Additive Manufacturing Next Generation Supergen Energy Storage Devices

能量存储是消费者生活方式的一个组成部分，并且在该领域中对电力电子设备的需求持续存在。与此相关的是具有存储由可再生能源产生的能量的能力，例如通过太阳能电池板发电，并且使其随时可用于满足电力需求是一项挑战，如果满足，将代表配电的重大突破。目前，这种储能设备不适合使用，主要是因为它们的性能特性（能量输出，能量存储等）不足以满足最终用户的需求。全球研究人员正在不断开发具有革命储能潜力的新材料，但这只是故事的一部分。控制这种能量设备的架构的能力对于获得最大性能特性是关键和重要的。这是一个经常被忽视的参数，应该与材料设计和生产密切相关。一项正在快速发展的技术是3D打印，其优点是能够在没有掩模或模板的情况下，快速，轻松，经济地现场生产独特的结构，并根据需要用于从工业零件到生物医学器官的各种应用。随着3D打印技术应用的扩大和3D打印机价格的下降，第一个重要的影响是，更多的商品将在购买或消费点或附近生产，这表明未来家庭级生产可能是可行的。我们建议采用3D打印技术，为科学家提供快速3D打印储能设备的能力，并开发一种新颖的先进的自下而上的制造路线来生产储能设备。这将为超级电容器和电池提供独特的3D打印结构，这将为这些设备的储能特性带来显着好处。该研究项目还将展示用于商业化前制造的工程放大解决方案，并将新的SUPERGEN储能材料纳入我们的制造过程，以提供快速制造和设备实施，从而在英国留下先进的储能设备制造遗产，这可以为其带来好处。

Energy storage is an integral part of consumer lifestyles and there is continued demand in this area to power electronic devices. Related to this is having the ability to store energy produced by renewable sources such as through the generation via solar panels, and having it readily available to meet power demands is a challenge which if meet, would represent a major breakthrough in electricity distribution. Currently such energy storage devices are not fit for purpose mainly due to their performance characteristics (energy output, energy storage etc) being insufficient for end user demands.Globally researchers are constantly developing new materials that have the potential to revolution energy storage but that is only part of the story. The ability to control the architectures of such energy devices is critical and important to obtain maximum performance characteristics. This is an often overlooked parameter which should go hand-in-hand with material design and production.One technology that is advancing rapidly is 3D printing which has the benefit of being able to produce unique structures without masks or templates, quickly, easily, and affordably, on the spot and as needed for a wide variety of applications ranging from industrial parts to biomedical organs. As applications of this technology expand and prices of 3D printers drop, the first big implication is that more goods will be manufactured at or close to their point of purchase or consumption, indicating that in the future household-level production might be viable.We propose to take 3D printing and provide the ability for scientists to 3D print energy storage devices rapidly, on the spot and to develop a novel and advanced bottom-up fabrication route to produce energy storage devices. This will allow unique 3D printed structures for supercapacitors and batteries which will give rise to significant benefits in the energy storage characteristics of these devices. This research project will also demonstrate engineering scale-up solutions for the pre-commercial manufacture and incorporate new SUPERGEN energy storage materials into our manufacturing processes to provide rapid fabrication and device implementation leaving a legacy of advanced energy storage device manufacturing in the UK, which can be exploited for its benefit.