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THE EVOLUTION OF BATTERY TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EMERGING GLOBAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET

Ron Turi – Element 3 Battery Venture, LLC

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Abstract:  As the EV Future barrels into the passenger vehicle market, it is transforming the global battery industry toward large scale, commercial manufacturing operations that are supported by emerging regionalized supply chains. Global sales of 6.6 million Electric Vehicles in 2021 consumed over 280 GWh of Lithium-Ion Battery Cells valued at almost 30 B USD. This is double the EV Battery market of 2020.  

The phenomenal rate of growth of EV production since 2018 motivates evolving battery designs and chemistries as auto OEMs compete for EV market share in the nascent market. Si-rich anodes and Ni-rich cathodes are replacing "conventional" lithium electrode chemistries based on graphite anodes and cobalt-rich mixed transition metal oxides - driving down the cost of energy storage materials and improving energy density. Electrolyte solutions are evolving toward mixtures with additives that extend battery life by suppressing or limiting the detrimental effects of side reactions. Solid state electrolytes of various forms enable liquid free technologies with lithium metal anodes to eliminate low temperature failure modes, even as liquid electrolytes that are compatible with lithium metal and high voltage cathodes emerge. 

We will discuss the baseline lithium-ion liquid technology in use today and benchmark the advances in EV grade battery technologies along with some of the practical supply chain and manufacturing challenges that the automotive industry today seems all too happy to embrace! 

Biography:  Ron Turi is a battery engineer who owns and operates Element 3 Battery Venture, LLC, a small, but well-equipped development lab centered on lithium battery design that provides contract services for battery end users, cell makers and materials suppliers to the battery industry.  Ron is a chemical engineer with 30 years of experience in the lithium-ion battery industry, starting with electrode coating and moving to cell and to battery level development / design. Ron is engaged in projects for startup companies and larger companies involved in multiple emerging battery technologies with a focus on EV applications  (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lithiumbatteries/).