Industry Sprints

The Faraday Institution builds closer industry relationships where specific short-term research needs have been identified, which lie within the broad scope of our research projects and which are of wider interest to industry.

Xerode – Dry printing technology accelerator

Xerode aims to overcome current limitations of state-of-the-art slurry-based electrode manufacturing processes by investigating the technical feasibility of a completely dry coating technique.

CELL DEGRADATION

In Phase 2 of this Sprint, forensic characterisation will be performed to determine the root causes of the specific degradation mechanisms that drive the unexpected capacity loss in select battery chemistries

Developing commercially viable quasi solid-state lithium-sulfur cells

This Sprint project focuses on the development of quasi-solid-state Li-S batteries that have the potential to significantly enhance the number of times Li-S batteries can be charged before they reach end of life, the energy they can store per unit volume and the temperature range over which they can operate.

ZeST – Li-ion conducting fibre for composite solid-state electrolytes

Thermal Ceramics UK Ltd, a subsidiary of Morgan Advanced Materials, will work with the novel glass group at Southampton University to develop a process to manufacture specialist lithium-ion conducting fibres of a new composition to a tight tolerance with high yield.

ELMASS - Screening of Electrode Manufacturing for All-Solid-State Batteries

WMG, University of Warwick, Johnson Matthey, and Jaguar Land Rover are working together on an Industry Sprint to unlock a path to scale up the type of solid-state batteries being investigated by SOLBAT and the solid state battery consortium formed by the Faraday Institution.

Supported thin films for oxide electrolytes

Researchers at the University of St Andrews are working with Morgan Advanced Materials, in collaboration with Ilika, to develop and optimise the process of making supported thin, dense films for use as electrolytes for solid state batteries. Photo courtesy of Ilika.

TOPBAT – OPTIMISING PACK DESIGN FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT

Imperial College London researchers, in collaboration with AMTE Power, are looking to optimise pack design for thermal management and demonstrate the current practice of optimising cell design largely around energy density is suboptimal for pack energy density, cost and lifetime.

OFF GASES AND DETONATION BEHAVIOUR

By combining multiple techniques to describe the mechanism of failure, gases produced during an event, energy/mass released, and any geometric changes, models will begin to be built that will enable faster, more efficient pack development processes.

MATERIALS FOR THERMAL TRANSFER

This sprint is looking at the development of nanomaterials composites, phase change materials and functional scaffold materials to optimise thermal control of a battery pack with the aim of informing module manufacturing and optimising performance and longevity.

GROWING LINKS BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY

The Faraday Institution welcomes approaches at any time by industry organisations that would like to get involved with our research projects, be it one of our main lithium-ion or beyond lithium-ion projects or to propose an industry sprint.

Also, read more about our Industry Fellowships

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