The Battery Technology Podcast
News, views and interviews from the global Battery Technology industry
Episodes
Modular Batteries can provide a faster route to market for OEMs, and they are becoming increasingly important in the field of battery development.
Not every application requires a custom solution and in a rapidly changing technology space, modular batteries can provide real benefits.
In this episode I’m delighted to be joined by Seth Yates, Head of Product, Battery Systems at Turntide Technologies to discuss exactly how the concept...
A few weeks ago, I read an interesting article about a company using cross-linked polymer membranes, similar to contact lens materials, to develop batteries. with remarkable results.
It's quite a story, with huge potential.
Speaker Notes:
Bill Heathcote | Commercial Director | Superdielectrics
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Superdielectrics
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The Battery Technology Podcast | Episode 43 | Achieving Sustainability in the Battery Industry | TDI Sustainability
One of the subjects I’ve been wanting to explore in more depth is the concept of sustainability. Just how does an industry that requires the extraction of metals and minerals, come to terms with achieving this in a sustainable way.
In this episode I’m delighted to be joined by Assheton Carter, Executive Chair of TDI S...
The concept of circularity is central to the global Net Zero objective. Ensuring batteries are directed to their best use after serving their original purpose, when up to 80% of their energy capacity is still available, is critical to achieving to that goal.
But circularity won’t happen by itself – potential buyers and sellers need confidence in the market, with data, traceability and transparency. That requires a whole ecosystem o...
Thermal Safety has always been a critical technical issue facing Battery developers and OEMs and the increase in larger more energy dense battery packs places even more emphasis on ensuring safety is managed effectively.
I'm joined by Ryan Spray, Principal Scientist ant Exponent to help me understand the root causes of thermal events and how they can be mitigated.
Speaker Notes:
Ryan Spray | Principal Scientist | Exponent
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2024 has been a challenging year in the EV market. The mood seems more subdued as many car makers scale back their ambitious EV targets. But of course the real story is much more nuanced.
I'm joined by David Leah of CRU Group to help me understand the global picture of EV demand.
Speaker Notes:
David Leah | Senior Automotive Analyst | CRU Group
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-leah-b0307a305/
CRU Group
As the New Year begins, its a good time to review Battery Material prices and understand a little more about the underlying dynamics that influence the market.
To do this I'm joined by William Adams, Head of Battery Markets research at Fastmarkets to explore the history, present and future of battery materials market sentiment.
Speaker Notes:
William Adams | Head of Battery Markets Research | Fastmarkets
The descent of Northvolt into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection came as a major shock to the battery technology industry.
Seemingly overnight Northvolt went from Europe's best hope of a globally competitive homegrown EV battery manufacturing play, to life support.
What are the lessons to be learnt from the Northvolt experience and do they sound the death knell for hopes of a European battery manufacturing.
In a personal opinion piec...
Quality and Process control will be critical to delivering the yields and productivity that will be required to establish a globally competitive battery manufacturing industry.
A key enabling technology that allows battery manufacturers to generate the data and analysis to do that is Advanced Inspection Systems. In this episode we take a close look at the latest advances in this field and their critical battery applications.
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The Battery Technology Podcast | Episode 36 | How AI is shaping Battery 3.0 | Dr Austin Sendek | Aionics
One of the groundbreaking technologies over the last decade has been the emergence of AI. It’s all around us making a difference to our lives. I wanted to learn more about exactly how AI is being harnessed in the Battery development field to accelerate the design and development process of new materials.
I’m joined by Dr Aus...
There’s a lot going on in the battery technology and manufacturing space at the moment. A lot of moving parts.
And as 2024 moves into our rear-view mirrors, its a good time to take stock of the year, fix our position and look for pointers as to what we can look forward to in 2025.
Speaker Notes:
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The Battery Technology Podcast is sponsored by Munters - Global leaders in...
One of the challenges facing battery manufacturers is how to design and operate manufacturing facilities to minimise operational cost.
One major consideration will always be how to achieve the desired level of climate control, I spoke with Andre Meyer of Munters to discuss best practice and how battery manufacturers can help themselves by taking the necessary steps to minimise adding to the heat load within a facility.
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Lithium-Ion batteries have become the portable power technology of choice, the problem is, energy density improvements are not keeping pace with the ever-increasing demand for performance, and that’s a problem.
One technology that has the potential to deliver a step change in performance is the development of silicon-based anodes, due to the far greater energy capacity of silicon compered to graphite.
In this episode I’m joined by ...
In this series of podcasts, I often thought of the Battery industry as a whole, but in fact it is populated by individual businesses making individual product development decisions based on the needs of their market. And just how these businesses innovate is interesting. It’s also easy to concentrate on the EV market, but of course, the range of applications for batteries is enormous.
In this episode I’m joined by Darren Brittain, ...
The Battery Technology Podcast | Episode 31 | Exploring the Cost Drivers of Battery Manufacture | Aaron Wade | CRU Group
I recently read a very interesting report describing the key cost drivers of battery manufacture, particularly in regard to Chinese manufacturing. How do they achieve the battery costs they do? and what are the lessons for US and European battery manufacturers.
In this episode I’m joined by Aaron Wade of CRU ...
Lead Acid Batteries have been around for a long time. A very long time. And in a world excited by the opportunities with new battery chemistries, the ongoing success of Lead Acid batteries in energy storage can sometimes be overlooked.
In this episode I’m joined by Karen Pugliese, VP of Global Sales with C&D Technologies, a business at the very forefront of the storage of electric power to discuss what the future holds for the ...
The Battery Technology Podcast | Episode 29 | Advances in Lithium Extraction | Nick Grundish | Energy X
As the global demand for Lithium grows, the need to maximise the efficiency of the Lithium extraction and refining processes intensifies. In this episode of the Battery Technology Podcast, we take a step back in the supply chain to look at how advances in refining technology are revolutionising the extraction landscape.
One compa...
One of the big challenges facing the EV industry is charging, and specifically charging times. It’s one of the main pain-points that the industry needs to address in order to achieve mass scale adoption.
So any developments which holds out the prospect of a radical improvement in charging times is potentially very important.
In the episode I am joined by Dan Alpern, VP of Marketing at Battery Streak, the California based battery ma...
We've spent a lot of time during this podcast series talking to businesses developing the next generation of battery technology. In this episode, we switch perspectives to that of the OEMs, the car makers.
How do they determine which battery electrochemistry to adopt. What are the main pain points OEMs are looking to overcome and when you're planning well into the future how is the electrochemistry landscape changing?
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The challenges for Li-Ion Battery cell designers just intensify. Much of the low hanging fruit has been picked and attention now turns to ever more sophisticated solutions and material science to improve performance.
In this episode I am joined by Michael Grimm and Moritz Hantel of Northern Graphite Corporation to discuss the development of porous carbon and its role in improving conductivity in electrochemical systems.
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