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Eliminating formation cycling is crucial to the ASSB process
Conditioning
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Pre-formation
Aging
Degassing
Formation
Final storage
Eliminated
29%
1%
10%
11%
5%
2%
1%
2%
2%
2%
5%
17%
Filling Eliminated
Source: Argonne National Lab and Solid Power.
Solid Power DCRC
Removal of
80% of
Conditioning
steps
Conditioning
Appendix
Final storage
Eliminates ~29% of
capex in a typical GWh-scale
Li-Ion production plant
■Receiving and shipping
■Materials preparation
■Electrode coating
■ Calendering
■Materials handling
18%
Electrode slitting
■Vacuum drying
"The largest contributor to processing cost
during battery production is the electrolyte
interphase formation step...
This process may take up to three weeks,
requiring a tremendous number of cycles,
floor space and intense energy for the
cyclers and environmental chambers."
■Control laboratory
■Cell assembly in dry room
■Formation cycling and testing
■Module and pack assembly
■Rejected cell and scrap
Oak Ridge
BatPac - Argonne National Lab
OAK
RIDGE
National Laboratory
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