lithium recovery, a direct lithium-extraction (DLE) process with low environmental footprint is getting implemented.
More information: Lithium extraction
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Ion exchange resins for sustainable extraction and refining

Ion exchange resins of the Lewatit® brand have been long proven of being a sustainable extraction technology in the refining and production of battery-grade nickel, cobalt and lithium. These metals represent key components for cathode materials used in batteries for electric vehicles. 
More information: Ion exchange resins

ELECTROLYTE COMPONENTS

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Raw materials for electrolyte salts 

LANXESS is a leading producer of anhydrous hydrofluoric acid, phosphorus chemicals and thionyl chloride. These are key raw materials for lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) and lithium bis (fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI), which are being used as main conductive salts in electrolytes for lithium-ion battery cells. 
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Electrolyte formulation

In cooperation with Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co., a globally leading manufacturer of electrolytes, LANXESS establishes electrolyte production at the Chempark in Leverkusen for supply of cell manufacturers in Europe. 
More information: Electrolyte formulation
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Flame retardant electrolytes 

Flame retardants used as additives for nonflammable electrolytes provide additional safety within battery cells while maintaining battery system performance.Read more: Flame retardant protected electrolytes.
More information: Flame retardants

SOLUTIONS FOR BATTERY SYSTEMS & E-POWERTRAIN

Our business units are working intensively to offer solutions for the mobility of the future. As a result, LANXESS can offer a broad product portfolio for e-mobility applications: from dyes for high-voltage applications and flame retardants for high-performance plastics to cooling fluids for battery systems and e-powertrains - innovation from a single source.
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Flame retardants for high-performance plastics

LANXESS offers numerous phosphorus- and bromine-based flame retardants for various polymers. Flame-retardant high-performance plastics are used in particular in e-mobility, such as in battery modules and battery housings, high-voltage connectors but also in the field of charging infrastructure.
More information: Flame Retardants
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Battery immersion coolants and E-Driveline

Immersion cooling fluids enable fast-charging of electric vehicle batteries by effectively removing excess heat from battery cells during the charging process. LANXESS offers a range of cooling fluids, including phosphate esters, that are non-hazardous, non-conductive and highly flame resistant, thus ensuring battery safety during fast charging.
More information: Cooling fluids

MORE ABOUT THE TOPIC E-MOBILITY

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Tire tread, Rhenomark® tire marking paints

Rubber additives for sustainable tire production

March 12, 2024
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Quality control of yellow iron oxide pigments in the laboratory

LANXESS and IBU-tec to develop iron oxides for LFP battery material

January 23, 2024
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Lithium project: LANXESS plans to supply Standard Lithium with lithium-rich brine

December 01, 2023

Why LANXESS?


For us quality is the individually perceptible sum of premium character, workmanship, service and emotional desire. 

We are a resilient global supplier that provides our customers with value-added components, solutions and raw materials. We enable you to optimize the attributes that translate directly to value for your applications and businesses. Quality is also infused into every part of our operations: expertise, friendliness, reliability, corporate citizenship, and a strong focus on solutions. As a responsible supplier, we are focused on staying ahead of regulations, ensuring our suppliers to meet our sustainability standards, supporting our communities, and driving leadership in sustainability - being climate neutral by 2040.