Smart Three-dimensional ELectrode Lithium-ion batteries with Automated Robotics (STELLAR)

英国将在2030年前禁止新内燃机汽车的销售，并计划在2050年前实现碳中和。零排放汽车的大规模引入是渐进的，但不可逆转。电动汽车绝大多数依赖于电池技术。因此，英国必须处于电动汽车和电池设计和制造的最前沿。消费者担心的是成本、充电时间、电池寿命和有限的行驶里程，这严重阻碍了电动汽车的销售。因此，英国迫切需要高度创新的解决方案，这些解决方案可以（i）克服上述问题，（ii）在短时间内创造就业和市场竞争力的技术领先地位。它需要更好的电池设计和制造，以低成本生产市场需求的复杂技术。Stellar项目通过提供创新和可扩展的解决方案来应对这些挑战。该项目将利用合作伙伴开发的3D电极制造技术，该技术已显示出显着的电池性能改进。对电池几何形状和人工智能电池设计进行建模将有助于解决困扰最先进电池的热、能量密度和机械问题。这使得通过为特定类型的车辆定制电池，垂直集成到电池制造过程中：快速充电时间，增加能量密度和功率密度，然后可以在制造之前进行设计。CPI将能够使用最先进的机器人系统快速配制和筛选，使用优化的墨水配方制造3D电极设计，用于商业应用。UKBIC将为确保工业可扩展性提供投入。该过程将能够使用人工智能设计来创建具有新电极几何形状的整个电池，并采用自动化过程，从而实现快速且具有成本效益的开发。该项目将展示高能锂离子电池在充放电行为和循环寿命方面的性能显著改善。此外，该项目方法不需要改变现有的电池设施和供应链，并代表了一种“直接”解决方案，即3D电极可以提供给各种设施。我们还消除了耗时的制造过程，其中需要多次迭代以实现最佳结构和油墨创建。我们的目标是改善电池性能和制造，增强英国的能力，创造供应弹性。我们将从目前的制造链中节省时间和成本，同时从更长寿命的电池中受益，这将有助于英国电网向更清洁的能源组合过渡。

The UK will ban the sale of new combustion-engine vehicles by 2030 and its aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050. The mass introduction of zero emission vehicles is gradual but irreversible. Electric cars overwhelmingly rely on battery technology. Therefore the UK must be at the forefront of design and manufacture of EVs and batteries. Consumer concerns are around cost, charging time, battery life and limited driving range, which severely impedes the sales of EVs. As such the UK is in urgent need of highly innovative solutions that can (i) overcome the aforementioned concerns and (ii) take a technological lead that generates employment and market competitiveness within a short timeframe. It will need better battery design and manufacturing to produce complex technologies at low cost that the market demands.The Stellar project addresses these challenges by providing innovative and scalable solutions. The project will utilise technology developed by partners for 3D electrode fabrication that has shown significant battery performance improvements. Modelling battery geometries and AI battery design will help address the thermal, energy density and mechanical issues that plague state-of-the-art batteries. This enables vertical integration into the cell manufacturing process through tailoring batteries for specific type of vehicles: fast charging times, increased energy density and power density can then all be engineered before fabrication. CPI will enable fabrication of 3D electrodes designs with optimised ink formulations for commercial applications using state-of-the-art robotic systems for rapid formulation and screening. UKBIC will provide input for ensuring industrial scalability. The process will be able to use AI design to create entire batteries with new electrode geometries and an automated process that allows rapid and cost effective development. The project will demonstrate significant improvement in performance of high-energy lithium-ion battery cells in charging/discharging behaviour and cycle life.Additionally, the project approach requires no change to existing battery facilities, supply chains and represents a 'drop-in' solution whereby 3D electrodes can be supplied to a variety of facilities. We also remove time-consuming manufacturing processes where several iterations are required for optimum structure and ink creation. We aim to improve cell performance and manufacture, enhancing UK capabilities and creating resilience of supply. We will save time and cost from the present manufacturing chain while benefitting environmentally from longer lifetime cells that will help the UK grid in its transition to cleaner energy mixes.