Parker Davis- Someday when you need a new battery, you might just print it out for yourself. Sakuru Corporationhas has developed a new solid state battery hat can be 3D printed. The battery is 50 percent small and 30 percent lighter than its lithium-ion counterparts but provides just as much power, maybe even more.
3D printers produce solid-state battery technology for EVs and other uses – pv magazine USA
From pv-magazine-usa.com
2021-08-23 15:16:06
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California-based Sakuú Corp. has started work on a 2.5 MWh per year pilot facility to produce its 3D-printed solid-state battery tech.
Work is under way on a pilot production line to demonstrate a 3D-printed solid-state battery technology.
Sakuú Corp. said the battery will be up to 50% smaller and 30% lighter than lithium-ion batteries, and would be less expensive to produce at scale. Currently, the battery has a capacity of 3 Amp hours.
Sakuú’s first-generation batteries use an MIT-developed binder jet printing process, which allows thin layers of ceramic and metal to be deposited in one build. The 3D printing process is relatively slow, but enables the batteries to be smaller and lighter, something that the company said could make them optimal for electric vehicles.
Sakuú is also testing high-voltage cathodes, which it said could achieve up to a 25% boost in energy density in its KeraCel solid-state battery.
The company said the 3D printing platform…
