May Your New Year be Techtric
The world is growing at breakneck speeds even despite all of the challenges in supply chains. Whether it is semiconductors, electric vehicles, or battery metals there is no shortage of demand. The world is only getting more techtric.
My first article “Longer Electric Vehicle is Not the Answer” was my first foray into blogging and now with over 30 articles related to techtric topics I am happy that you are here following along!
My passion for writing was sparked in large part due to Covid and the increased amount of screen time in May of 2020. An active #battery and #energy Twitter community fueled my interest in deep dives on new and exciting topics within the field of renewables.
I am glad to have garnered interest from others in topics that I feel are pertinent to everyone, so that we can continue to grow and learn!
Top 3
My most popular articles pertained to batteries with the most significant interest around my article on a developmental battery form factor.
The 4680 cell - 1000+ views. Battery Day 2020 had a lot of exciting announcements, and is a must watch for those looking to learn more about batteries and their potential. In this write-up I extracted some of the comments made in the presentation and made some calculations to predict how it could improve the efficiency of future batteries.
Dry Process Deep Dive - 700+ views. I found this research paper particularly interesting, because of the dry process application video shared during Battery Day 2020. Using little to no solvent in the production process would be applauded by everyone and be a huge step toward sustainable battery production.
Thermally Modulated Batteries - 300+ views. The paper referenced in this write-up shares a strategy for using thermal modulation through software to produce a LFP battery that has comparable performance to a commercial NMC battery. This paper is particularly relevant because of the renewed interest in LFP throughout the year.
My Thoughts into 2022
I am looking forward to sharing more throughout the New Year, but would like to share a couple of overarching challenges for the battery community.
Bridging the gap between academia and industry
How can academics be more confident in producing relevant data?
How can industry adapt to the battery metals supply/demand squeeze?
Thank you