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TRA360 TRA360 Battery materials and manufacturing lp2 HT24 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Tracks

Contact details

Examiner:     Jinhua Sun, jinhua@chalmers.se (Tel: 07 69 60 9956)

Teachers:      Jinhua Sun, jinhua@chalmers.se 

Guest Lecturers:  Experts from Northvolt and other related battery industry                          

                            Prof.Lars Nyborg (Chalmers),

                            Prof. John Low (University of Warwick), ....

Course purpose

The purpose of this course is to teach the basic knowledge (Lectures) about the state of the art lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing and provide the students chances to fabricate the battery cells in the labs.

Schedule

Content Time Teacher Room
Lecture 1 Course Introduction 3rd of September 15:00 Jinhua Sun EE
Lecture 2 Battery market and trends 3rd of September 16:00 Lars Nyborg EE
Lecture 3 Battery chemistry, test, and evalution 10th of September 13:00 Jinhua Sun EC
Lecture 4 Battery materials (cathode and anode) 10th of September 14:00 Jinhua Sun EC
Lecture 5 Inactive materials 12th of September 15:00 Jinhua Sun SB-H3
Lecture 6 Battery quality control 12th of September 16:00 Till Dreier (Excillum) SB-H3
Lecture 7 AI for the Battery manufacturing 20th of September 13:00 Samuel cooper (Imperial college london) SB-H4
Lecture 8 Battery mafnaucturing  20th of September 14:00 Jinhua Sun SB-H4
Lecture 9 Battery testing  26th of September 13:00 John Low (University of Warwick) SB-H3
Lecture 10 Case study (battery manufacture) 26th of September 14:00 John Low (University of Warwick) SB-H3
Lecture 11 Battery supply chain, manufacturing, and production at Northvolt 30th of September 13:00 Oscar Larsson (Northvolt) SB-H3
Lecture 12 Advanced battery manufuacturing  30th of September 14:00 Jinhua Sun SB-H3
Lecture 13 Battery test 30th of September 15:00 BioLogic SB-H3
Lecture 14 Plan for the lab project  30th of September 16:00 Jinhua Sun SB-H3

Lab - project work: from 1st of October to 1st of November; fabrication of the battery cell from the powder to the final cell, and then perform the battery test and evaluation.

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Course literature

Please find in the Modules under each lecture session.

Course design

This is a specific course with a focus on the current battery materials and battery manufacturing with following content:

Part 1: Lectures:

  • Introduction, general application, working mechanism and challenges of battery.
  • The main components of the battery cell, including the current collector, anode, separator, electrolyte, cathode.
  • The synthesis, processing and characterization of commonly used anode and cathode.
  • The current and future binders
  • The electrode manufacturing and battery assembling.
  • The quality control of the battery manufacturing process
  • The future battery manufacturing technologies.
  • The battery design and battery production in Gigafactory
  • Battery safety
  • Battery management system

Part 2: Lab project

  • Preparation of the anode and cathode slurry.
  • Investigate the coating and drying for the electrode formation.
  • Calendaring and cutting.
  • Battery cell assembling.
  • Electrochemical performance evaluation of the as-fabricated batteries.
  • Performance analysis.

There will be quizzes, seminars and presentations.

Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

General learning outcomes for Tracks courses:

  • master problems with open solutions spaces which includes to be able to handle uncertainties and limited information.
  • lead and participate in the development of new products, processes and systems using a holistic approach by following a design process and/or a systematic development process.
  • work in multidisciplinary teams and collaborate in teams with different compositions
  • orally and in writing explain and discuss information, problems, methods, design/development processes and solutions


Course specific learning outcomes:

  • Outline the entire battery manufacturing process.
  • Describe the critical instrument and criteria for the battery manufacturing.
  • Develop a hands-on skill to fabricate battery cells in the lab.
  • Explain the battery cell, module and packs.
  • Explain the working mechanism of battery.
  • Explain the synthesis of most popular electrode materials (anode and cathode).
  • Describe the characterization methods for the electrodes.
  • Describe and select the appropriate material for anode and cathode.
  • Explain the quality control of the battery manufacturing process.
  • Identify the safety issues of the battery.
  • Explore the different applications of battery.
  • Explain how to evaluate the battery.
  • Explore the future battery manufacturing technology.
  • Recognize the critical components used for making battery.
  • Explain the battery production system.
  • Explain the graphs of charging/discharging, cyclic voltammetry, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy.
  • Discuss trends of battery materials and manufacturing.

 

Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.

Study plan

If the course is a joint course (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet) you should link to both syllabus (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet).

Examination form

The performance and engagement during the lectures and lab project.

The result from the quizzes.

The final report.

Course summary:

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