Eric Kazyak tries to verify lithium metal, solid-state batteries which use a solid electrolyte instead of the currently used flammable liquid electrolyte inside the Battery Fabrication and Characterization User Facility at the Phoenix Memorial Laboratory. // Courtesy of Robert Coelius/U-M EngineeringA new $11-million research center, led by Michigan Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, seeks to enable the development of advanced batteries and fuel cells for electric vehicles.The program will focus on understanding an emerging branch of science involving mechanical and chemical phenomena that affect advanced battery designs.U-M and eight partner institutions will explore the use of ceramic ion conductors as replacements for the traditional liquid or polymer electrolytes in common lithium-ion batteries for electric…
U-M Engineering and U.S. DOE Partner to Develop Advanced Batteries and Fuel Cells
