Key Commercial scale capacitor development for Supply Chain Improvements for PEMD sector (KALEIDOSCOPE)

新兴的PEMD应用对多层陶瓷电容器（MLCC）的需求越来越大，其中高压和高温需求只能通过MLCC来满足。预计这些新兴的、要求苛刻的应用将在未来几年推动出货量。目前还没有基于陶瓷的解决方案可以实现这一点，因为任何这样的部件都太昂贵，由电容器组组成。由于目前全球MLCC短缺以及与提取必要原材料（如钯（Pd）和镍（Ni））相关的重大挑战，这种需求加剧。在这些新兴应用中，电动汽车（EV）电力电子系统是一个关键市场。更大的车辆电气化导致每辆车数千个MLCC，最新的电动汽车每辆车有10，000 - 15，000个MLCC。在温度>100°C时，功率电子设备需要更高的电压（> 30 V/µm）。为了支持电动汽车制造和促进采用，对于具有高温和高压性能的MLCC存在 ** 明确的商业需求 **，这些MLCC不含钯，铂（Pt）和铅（Pb），可以在商业上实现。Kaleidoscope通过以下方式应对DER挑战：** 不断增长的英国供应链 **，为MLCC提供高能量密度的粉末和浆料以及低成本、无反应的Ag基、无Pd/Pt电极合金。** 通过满足电动汽车等一系列新兴“绿色”应用日益增长的技术需求，实现净零排放 **，材料供应链将能够更好地为这些市场提供商业服务，减少二氧化碳排放。Kaleidoscope** 通过以下方式应对这些挑战：* 开发环境友好、无铅（无毒）、高能量密度、低成本、无反应的Ag基、无Pd/Pt电极合金，并进行工业规模放大（项目后）。这些方法与MLCC生产和性能的演示相结合，将使我们的联盟能够建立基于英国的供应链，为MLCC印刷陶瓷浆料和导电电极提供全球供应。Kaleidoscope* 将为MLCC打开快速增长的电动汽车电力电子市场，解决净零需求。Kaleidoscope* 被认为是创新的 **，因为它将从根本上改进最接近当前最先进的同类最佳BaTiO 3陶瓷基MLCC。开发材料和工艺，使这些MLCC能够为利基和批量供应链生产，**Kaleidoscope** 被认为是一个改变游戏规则的发展，开辟了全球电力电子应用。Kaleidoscope** 由4个合作伙伴组成，其中包括一家中小型企业，他们拥有开发高能量密度、低成本、无反应性Ag基、无Pd/Pt电极合金所需的专业知识，并为全球开发建立材料供应链。

Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCCs) are increasingly being demanded for emerging PEMD applications, where high-voltage and high-temperature demands can only be met by MLCCs. These emerging, demanding applications are predicted to drive shipments in the years ahead. Currently there are no ceramic-based solutions that can achieve this as any such part would be too expensive, composed of banks of capacitors. This demand is exasperated by the current global shortage of MLCCs and significant challenges associated with extracting necessary raw materials such as Palladium(Pd) and Nickel(Ni).Within these emerging applications, Electric Vehicle (EV) power electronics systems are a critical market. Greater vehicle electrification is resulting in thousands of MLCCs per vehicle, the latest EVs having 10,000-15,000 MLCCs/vehicle. Increasing near-powertrain, power electronics require higher voltage (\>30V/µm) at temperatures \>100°C. In order to support EV manufacture and promote adoption, there is a **clear commercial need** for MLCCs with high-temperature and high-voltage performance that are free of Palladium, Platinum(Pt) and lead(Pb) that can be realised commercially.**Kaleidoscope addresses DER challenge through:*** **Growing UK supply chains** for global supply of powders and pastes for high-energy density dielectrics and low-cost, non-reacting Ag-based, Pd/Pt free electrode alloys for MLCCs.* **Reaching for net zero** through meeting the increasing technical demands for a range of emerging "green" applications, such as EVs, the materials supply chains will be better able to serve these markets commercially, reducing CO2 emissions.**Kaleidoscope** addresses these challenges by:* Developing environmentally-friendly, lead-free (non-toxic), high-energy density dielectrics and low-cost, non-reacting Ag-based, Pd/Pt free electrode alloys and industrial-scale scale up (post-project). These approaches, combined with demonstration of MLCC production and performance, will enable our consortium to build UK-based supply chains for global supply of powders and pastes for printing ceramic dielectrics and electrically conducting electrodes for MLCCs.**Kaleidoscope** **will open up the rapidly growing EV power electronics market to MLCCs, addressing net-zero demand.****Kaleidoscope** **is considered innovative** as it will radically improve upon the nearest current _state-of-the-art best-in-class_ BaTiO3 ceramic-based MLCCs. Developing materials and processes to enable these MLCCs to be produced for niche and volume supply chains, **Kaleidoscope** is considered a game-changing development that opens up global power electronic applications.**Kaleidoscope** consists of 4 partners, including an SME, who have the expertise needed to develop the high-energy density dielectrics and low-cost, non-reacting Ag-based, Pd/Pt free electrode alloys and build materials supply chains for global exploitation.