Printing 3D batteries
Transforming energy storage
Photocentric has been researching into printing liquid and solid state batteries for 7 years with the aim of significantly improve energy storage by enabling the game changing possibilities of creating electrodes in 3 dimensions.
Printing 3D batteries
Transforming energy storage
Photocentric has been researching into printing liquid and solid state batteries for 7 years with the aim of significantly improve energy storage by enabling the game changing possibilities of creating electrodes in 3 dimensions.
Novel additive manufacturing techniques
We aim to achieve order of magnitude improvements in battery performance by using novel visible light polymerisation in particle rich slurries. By selectively hardening photopolymerisable compounds across very large areas at resolutions of 20 microns we can rapidly create significantly greater electrode contact.
We can also do this at low cost. LCD screens enable large areas to be encoded with light cost-effectively creating polymerisation at
very high resolution. Our novel viscous material dispensing system for particle-rich slurries allows large areas to be dispensed rapidly.
Photocentric is focused on delivering benefits of low cost and production scale. Industrialising the 3D printing of battery electrodes, enabling the additional power created from the freedom of geometry in three dimensions.
Our Horizon funded AM4BAT project
The overall objective of AM4BAT is to develop an anode-free solid-state battery (SSB), fabricated by Vat Photopolymerization 3D printing by LCD reaching energy density of 400 Wh/kg and 1000 Wh/L for Electric vehicles (EV) applications.
Solving the problem of making solvent-less cathodes
Breaking down the cost of an EV Battery cell
Making cathodes is
Highly energey intensive | Emission heavy | Toxic | Very expensive
Solvent-free battery cathode coating
What?
Novel light-curable coating
replaces NMP solvent.
How?
7 years research into 3D printing
batteries. Unique experience in curing
black slurries using longer
wavelength blue light.
Why?
Removes most of energy needed
to dry. No toxic chemicals.
Benefits
Huge energy savings by eliminating drying time
Faster production
Greener, more sustainable
Simple integration into current production lines
Lower maintenance requirement
Our discharge profiles
LFP – 50 wt/% loading
| SEM HV: 10.0 kV | WD: 6.89 mm |
| View field: 100 µm | Det: SE, In-Beam BSE |
| SEM MAG: 3.46 Kx |