Grants and Contributions

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.

Smarter Alloys is integrating AI to unlock insights from its rich materials and production data, enabling predictive modeling and real-time optimization to improve quality, manage risk, shorten time to market, and accelerate revenue growth through faster, more efficient product development and deployment.

The purpose of this CanExport Innovation agreement is to support Canadian organizations to carry out activities related to pursuing opportunities that would lead to establishing new collaborative Research and Development (R&D) partnerships between the Recipient and foreign organizations in order to support R&D on the Recipient’s technology and advance its commercialization.

The purpose of this CanExport Innovation agreement is to support Canadian organizations to carry out activities related to pursuing opportunities that would lead to establishing new collaborative Research and Development (R&D) partnerships between the Recipient and foreign organizations in order to support R&D on the Recipient’s technology and advance its commercialization.

The purpose of this CanExport Innovation agreement is to support Canadian organizations to carry out activities related to pursuing opportunities that would lead to establishing new collaborative Research and Development (R&D) partnerships between the Recipient and foreign organizations in order to support R&D on the Recipient’s technology and advance its commercialization.

The purpose of this CanExport Innovation agreement is to support Canadian organizations to carry out activities related to pursuing opportunities that would lead to establishing new collaborative Research and Development (R&D) partnerships between the Recipient and foreign organizations in order to support R&D on the Recipient’s technology and advance its commercialization.

The purpose of this CanExport Innovation agreement is to support Canadian organizations to carry out activities related to pursuing opportunities that would lead to establishing new collaborative Research and Development (R&D) partnerships between the Recipient and foreign organizations in order to support R&D on the Recipient’s technology and advance its commercialization.

The purpose of this CanExport Innovation agreement is to support Canadian organizations to carry out activities related to pursuing opportunities that would lead to establishing new collaborative Research and Development (R&D) partnerships between the Recipient and foreign organizations in order to support R&D on the Recipient’s technology and advance its commercialization.

The purpose of this CanExport Innovation agreement is to support Canadian organizations to carry out activities related to pursuing opportunities that would lead to establishing new collaborative Research and Development (R&D) partnerships between the Recipient and foreign organizations in order to support R&D on the Recipient’s technology and advance its commercialization.

Estuarine wetlands provide vital ecosystem services, but are experiencing dramatic global losses. A pilot project at Sturgeon Bank in the Fraser Estuary is exploring the use of dredged sediment for marsh restoration. However, the effects of potential contamination of the dredged sediments by microplastics and leachates on project success remains poorly understood. At the same time, trapping of particulates by wetland vegetation offers promise for nature-based solutions designed to beneficially sequester microplastics. This Project will characterize microplastics in sediments at Sturgeon Bank, examine the relative distributions in dredgeate, mudflats and vegetated salt marshes, investigate contaminant leaching from microplastics, and determine UV weathering rates. This Project will also support informed decision-making for wetland restoration, enhance understanding and predictive modelling of microplastics fate and transport, and guide beneficial use of dredged sediment.