(Invited) Battery Manufacturing Needs from the Perspective of DOE's Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office

Abstract

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) continues to invest in energy storage research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) to help stakeholders improve efficiency, cut costs, and make materials, components, and systems with superior performance. Despite recent promising advances, manufacturing capabilities are still necessary to meet the expected demand for batteries as we move toward a clean energy economy. Strengthening the domestic manufacturing supply chains is also another important task to pursue in parallel. A multi-pronged approach is required to strengthen domestic battery manufacturing and reduce time to commercialization and deployment of transformative technologies. AMMTO recognizes a number of unmet needs that need to be addressed including development of manufacturing processes and equipment that take advantage of the most recent technical advances as well as effective utilization of data-driven analysis and experimentation to assist in manufacturing optimization. In this talk, AMMTO’s perspective on energy storage technology development and manufacturing will be discussed, highlighting current gaps and challenges that need to be addressed. In addition, there will be a robust discussion of a wide variety of DOE’s efforts in the context of technical and manufacturing challenges regarding scale-up and performance that still prevent the electrochemical energy storage community from achieving cost targets and commercial viability.