Developing dry coating process for fabricating Li-ion battery electrodes

可充电锂离子电池(LIB)是最成熟的储能技术，可以满足电动汽车(EVS)对交通系统脱碳和缓解与燃烧锡箔燃料相关的环境污染的要求。制造LIB的成本降低将使电动汽车得到更广泛的采用。目前的工业生产LiB电极采用传统的湿法涂层工艺，这涉及使用危险和昂贵的有机溶剂，以及随后的耗能和时间密集的干燥过程。该项目将推动一种新的干涂工艺的开发，以消除制造下一代LIBS时使用的有机溶剂和干燥工艺。此外，还将应用人工智能方法来揭示材料属性、制造参数和电池性能之间的关系。

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are the most mature energy storage technology to meet the requirements for electric vehicles (EVs) for decarbonizing the transportation system and relieving environmental pollution associated with burning foil fuels. Cost reduction in manufacturing LIBs will enable wider adoption of EVs. The current industry adopts a conventional wet coating process for manufacturing LIB electrodes, which involves the use of hazardous and expensive organic solvents and the subsequent energy and time intensive drying process. This project will drive the development of anew dry coating process to eliminate the use of organic solvents and drying process in manufacturing next-generation LIBs. Furthermore, artificial intelligence methods will be applied to unravel the relationships between materials properties, manufacturing parameters, and battery performance.