In SmartHouB a novel, functional, smart battery packaging technology is developed combining printed electronics with lightweight structural composite and metal layers. Especially, temperature sensors are crucial for battery safety and energy management. Carbonaceous polymer nanocomposites based on CNTs, doped CNTs, graphene, and metal nanoparticles will achieve sensors with high-temperature sensitivity as well as interconnects with a significantly low resistivity. The use of the novel laminate system will offer several advantages, such as a high strength-to-weight ratio, high-temperature resistance, and mechanical strength. In addition, friction stir welding processes in combination with adhesive bonding to join the hybrid laminates will allow the use in many applications such as electromobility. The overall performance of the battery housing will be investigated according to international standards for batteries by developing a representative model on a laboratory basis and validating it at TRL 4.

In 2021, the SmartHouB project on "Smart lightweight functionalized materials for Housing of Batteries" was granted by the Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture, and Tourism (SMWK) in Germany, the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey-TÜBATAK in Turkey, and the FAPESP - São Paulo Research Foundation in Brazil.