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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $1.5 million to Ampcera and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to develop a safer lithium battery with higher power and energy densities using a low-cost, high-throughput dry additive manufacturing process.
The joint project between LLNL and Ampcera is one of six Energy Systems projects selected for an award from DOE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office to reduce industrial emissions and manufacture clean energy technologies.
The proposed dry additive manufacturing technology is highly energy-efficient – with >10 times the throughput of conventional slurry-based processing – reducing lithium battery manufacturing costs by 50% or more.
Compared with conventional slurry-based film electrode manufacturing…