Energy Seminar – HT25 Week 4: I ‘Jahn-Teller’ you what, LMFP Cells are going to be big
Professor Louis Piper
- Start Tuesday 11 Feb 2025 5:00pm
- Finish Tuesday 11 Feb 2025 6:15pm
- Venue School of Geography & the Environment
- Postcode OX1 3AN
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Summary: The UK currently has the capacity to produce approximately 2 GWh/year of batteries, with gigafactories under construction to generate additional 12 GWh/year (planned for operation in 2025) and 67 GWh/year by 2040. But what cell chemistries are needed for the market and why? Liquid or Solid-state; lithium-air or lithium-sulphur? Here, Louis will put forward the case for LMFP Li-ion batteries and present research results from his pilot line activities as part of the Faraday Institution Degradation project.
Speaker: Louis Piper is the Professor of Battery Innovation and heads the Battery Materials and Cells group at WMG, the University of Warwick, which includes the battery pilot line. He has published almost 200 publications has various projects with industry partners and government agencies. He leads the FutureCat and co-leads the Degradation Faraday Institution Phase II projects. His current research focus is on employing novel methods for studying real-format batteries to improve performance by connecting new materials, pilot line cell manufacturing and advanced characterization (e.g. operando x-ray methods). Physics PhD (Warwick), Post-Doc (Boston University), tenure track to Full Prof. (Binghamton University, State University of New York), he joined WMG in 2020.