Improving the battery fabrication and testing facility at the University of Calgary

在汽车和可再生能源领域，电池作为一种能量存储设备正变得越来越重要。然而，目前锂离子电池在成本、安全性和性能上的限制需要进一步的发展。阿尔伯塔省的卡尔加里大学最近强调了低碳能源转换和储存的研究。该提案的目标完全符合加拿大的研究计划，“电网安全和现代化计划的能源存储”和“加拿大国家研究委员会在能源研究方面的活动，以解决采用和使用电化学储能技术（电池）的最大障碍，包括与加拿大储能扩展和应用相关的耐用性，成本和风险。”这项研究计划的一部分是开发下一代高能量和安全的全固态锂电池。充满氩气的手套箱和电池制造设备的收集对卡尔加里大学化学系的电池原型和制造项目至关重要。手套箱确保了锂和钠金属以及其他湿敏感材料的保护环境和安全处理，以形成下一代锂和钠离子金属基电池，而制造设备允许可靠和一致的电极生产方法。总的来说，所要求的电池测试设施将提供生产单个电池和电池组以及测试电池的能力，并将作为核心设施，推动卡尔加里大学化学系和其他小组的几个小组对电池材料的研究。这个世界级的设施还将使HQP（约100名学生）在电化学储能技术的重要领域得到培训。

Batteries are becoming increasingly important as an energy storage device for the automotive and renewable energy sectors. However, the cost, safety and performance limitation in current lithium ion batteries require further development. The University of Calgary in Alberta has recently emphasized low carbon energy conversion and storage research. This proposal goal fully aligns with Canada's research program, “Energy Storage for Grid Security and Modernization program” and "National Research Council Canada's activity on the energy research to tackle the greatest obstacles to adopting and using electrochemical energy storage technologies (batteries), including durability, cost and risk associated with the expansion and application of energy storage in Canada." Part of this research initiative is the development of next-generation high energy and safe all-solid-state lithium batteries. The argon-filled glovebox and the collection of battery fabrication equipment are absolutely critical to the battery prototyping and manufacturing program at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Calgary. The glovebox ensures protective environment and safe handling of lithium and sodium metal and other moisture-sensitive materials for forming next-generation Li and Na-ion metal-based batteries while the fabrication equipment allows for reliable and consistent methods of electrode production. Overall, the requested battery testing facility will provide the capacity of producing single cell and battery pack and testing batteries, and will serve as a core facility to advance several group's research on battery materials within the department of chemistry and other groups at the University of Calgary. This world class facility will also enable the training of HQP (~100 students) in the important area of electrochemical energy storage technology.