Guest Seminar - New Approaches to Enhancing the Lifetime and Energy Density of Li-Ion Batteries
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Li-ion batteries (LIBs) have become an integral part of devices that shape the way we work (laptops), communicate (mobile phones) and travel (electrical vehicles). While batteries are believed to be a key technology to decarbonise our society, they still fall short on requirements in lifetime and energy density for many applications. In this talk, I will first present new insights into degradation pathways in high energy density LIBs, focusing on NMC811/graphite systems. Subsequently, I will focus on methods to increase LIB lifetime. In the second part of my talk, I will discuss methods to increase the areal capacity of batteries, in particular focussing on the development of ultra-high areal loading electrodes and advanced roll-to-roll manufacturing approaches.
Michael De Volder is Professor of Advanced Materials Engineering at the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Michael carried out his PhD research at the University of Leuven in Belgium and in part at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. He spent time as a postdoc researcher at institutes, including the imec, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Michigan and Harvard University before joining the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He is a recipient of several ERC Grants and industrial and academic awards. He is a Laureate of the Belgian Royal Academy and co-founder of two UK based battery companies, Echion Technologies and CamVolt.