TU Braunschweig showcasing NoVOC innovations across Germany
Over the past months, our colleague Julius Gerk (TU Braunschweig, iPAT / BLB+) has been actively representing NoVOC at several high-profile events in the European battery community.
His contributions - ranging from talks to award-winning poster presentations - demonstrate both his scientific expertise and TU Braunschweig’s strong commitment to advancing sustainable, VOC-free battery manufacturing.
Across three key events, Julius effectively communicated NoVOC’s progress, engaged with industry and academic partners, and highlighted the consortium’s shared goal of enabling scalable dry electrode production without toxic solvents:
- International Battery Production Conference (IBPC), Braunschweig, 5-6 Nov 2025
Julius presented NoVOC’s dry electrode processing research, won the conference’s Poster Prize, and connected with industry and research stakeholders. - Dry Coating Forum, Dresden, 3-4 Nov 2025
He contributed a poster on dry extrusion and calendering processes and joined discussions on the future of solvent-free battery manufacturing. - Anton Paar Seminar “Characterising Powders and Suspensions”, Dresden, 11-12 Feb 2025
Julius showcased NoVOC’s particle characterisation approaches for dry coating, reinforcing TU Braunschweig’s expertise in powder-based process engineering.
TU Braunschweig’s role in the NoVOC project
These events illustrate nicely how TU Braunschweig contributes decisively to NoVOC:
- Leading expertise in dry electrode processing, including extrusion, granulation and calendering
- Strong capabilities in powder and electrode characterisation
- A key role in transferring lab-scale methods toward industrially relevant pilot-scale processing
We're especially happy and proud about their active commitment to dissemination and community engagement, strengthening the project’s visibility.
Driving Sustainable Battery Manufacturing Forward
The insights shared at these events directly support NoVOC’s mission to develop VOC-free, energy-efficient and scalable battery manufacturing technologies for European industry. We thank Julius and the whole team at TU Braunschweig for their outstanding dissemination work and look forward to further progress as the project moves toward pilot-scale demonstration.
