Printing batteries

3D printed batteries to transform energy storage

Photocentric has been researching into printing liquid and solid state batteries for 5 years with the aim of significantly improve energy storage by enabling the game-changing possibilities of creating electrodes in 3 dimensions.

Printing batteries

3D printed batteries to transform energy storage

Photocentric has been researching into printing liquid and solid state batteries for 5 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 below 16 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.

Lighter

Smaller

Fast charging

Increase energy density

Conformal to device topology

2021
  • We welcome HRH, The Princess Royal to our headquarters in recognition of our 3 Queen’s Awards.
  • We move into a new 51,000 sqft building in Avondale, AZ.
  • We launch the LC Opus, our first UV 3D Printer.
  • Using just 45 Magna printers, we manufacture 1,000,000 face shields a month, or 50,000 a day, consuming an IBC of resin every 24 hours. We have finally demonstrated the true power of using LCD screens.