2022年12月22日

2022年12月22日01:15东部标准时间下午LEMONT,病了。——(业务线)的研究储能研究联合中心(JCESR)使剥离公司蓝色当前开发安全、固态电池准备megawatt-scale制造业。JCESR是一个由美国能源部能源创新中心的阿贡国家实验室。科赫公司已经投资3000万美元的手臂蓝色电流建立它的第一个试点工厂在海沃德,加利福尼亚。蓝色的当前的目标市场是电动汽车。含有固体电解质,固态电池比液体电池不易燃,有可能使他们更安全。但固体电解质面临的技术挑战。水晶类的固体称为玻璃陶瓷具有良好的导电性。但是他们没有能力坚持化学活性材料存储锂离子电池电极。另一个类的材料称为聚合物是有效地坚持电极。 But they have low conductivity. Since then, the company has refined its components and addressed technical challenges common with solid-state batteries. For example, to help solid electrolytes stick to electrodes, some companies add heavy metal plates and bolts that put battery cells under high pressure. These fixtures increase manufacturing costs. Blue Current’s composite can maintain good contact with electrodes without the use of plates. As part of rigorous safety testing, the company subjected its cells to harsh conditions that electric vehicles could encounter in the real world. Thermal runaway—an overheating event that can lead to fires—never occurred. “JCESR creates and proves the ideas that eventually go commercial,” said George Crabtree, JCESR’s director and an Argonne senior scientist. “These are the riskier ideas that no investors would fund—and that companies are unlikely to pursue—because the outcome is so uncertain.” “The idea of using composites in batteries was new and unproven prior to the JCESR program,” said Kevin Wujcik, Blue Current’s Chief Technology Officer. “JCESR put resources behind composites because the materials had potential to address a market need for safe, solid-state batteries while solving important technical challenges.” JCESR's science has also enabled the success of two other startups: Sepion Technologies and Form Energy . Contacts