This presentation will provide an overview of the above cell-makers’ planning, especially covering both the technical comparison, market, and product segmentation to show the future development in Asian xEV LIB Manufacturers.

SolidPAC toolkit is flexible, enabling the battery community to quantify the effects of materials' chemistry and fractions, electrode thicknesses and loadings, and electron flows on cell energy density and costs; and to use reverse-engineering concepts to correlate the cell energy density output of solid-state batteries to materials and cell design inputs.

A dive into the realm of Smart Gigafactories, where the convergence of cutting-edge technologies sets the stage for a battery production revolution. Presentation will explore the transformative power of Digital Twins, granting an unprecedented insight and control over manufacturing processes. The speaker will demonstrate how seamless integration of automation can maximize efficiency and reduce scrap rate.

This presentation will explore research and development efforts at Argonne National Laboratory focused on enabling new designs in high-Mn, low-Ni, Co-free cathodes towards diversifying the portfolio of viable materials for commercial applications.

As electrification of transportation progresses towards 2030s, cathode plants at million-ton levels will be required. Unfortunately the current mainstream cathode production technology contains a lot of inefficiencies in terms of both waste generation and energy usage, that would not be sustainable at the million-ton level. The industry has come to the point that certain processing technologies that were developed when Li-ion batteries were mainly used for small portable electronics must be updated/replaced. At this conference, I will illustrate that 1) more efficient technologies are imperative as the industry moves forward; 2) solutions to this problem have been developed; and 3) adapting these more efficient technologies will result in both improved sustainability and cost savings.

The battery cell finishing process chain is a highly time- and cost-intensive process in battery manufacturing. With the integration of battery-quality determination into the formation process, the process chain is streamlined. This presentation will show the potential of online EIS (Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy) in the formation process and how the quality of the battery cell can be monitored during formation.

Outlook on acheiving manufacturing targets with on-demand supply balance for Li, Ni, Co, Mn, and graphite; alternative feedstock and processing routes; comparing costs and CO2 emission; strategies to secure critical raw materials adopted by major players; framework for holistic evaluation of manufacturing strategies.

Batteries play an important role in the performance and longevity of the devices in which they are used. Safety, service life, performance, and cost are essential to ensuring the success of battery technologies. These factors need to be addressed every step of the way, from R&D, quality control, and production, to the processing of raw materials, and assembly. This presentation introduces multiscale correlative inspection workflows for developing a better understanding of battery systems, increase R&D cost-effectiveness, speed up product development times, and simplify quality control.

This talk will focus on Hitachi's innovations in battery lifecycle management and the utilization of AI for decision support.

As the world looks to electrification to meet our climate goals, and recently introduced policies are deploying billions of dollars to accelerate our progress, we must invest in manufacturing processes built for long-term success. The cathode is the battery’s most costly and carbon-intensive part; thus, it creates a critical supply-chain bottleneck in realizing the decarbonization impact we desire. A lower-cost, more sustainably manufactured EV is achievable in the near term by employing a future-proofed next-generation cathode manufacturing process.

As the demand grows for electric vehicles and energy storage, there has been emphasis on the safety and performance in the batteries they use. Third-party cell testing allows for companies to access testing infrastructure without cost to themselves, and are able to utilize the vast knowledge of highly experienced teams that can conduct tests safely with no bias. An unbiased review of data is key to driving the advancement of batteries and their performance.