Extended Network: The Global Challenge Network in Batteries and Electrochemical Energy Devices

电化学设备已经成为我们日常生活的一部分，特别是锂离子电池，通过其在消费电子产品中的普遍应用改变了现代生活。在未来，这些设备将在我们的生活中发挥越来越大的作用，从为我们的汽车和公共汽车提供动力的电池到提供独立于电网的电力的燃料电池。英国在这些设备的发现和开发中发挥了至关重要的作用，并通过在大学，国家实验室和公司的持续前沿研究，保持在电化学设备研究的最前沿。为了在一系列环境中扩展和优化这些设备的应用，对我们对电池中发生的基本过程的理解进行根本性的改进至关重要。要实现这一目标，必须进行大规模的设施研究，在中子、同步加速器和高性能计算设施上使用一系列技术。单独的X射线或HPC技术为提高对电池的理解提供了机会-通过结合世界领先的从业者在一系列互补技术和设施的优势，我们将有一个独特的机会，迅速推进该领域，自2013年以来，STFC电池和电化学能源器件全球挑战网络（以下简称“挑战网络”）帮助加强了活跃在该领域的英国研究界，为新的研究和合作提供了种子，并通过其宣传推动英国成为该领域的世界领导者。在第二阶段，我们寻求巩固这一成功，并通过提供研究资金，除了网络和培训机会，为电化学器件研究做出实质性贡献。

Electrochemical devices are already part of our day-to-day lives, particularly Li-ion batteries that have transformed modern life through their ubiquitous application in consumer electronics. In the future, these devices will play an increasing role in our lives, from batteries that will power our cars and buses to fuel cells that will provide grid independent electricity. The UK has played a crucial role in the discovery and development of these devices, and through continuing cutting edge research at universities, national labs and companies, remains at the forefront of electrochemical device research. 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, and thorough our partnerships with industry translate this leading research into commercial reality.Since 2013, the STFC Global Challenge Network in Batteries and Electrochemical Energy Devices (the Network) has helped to strengthen the UK research community active in this area, seed new research and collaborations, and through its advocacy has promoted the UK as a world leader in this field. In Phase 2 we seek to consolidate this success, and by provision of research funding, in addition to Networking and Training opportunities, to make substantive contributions to electrochemical device research.