Printed Temperature Sensors for use in battery monitoring systems working within the cells/batteries

“提高电动汽车的安全性和性能对于公众和整个英国的广泛采用至关重要；这对于实现汽车技术路线图中设定的目标也是至关重要的。提高安全性和性能的一个关键方法是增加来自电池的传感器信息的数量，特别是温度。PST Sensors提供了这种独特的打印温度传感器的能力，可以开发成符合电池单元的阵列。目前测量电池温度的方法只允许单点测量，主要是在充电电路上，这并不能提供电池完整性的全貌。PST与CPI合作，将共同测试PST温度传感器在电池监测系统中的应用潜力。如果每个电池都有自己的传感器阵列，那么规模化生产的需求是至关重要的，因此需要使用像丝网印刷这样便宜的工艺。使用这种传感器将大大减少热失控的机会，并允许改进对电池的监测。通过提高从电池中获得的信息量，PST设想在不改变当前电动汽车设计的情况下延长使用寿命和增加行驶里程。这将进一步减少电动汽车及其电池对环境的影响，并使其续航里程与内燃机相当。”

"Increased safety and performance of electric vehicles is paramount to wider adoption by the public and the UK as a whole; it is also essential to achieving the goals set out in the automotive technology roadmap . A key way to improve safety and performance is to increase the amount of sensor information from the batteries, particularly temperature. PST Sensors offers this unique ability to print temperature sensors that can be developed into arrays that are conformable to a battery cell. Current methods of measuring battery temperature only allow for single point measurements mainly on the charging circuity, which does not provide the whole picture of the cells integrity.PST collaborating with CPI, will work together they to test the up-scaling potential of PST temperature sensors for use in battery monitoring systems. If each cell has its sensor array then the need to produce on scale is paramount, hence the need to use a cheap process like screen printing. Using such a sensors will dramatically reduce the chances of thermal runaway and allow for improved monitoring of the batteries. By improving the amount of information obtained from the batteries, PST envisage a longer life and increased range without altering the current design of EV. This will reduce the environmental impact of the EVs and their batteries further and bring their range on par with combustion engines."