Lithium Battery Technology

Slurry preparation

Scalable semi and fully automatic mixing and dispersing equipment

• Ultraturax
• Paddle
• Planetary mixer
• IKA MagicLab
• Ball Mixer
• Laboratory scale:
• Batch sizes: 0.1-2kg

Pilot plant scale: (access via industrial partners)

• Batch sizes: 2-200kg

Coating technology

Scalable continuous laboratory and pilot scale coating equipment with calendering

Laboratory scale:

• Film length: 1-100 m
• Coating width: 30-400 mm
• Speed: 0.1-5 m / min

Pilot scale: (access via industrial partners)

• Film length: 50-1000 m
• Coating width: 50-450 mm
• Speed: 0.5-15 m / min

Cell production

Manual punching and lamination equipment and wrapping station with inline lamination

• Pouch-cell manufactory up to approx. 100 cells per series
• Cell size 10 mAh - 60 Ah in flexible geometry
• Ultrasonic welding of the tabs
• Protective gas technology including vacuum electrolyte filling

Cell characterization

• Ca. 400 measuring channels for formation, cyclization and load tests (Digatron, BaSyTec, Toyo, Maccor, Astrol)
• Half-cell measurements (PSI, EL-CELL, Swagelok)
• Impedance measurements (Zahner, Ivium)
• Cyclic voltammetry
• Temperature range -40 ° C - 180 ° C
• Measurement setup to determine gas formation in cells

Material and cell analysis

• Adhesion tests
• Microscopy
• Porosimetry
• REM, EDX (ZEISS)
• XRD, TEM, GC-MS (access via university partners)