Cell Manufacturing Strategy

In order to develop cell manufacturing you need a cell manufacturing strategy. This needs to be thought through from access to the raw materials, workforce development, long term financial support and ensuring you have ongoing research. This requires sustained leadership and direction. The strategy for this from the European Battery Alliance (EBA) [2] clearly defines … Read more

Cell Capacity and Pack Size

Size of battery packs vs cell capacity

Obviously Cell Capacity and Pack Size are linked. The total energy content in a battery pack in it’s simplest terms is: Energy (Wh) = S x P x Ah x Vnom  Hence the simple diagram showing cells connected together in series and parallel. What about flexibility in pack size? There are very good reasons for … Read more

Benefits of Aluminium Cell Housings for Cylindrical Lithium-ion Batteries

A 4680 cell concept The battery industry is targeting larger cell formats, which enable simplified module design and cell-to-pack or even cell-to-chassis solutions. In this regard, hard case battery cells and in particular cylindrical cells will play an important role in enabling the named developments. Tesla’s announcement of a tabless 4680 cylindrical LIB has triggered … Read more

Cylindrical Cell Electrode Estimation

Cylindrical Cell Electrode Estimation: An alternative geometric approach. Here we present a simple method for estimating electrode length in a cylindrical cell. The method is equally applicable to other formats since we make an estimation of the total active electrode area. Results require knowledge of one electrode Active Material (AM) chemistry, electrode porosity and thickness … Read more

Cell Electrode Pressure

Diagram showing pressure on cell active layers

The cell electrode pressure is required to keep the cell operating at it’s peak performance over it’s lifetime. However, is there an optimum pressure and why exactly does the cell need it? As the cell is charged lithium ions move into the graphite anode and the cell will increase in thickness. Silicon in the anode … Read more

Battery Cell Modelling

The need for modelling The primary reason why one is interested in having a model of a battery is it allows us to make informed decisions, optimise or control a battery to deliver on its intended applications. For instance, we may be interested in knowing how different material choices, electrode compositions or cell packaging, will … Read more