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    Failure Analysis of Next Generation Si Based Anodes

    Silicon (Si) is an attractive alternative to graphite due to its high theoretical capacity of 3500 mAh-g-1 and its high abundance on earth. Unfortunately, Si is plagued by significant volume expansion during charge/discharge, upwards of 300%. As a result, researchers and companies have focused their attention on mitigating the disadvantages of Si. With various methods the aim is to create a Si based anode that has a stability comparable or better then graphite. With increasing interest, it is important to discuss and determine abuse testing and failure analysis techniques that can effectively determine the durability of these new anodes.

    This webinar will focus on the following key topics:

    • Why is it important to look at alternative anodes to graphite?
    • The advantages and disadvantages of Si based anodes
    • Creation of new anodes to alleviate the disadvantages of Si
    • Customized abuse testing and failure analysis of Si based anode cells

    Presenter
    Emily Klein – Materials Scientist and Engineer at Energy Assurance

    Emily Klein is a materials scientist and engineer at Energy Assurance. She earned her bachelor and master’s degrees in materials science and engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). At Energy Assurance she supports clients with tailored abuse testing, cell and pack quality evaluations, and failure analysis. Prior to joining Energy Assurance, her research at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Georgia Tech was focused on materials selection, performance testing, and safety testing for lithium-ion, solid-state systems, lithium metal systems, and alloy anodes.

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    A New Generation of Aging Models for Lithium-ion Batteries

    Over the past years, scientists have invested a lot of time and resources to optimize semi-empirical, physico-chemical, and data-driven simulation models. All of them show different challenges and limitations. To overcome this dead end, scientists and engineers combine physicochemical-mechanical degradation effects and integrate them into (semi)-empirical as well as data-driven approaches. We call this combination physics-motivated semi-empirical aging models.

    This webinar will focus on the following key topics:

    • How capacity aging model is optimized using bootstrap resampling
    • The new generation of physics-motivated semi-empirical aging models: OCV aging, degradation modes, understanding the accuracy of models, simulation of swelling force
    • The new TWAICE simulation model portfolio: base model, customized base model, premium model
    • Vision and outlook

    Presenters
    Dr. Michael Baumann – Co-CEO at TWAICE
    Lennart Hinrichs – Executive VP & GM Americas at TWAICE

    Dr. Michael Baumann is Co-CEO at TWAICE. Before founding TWAICE with Dr. Stephan Rohr, Michael completed his Ph.D. at the Technical University of Munich. Michael’s battery specific domain expertise derives from over 6 years of academic research in Harvard, Berkeley, and Singapore, into Li-ion batteries with a particular focus on the Electric-thermal modelling and prediction of aging behavior for lithium-ion batteries.

    Lennart Hinrichs is currently driving forward the commercial side of TWAICE, with a particular focus on sales and the market strategy. Lennart worked in strategy consulting, driving the business model development and go-to-market strategy in industries ranging from consumer goods to telecommunications and automotive.

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    Advancements in Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) for Battery Research

    Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) is used industrially for depositing nanometers-to-microns of a material to produce functional layers/alter surface properties. The technique is paramount in pioneering the development of solid-state/lithium-ion batteries.

    Key solid-state challenges are impedance at the cathode-electrolyte interface, volumetric energy density, and dendrites/crack formation during cycling. PVD is ideally suited to manufacturing promising solutions, whilst allowing high-throughput screening of novel material compositions to enhance electrochemical properties.

    The HEX is a cost-effective system, mountable beneath an existing glovebox for fully inert development. The unique configuration maximizes glovebox space and enables easy atmosphere-side modification/cleaning. The high modularity facilitates changes without specialist tools, enabling rapid changes in research approach without additional costs. Integration of sputtering/thermal/e-beam/organic evaporation/substrate heating allows extensive material production capabilities.

    This webinar will focus on the following key topics:

    • PVD techniques used to produce functional layers/alter surface properties
    • Development of model systems to study interfacial phenomena
    • High throughput screening of novel materials to enhance electrochemical properties
    • Introduction to the HEX series of PVD instrument and its key advantages for research, including unique mounting position below the glovebox

    Presenter
    Dr. Bryan Stuart – Head of R&D, Korvus Technology

    Bryan Stuart has over 10 years of experience in the development of next generation Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) technologies for enhancing manufacturing capabilities in Energy Storage applications from Solar Cells to Solid State Batteries. He leads R&D at Korvus Technologies as they seek to broaden and scale their product range.

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    Manufacturing Analytics to Improve Battery Quality and Accelerate Factory Ramp

    The battery industry is racing to develop new manufacturing capacity as the EV and energy storage industries continue to outpace market expectations. Companies across the battery ecosystem have begun building new factories while facing the reality of long yield ramp times, supply chain immaturity, and a shortage of expertise — the typical gigafactory will take several years & billions in investment before reaching profitability.

    In this webinar, we’ll review the industry’s first software solution that enables battery manufacturers to rapidly understand cell quality and the link to upstream production and materials characteristics. This insight, when paired with the ability to control and improve production quality at unprecedented speeds, helps accelerate production ramp and improve overall cell quality.

    This webinar will focus on the following key topics:

    • Challenges around battery manufacturing scale-up and quality across industries
    • Understanding parallels from the semiconductor industry
    • Accelerating production ramp and improving yield, while reducing costs
    • Leveraging AI and ML capabilities to surface quality problems ASAP
    • How a fully integrated analytics solution can speed up battery manufacturing

    Presenter
    Dr. Tal Sholklapper – Co-Founder & CEO at Voltaiq

    Tal has an extensive record of success as a cleantech engineer and entrepreneur. Prior to founding Voltaiq, he worked as the lead engineer on a DOE ARPA-E funded project at the CUNY Energy Institute, developing an ultra low-cost grid-scale battery. Before joining CUNY, Tal co-founded Point Source Power, a low cost fuel-cell startup based on technology he developed while at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley, where he also did his graduate work in Materials Science and Engineering. As a Materials Postdoctoral Fellow at LBNL, he successfully led the transfer of lab-scale technology to industry partners.

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