Materials for Advanced Batteries

该项目的重点是提高汽车和电网储能应用中锂离子电池的能量密度、延长寿命和降低成本。 现有的先进诊断方法，如高精度库仑法、等温电池微量热法等，将用于识别和优化寿命长达数十年的新型锂离子电池化学成分。 在这项工作中，将合成或采购新的电解质、新的正极材料和新的负极材料并进行研究。 达恩实验室将与特斯拉汽车公司、特斯拉能源公司和特斯拉加拿大公司（达特茅斯，北卡罗来纳州）的研发机构建立强有力的合作伙伴关系。2016年6月，这项工作的成果可以迅速在特斯拉的世界领先产品中实施。

This project focuses on increasing the energy density, increasing the lifetime and lowering the cost of lithium-ion batteries for automotive and grid energy storage applications. Existing advanced diagnostic methods, like high precision coulometry, isothermal battery microcalorimetry and others will be used to identify and optimize new Li-ion battery chemistries with lifetimes of many decades. New electrolytes, new positive electrode materials and new negative electrode materials will be synthesized or procured and studied during this work. The Dahn lab will enter a strong partnership with Tesla Motors, Tesla Energy and the R+D facility of Tesla Canada (Dartmouth, N.S.) in June 2016 so that the results of this work can be rapidly implemented in Tesla's world-leading products.