Why We Invested in AM Batteries and Their Dry Electrode Technology
Anil Achyuta, Investment Director, TDK Ventures Historical Perspective Electric vehicles (EV) are defined as any mode of transportation where electric power facilitates the work necessary to drive motion and move us forward, as well as being capable of carrying some loading capacity, often times ourselves, from point A to point B. In contrast to most power […]
TDK Ventures invests in seed round for dry lithium-ion electrode manufacturing startup, AM Batteries
AM Batteries (AMB) is a Boston-based, seed-stage additive manufacturing company focusing on the lithium-ion dry-electrode market AMB’s core technology combines unique knowledge in multi-particle physicochemical modeling, surface chemistry, and battery electrode process engineering to enable mass manufacturable dry-electrode technology TDK will support the rapid maturation and commercialization of AMB’s revolutionary dry-electrode coating methodology with its […]
USABC awards $2.4 million contract to WPI for development of low-cost/fast charge batteries for electric vehicle applications
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., July 10, 2020 – The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR), and a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, today announced the award of a $2.4 million contract to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, […]
WPI Researcher Leads $2.4 Million Project to Manufacture Low-Cost, Fast-Charging Lithium Ion Car Batteries
Worcester, Mass. – July 14, 2020 – Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will lead a team of industry and university researchers in a $2.4 million project to manufacture cheaper, faster-charging lithium ion car batteries. Yan Wang, William Smith Dean’s Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WPI, is principal investigator of the three-year project. Other researchers are Heng Pan, associate […]
Strengthening the Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries with a Porous Adhesive Interlayer through Dry-Spraying Manufacturing
The manufacturing technologies for electrodes have a great influence on the performance of Li-ion batteries. Manufacturing procedures largely determine the microstructure of electrodes, and thus affect how active materials are involved in the electrochemical reactions. However, the usage of solvent in the dominant slurry-casting method weakens its competence on obtaining desired microstructures and properties. In […]
Understanding Interfacial-Energy-Driven Dry Powder Mixing for Solvent-Free Additive Manufacturing of Li-Ion Electrodes
Lithium-ion battery electrodes are manufactured using a new additive manufacturing process based on dry powders. By using dry powder-based processing, the solvent and its associated drying processes in conventional battery process can be removed, allowing for large-scale Li-ion battery production to be more economically viable in markets such as automotive energy storage systems. Uniform mixing […]
Scalable Dry Printing Manufacturing to Enable Long-Life and High Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries
Slurry casting method dominates the electrode manufacture of lithium-ion batteries. The entire procedure is similar to the newspaper printing that includes premixing of cast materials into solvents homogeneously, and continuously transferring and drying the slurry mixture onto the current collector. As a market approaching US $80 billion by 2024, the optimization of manufacture process is […]
Simulation of Micro/Nanopowder Mixing Characteristics for Dry Spray Additive Manufacturing of Li-Ion Electrodes
A new dry spraying additive manufacturing method for Li-ion batteries has been developed to replace the conventional slurry-casting technique for manufacturing Li-ion battery electrodes. A dry spray manufacturing process can allow for the elimination of the time- and energy-intensive slurry drying process needed due to the use solvents to make the electrodes. Previous studies into […]
