Solid State Battery Lab
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The Solid State Battery Lab is dedicated to cutting-edge research and development of advanced and emerging battery systems, including Li-sulfur batteries, sea-water batteries and solid state batteries for transportation and grid storage applications.
The battery technologies in this lab are critical to enhancing the nation’s power grid capabilities, advancing the electrification of vehicles, and enabling the widespread penetration of distributed solar, wind and other renewable energy projects. Researchers in this lab translate scientific discoveries into early-stage technologies and work closely with industry to develop energy storage solutions that boost energy efficiency, address supply chain challenges, and create economic opportunity. These novel battery types offer benefits including enhanced safety and reliability, improved energy density, lower cost, and reduced reliance on critical materials.
Uniqueness and capabilities:
- Developing new battery technologies that can power a vehicle for longer range with improved safety.
- Creating novel energy storage systems that can stabilize the power grid.
- Advancing novel approaches and new materials to enable high-performance Li-ion batteries.
- Providing deep expertise in the synthesis and evaluation of new materials.
Technology resources:
- Prototype Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors for cathode precursor production
- Kurt Lesker sputtering and evaporation chambers for solid state battery development
- X-ray diffractometer capable of testing battery cells while they are operating, with high-temperature capability for thermal stability studies
- Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) instruments for the characterization and quantification of the gases generated from Li-ion cells in operation
