Thermo Fisher expands research capacity for secondary batteries

Thermo Fisher Scientific Korea has renewed its partnership with a state-funded chemical research agency to cooperate on the key initiative of developing the country's secondary battery production capabilities. General Manager Seok Soo-jin signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday with Kim Myeong-hwan, director of the Next-Generation Battery Strategy Center at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT). Under the deal, they agreed to exchange technologies, share laboratory tools and other analytic infrastructures, conduct joint research and provide training. The Korean office of global scientific research giant Thermo Fisher Scientific has been working with the KRICT battery unit since 2024, jointly developing ways to improve the performance of secondary batteries. They had previously collaborated on a study of lithium-ion transport mechanisms within lithium metal battery cathodes. The KRICT battery research center is part of K-Battery Innovation Consortium (K-BIC) for Korean researchers and companies. Thermo Fisher Scientific Korea, using K-BIC’s research infr