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Energy storage devices such as lithium-ion batteries play a crucial role in electromobility and energy transition. In order to optimise battery production, sensors are required to monitor the production line, including thickness measurement sensors. But what are the challenges in making reliable thickness measurements, asks Glenn Wedgbrow, Business Development Manager at Micro-Epsilon UK. The growing… Continue

Thermal Hazard Technology (THT) is the leading supplier of calorimeters and testing services for lithium battery safety / performance. With increasing energy density, safety of Li-ion batteries is becoming increasingly important. Calorimetry is used to obtain quantitative data on the thermal behaviour of batteries. THT’s Accelerating Rate Calorimeter provides an adiabatic testing environment with tests… Continue

Dr Sai Shivareddy, co-founder and CEO of Nyobolt, is looking to a future where we all have the power to make a difference Dr Sai Shivareddy’s son is only four – but he already understands the mission that his engineer dad is on. “He knows all about the frustrations of a dead battery, and asks, ‘why does it take so… Continue

LAUDA expands its successful range of integral process thermostats with a pressure-blanketed variant LAUDA Integral P: Using pressure to achieve the perfect temperature The two device types, Integral IN 2050 PW and IN 2560 PW, function according to the pressure blanketing principle. The devices, which are equipped with a stainless steel pressure vessel, significantly expand… Continue

The AutoPore V uses mercury porosimetry that can be used for characterization of Li-ion battery separators and electrodes. This uniquely valuable technique delivers speed, accuracy, and characterization of properties critical to safety, energy density, and longer cycle life. This application note will describe a test methodology using the AutoPore V, and its MicroActive software, to… Continue

Freeman Technology highlights the latest sector to invest heavily in powder testing technology, as sales soar. Freeman Technology, a Micromeritics company and the global leaders in powder characterisation technology, has revealed new insight into which sectors are investing most heavily in powder testing, and by extension working particularly intensively on powder-related innovation. Rapid sales growth… Continue

HARWELL, UK (19 August 2021) A consortium of seven UK-based organisations has signed a memorandum of understanding to combine ambitions to develop world-leading prototype solid-state battery technology, targeting automotive applications. Solid-state batteries offer significant potential advantages over conventional lithium-ion batteries and could be transformational in meeting the UK’s net zero commitments through the electrification of… Continue

About:Energy spun out from Imperial College London and University of Birmingham and awarded Entrepreneurial Fellowship HARWELL, UK (11 January 2022) About:Energy, a joint spin out from Imperial College London and the University of Birmingham has been set up to help commercialise the battery modelling capability developed by the Faraday Institution’s Multi-scale Modelling Project. The company… Continue