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High performance batteries are a leapfrog technology for the electrification of transportation
and storage of renewable energy. However, battery manufacturing is too expensive
and too slow. Battery manufacturing’s production yield from raw materials to finished
systems remains at a very low levels. Quality control procedures for manufacturing are very
limited compared to other industries. Improvements in energy densities and product life
through advanced manufacturing can increase the energy saving potential in the processing.
Finally, a cost effective and streamlined processing for next generation manufacturing
can further reduce the energy consumption in the process.
ORNL’s materials processing and next generation manufacturing programs funded through
the DOE Industrial and Vehicle Technologies programs and other federal and private sponsors,
will enable new manufacturing procedures and radically changed concepts to improve
battery cost structures and allow for reliable technology with long life. Cost effective and
efficient battery manufacturing enables U.S. industry to domestically produce batteries for
electrification of transportation (including light duty and heavy duty vehicles, rail, aviation),
grid applications, and other applications to reduce the U.S. dependence on foreign oil and
reduce our carbon footprint.

Accelerating Commercialization by
Collaboration through a Next Generation
Industrial Manufacturing Center
ORNL is looking to the future with plans for advanced facilities and investments in novel energy storage
manufacturing research initiatives. It is actively pursuing the construction of an advanced battery fabrication
technology development center to accelerate development, screening, and validation of future-generation
battery materials, processing technologies, and cell designs. The envisioned facility will occupy several thousand
square feet of space and consist of new state-of-the-art equipment as well as existing equipment relocated
and consolidated from other laboratories across the site. It will house a flexible coating and fabrication
line and a reconfigurable suite of modules comprising innovative processes beyond today’s state-of-the-art.
The modules will include novel deposition systems; drying and consolidation systems; winding, folding, and
stacking systems; and joining technology systems. The facility will have sufficient automation to assess and
demonstrate the potential of scaling developments to commercial volumes.