Materials integration and manufacturing of battery and EH power source for automotive and asset tracking

该项目将通过开发适用于具有挑战性环境的材料和制造工艺来满足快速增长的物联网（IoT）市场的需求，从而创造出世界上第一个完全集成的薄膜电源。市场需要强大的、低维护的传感器节点来满足苛刻的环境。电源是一个主要的挑战：它必须是坚固的，工作在100°C和免维护。占地面积必须小，美观度高，便于集成到传感器及其操作环境。它的尺寸应该与传感器和其他电子元件相当，但要提供足够的能量来完全运行传感器。该项目将以Ilika的薄膜固态电池技术和Sharps光能收集技术为基础，结合两种技术生产完全集成的系统，预计性能将有显著提高。我们最初将解决赛车运动/汽车和资产跟踪应用，但鉴于该技术具有强大的跨行业适用性，我们预计能够满足不断增长的医疗保健、运输和工业市场的需求。

This project will address the needs of the fast growing Internet of Things (IoT) market by developing materials for challenging environments and a manufacturing process to create the world’s first fully integrated thin film power source. The market needs robust, low maintenance sensor nodes for demanding environments. The power source is a major challenge: it must be robust, work at 100 °C and be maintenance-free. The footprint must be small with high aesthetics for easy integration into the sensor and its operating environment. It should have dimensions comparable to the sensor and other electronics elements but deliver power to fully operate the sensor. This project will build upon Ilika’s thin film solid state battery technology and Sharps light energy harvesting technology, with significant performance improvements expected when combining the two technologies to produce the fully integrated system. We will initially address motorsport/automotive and asset tracking applications but given the strong cross sector applicability of the technology, we anticipate being able to meet the needs of the growing healthcare, transport and industrial markets.