3D PRINTED BATTERIES COULD DOUBLE CURRENT MAX CAPACITIES – The 3D printing battery company Sakuú has developed a new method of printing solid state batteries that could either double the capacity of current batteries or make them half the size and 40 percent lighter. The electric vehicle industry, especially perhaps the electric aircraft industry, could see expanded opportunities should this promising new technology produce what the company says it will.
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A California Startup Says 3D Printing Batteries Could Double Capacity – singularityhub.com
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….Sakuú is taking a completely different approach. It has created a 10-meter-long multi-material printer that can work with both ceramics and metals. The machine first lays down patterns of powdered material before depositing a jet of polymer binder that sticks the particles together. It then deposits conductive metal on top. These layers are stacked on top of each other to produce cells.
The company told The Verge that the approach allows it to stack more layers into a given space than conventional approaches. On its website, Sakuú claims this is because its manufacturing process allows for thinner structural layers and a novel stacked structure. This means it can either provide 100 percent greater capacity than current lithium-ion cells, or make batteries 50 percent smaller and 40 percent lighter.
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