<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-22T07:57:45Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/9AE10510-CB45-4540-A8EB-B16B35FA7D2C" ns1:id="9AE10510-CB45-4540-A8EB-B16B35FA7D2C"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/B81DD7A3-0DBD-444C-9E3B-71458B75C6DD" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/3C86C2FD-EE8C-418E-9B5B-35186FF9F78D" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/D9E2F69B-E694-49DC-B660-E0AA6C7A28E8" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/3C86C2FD-EE8C-418E-9B5B-35186FF9F78D" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/9213669F-8830-4F99-91CE-74F1851F33C4" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2021-03-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/2ED5F717-D735-4E93-9245-88301EC41BB3" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2019-06-30T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">105308</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Low-cost, scalable and agile synthesis routes for sodium-ion battery materials</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>ISCF</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>The cost of lithium-ion batteries is set to rise substantially in the near future, due to limited availability of lithium and the growing furore over &amp;quot;African blood Cobalt&amp;quot;, a key material of automotive LIB. This project establishes a capability to manufacture alternative candidate sodium-ion batteries at Deregallera. It develops low cost, readily scalable unconventional material processes for synthesising electrodes and develops targeted electrolyte formulations to maximise system synergy.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>