In this eight-part series, essential thought leaders and technological experts walk through the battery development process, from the research lab to the manufacturing line. This series focuses on discovering unmet needs and preventing failures while adhering to rigorous quality assurance standards.
Learn about essential issues affecting battery quality and longevity, such as advanced diagnostic procedures, root causes, and preventive strategies. This series is ideal for experts in battery production, quality control, and research and development who want to improve battery performance and reliability.
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1: Tackling the Battery Production Challenge
Battery production faces challenges in manufacturing expertise, workforce training, and cost competitiveness, impacting the industry's growth and innovation. In this interview, learn how Thermo Fisher Scientific are tackling the battery production challenge.
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2: The Future of Battery Diagnostics
The role of advanced imaging and cryogenic techniques in battery diagnostics is pivotal for understanding material behavior and enhancing battery performance. In this article we present an interview about this topic with Dr. Yao Bin Xu, Senior Materials Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Brandon Van Leer, Director for Clean Energy at Thermo Fisher Scientific. The interview has been edited for clarity.
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3. Eliminating Contaminants: How Advanced Analytics Improve Battery Quality
As the global demand for lithium-ion batteries continues to surge, the pressure to ensure higher quality, safer, and more reliable battery components has never been greater.
In this interview, experts from Thermo Fisher Scientific present innovative analytical solutions to identify and control impurities in battery raw materials and electrolytes. From scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) to robust ICP-OES (inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy) methods, the panel discusses how automation, trace element analysis, and standardized workflows are transforming quality control.
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4. Ensuring Battery Material Quality at Every Step
In the race to build better batteries, quality control at every stage of the production process has become critical. In this interview, experts Bart Cleeren, Simon Wetzmiller, and Christina Drathen explore how analytical techniques like ion chromatography (IC), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) are helping manufacturers improve the quality of electrode powders and electrolytes.
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5. Assuring Electrode Coating Quality from Slurry to Line
As lithium-ion battery manufacturers seek to scale up while maintaining quality, they are turning to increasingly sophisticated tools to optimize production. In this interview, experts from Thermo Fisher Scientific explore how rheology and inline mass profilometry can help manufacturers improve the consistency and quality of battery electrode coatings.
AZoMaterials caught up with Dr. Annika Volp, Process Application Specialist, and Alon Vaisman, Senior Manager of Strategic Business Development, to discuss this topic in more detail.
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6. Innovations in Battery Technology: From Failure Analysis to Vibrational Spectroscopy
In this interview, AZoMaterials speaks with Dr. Sudhir Dahal and Hernan Sanchez about the latest advancements in battery technology. They discuss innovative approaches to battery failure analysis, material degradation studies, and the role of vibrational spectroscopy in improving performance, reliability, and safety.
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7. Data Solutions for Battery Manufacturing Quality
In this interview, learn to optimise battery manufacturing with Thermo Scientific™ Avizo™ Software, ensuring data integration, quality traceability, and AI-driven insights.
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8. Beyond Lithium-Ion: Engineering the Future of Battery Technology
Innovative battery technologies are key to bridging the gap between energy storage needs and current production capabilities, enhancing performance and safety. In this interview with Dr. Y Shirley Meng, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago; Dr. Kang Xu, Chief Technology Officer, SES AI; and Dr. Yury Gogotsi, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, we discuss these emerging technologies and their applications.
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Accompanying Building Better Batteries webinar series
- Key opinion leader panel session: Current challenges in building better batteries
- Cutting-edge imaging characterization techniques for beam-sensitive battery materials?
- Comprehensive metal impurity analysis in battery manufacturing
- Assuring the quality of battery electrode powders and electrolytes
- Assuring the quality of electrode slurries and coatings
- Excelling in battery failure analysis with cutting-edge analytical solutions
- Enhancing battery R&D and manufacturing via advanced data management, and interpretation
- Key opinion leader panel session: Challenges in developing tomorrow’s batteries
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Featured speakers
- Sir Michael Stanley Whittingham, Ph.D
- Y. Shirley Meng, Ph.D
- Ines Miller
- Louis Piper, Ph.D
- Yury Gogotsi, Ph.D
- Yaobin Xu
- Hernan Sanchez, Ph.D
- Kang Xu, Ph.D
- Brandon VanLeer
- Christina Drathen
- Barry Pearce, Ph.D, BSc
- Sukanya Sengupta, Ph.D
- Eduardo Sardinha
- Alon Vaisman
- Annika Volp
- Bart Cleeren
- Jay Onye
- Luigi Raspolini
- Simon Welzmiller
- Sudhir Dahal, Ph.D
- Tomoko Vincent
- Weihui Hao
- Zhao Liu, Ph.D
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This information has been sourced, reviewed and adapted from materials provided by Thermo Fisher Scientific – PPA Clean Energy.
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