STFC Global Challenge Network in Battery Science and Technology

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Battery technologies are already a part of our day-to-day lives, particularly through their application in electronic devices. Indeed, the development of Li- based batteries was driven by the consumer electronics industry. However, in the future a range of battery technologies (not limited to Li-ion) will play an increasing role in our lives with applications as diverse as automotive power trains and grid storage to micro-batteries for "on micro-chip" power and biomedical batteries to power pacemakers.In order to extend and optimise and the application of these devices in a range of environments, fundamental improvements to our understanding of the fundamental processes occurring in batteries are essential. Large-scale facilities research is essential to achieve this, using a range of techniques at neutron, synchrotron and high performance computing facilities.Utilising a range of neutron, x-ray or HPC techniques in isolation provides opportunities to improve understanding of batteries - by combining the strengths of world leading practitioners across a range of complementary techniques and facilities we will have a unique opportunity to rapidly advance the field of battery science, and thorough our partnerships with industry translate this leading research into commercial reality.