Sodium-Ion Battery Black Mass Recovery and Yield
When we commissioned the recovery line for our sodium-ion pilot cells last spring, the first surprise had nothing to do with chemistry. It was the accounti…
Semi-Solid State Battery Silicon Anode Blending
When a customer asks us to raise the energy density of a semi-solid state battery without changing the cell footprint, the anode is where the leverage sits…
Sodium-Ion Battery Passport and EU Compliance
What the EU Battery Passport Actually Requires
I have spent the last three years shipping sodium-ion and lithium battery packs into European industrial pro…
Semi-Solid State Battery Electrode Coating Uniformity
I have spent enough hours staring at coating gauges to say this plainly: on a semi-solid state battery line, electrode coating uniformity is where most of…
Semi-Solid State Battery Dry Room Dew Point Control
Moisture is the quietest failure driver in lithium battery manufacturing. It rarely stops a line on the day the leak starts, hides inside an electrode roll…
Anode-Free Semi-Solid State Battery Cells: A Design Guide
An anode-free cell is the most honest test of an electrolyte. You start with a bare copper current collector, put every milligram of lithium in the cathode…
Home Energy Storage for Workshops: Loads, Sizing and Safety
My shop is a 700 square foot detached building with a 100 amp subpanel, a 3 HP dust collector, a 5 HP two-stage compressor, a cabinet saw, a 200 amp MIG we…
Home Energy Storage for Retirement Homes: Sizing and Uptime
I have commissioned energy storage in houses, small offices and licensed care buildings. The care buildings humble you. Every residential design assumption…
Battery Solution for Trailers: Power, Charging and Uptime
A towed trailer is the only power platform I work on where the building moves, the utility disappears, and the load shows up before the wiring does. When a…
Home Energy Storage for Remote Lodges: Sizing and Uptime
I have commissioned battery systems at three remote wilderness lodges over the past five years, and every one taught me the same lesson: a lodge is not a b…