The solid-state battery (SSB) is one of the most important challenges in battery R&D. As well as increasing energy density, lifetime and transforming safety, SSBs would enable step changes in the safety, driving range and longevity of electric vehicles. In contrast to work on lithium-ion batteries, SSB research stands out as long-term and high-risk, but potentially high-gain. If SSBs could be realised and used in UK-manufactured EVs they would help secure the long-term growth of the UK’s car industry, employment and economy. Ceramic solids are sufficiently conductive that electrolytes are no longer the biggest hurdle facing SSB development: the barriers are at the interfaces between the electrolyte and both electrodes, in the mechanics throughout the cell and in the manufacturing at scale.
The following key metrics need to be demonstrated for solid-state batteries to be taken forward through development:
Project funding
£15.3m
1 March 2018 - 31 March 2023
Principal Investigator
Professor Peter Bruce
University of Oxford
Project Leader
Professor Mauro Pasta
University of Oxford
University Partners
University of Oxford (Lead)
University College London
University of Liverpool
University of Sheffield
University of Warwick
+ 3 Industrial Partners
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