LABOHR aimed to develop Ultra High-Energy battery systems for automotive applications making use of lithium or novel alloy anodes, innovative O2 cathode operating in the liquid phase and a novel system for harvesting O2 from air, which can be regenerated during their operative life without need of disassembling.

LABOHR had 5 key objectives:

1. development of a green and safe electrolyte chemistry based on non-volatile, non-flammable ionic liquids (ILs);
2. use of novel nanostructured high capacity anodes in combination with ionic liquid-based electrolytes;
3. use of novel 3-D nano-structured O2 cathodes making use of IL-based O2 carriers/electrolytes with the goal to understand and improve the electrode and electrolyte properties and thus their interactions;
4. development of an innovative device capable of harvesting dry O2 from air; and
5. construction of fully integrated rechargeable lithium-Air cells with optimised electrodes, electrolytes, O2-harvesting system and other ancillaries. 

Accordingly, LABOHR aims to overcome the energy limitation for the application of the present Li-ion technology in electric vehicles with the goal to:

1. perform frontier research and breakthrough work to position Europe as a leader in the developing field of high energy, environmentally benign and safe batteries and to maintain the leadership in the field of ILs;
2. develop appropriate electrolytes and nano-structured electrodes which combination allows to realize ultra-high energy batteries;
3. develop a battery system concept as well as prototypes of the key components (cell and O2-harvesting device) to verify the feasibility of automotive systems with: A) specific energy and power higher than 500 Wh/kg and 200 W/kg; B) coulombic efficiency higher than 99% during cycling; C) cycle life of 1,000 cycles with 40% maximum loss of capacity, cycling between 90% and 10% SOC; and D) evaluate their integration in electric cars and renewable energy systems.