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Battery Quality Crisis: Can We Trust the Future of Batteries?
A new perspective article explores the risks of poor battery quality at scale and outlines how manufacturers can improve safety, reliability, and sustainability in the race to electrify.
Slot-Die Coating May Be the Future of Solar Manufacturing: Review Uncovers Key Strategies for High-Efficiency Solar Coating
A major new review explains how slot-die coating could revolutionize the commercial production of organic and perovskite solar cells, improving scalability, efficiency, and sustainability.
First-Ever Printed Solar Cell Made from Fungus Using Slot-die Coating
Discover how researchers are using fungi-derived pigments like Xylindein and slot-die coating to develop sustainable, biodegradable organic solar cells.
Say Goodbye to Bubbles in LED: New Slot-Die Coating Technique Delivers Bubble-Free LED Films
A new semi-cured slot-die coating method eliminates air bubbles in LED multilayer films, improving quality, reducing defects, and enhancing optical performance.
This Simple Change to Battery Manufacturing Makes a Big Impact: How Better Slurry Dispersion Can Boost Next-Gen Batteries
A recent study reveals that high shear dispersion in slurry preparation significantly enhances lithium-sulfur battery performance by creating denser cathodes and improving cycle life in pouch cells.
Scalable Perovskite Solar Cells Achieve 24.6 Percent Efficiency: New Comb Nozzle Method Boosts Solar Film Uniformity
A new comb nozzle drying technique from KIT enables uniform and large-area perovskite solar films, pushing efficiency up to 24.6 percent and bringing industrial-scale production closer than ever.
Why Your Perovskite Solar Cell Might Be Failing: New Insights from X-ray Study
A new operando X-ray study reveals how the choice of hole-transport layer impacts thermal degradation in perovskite solar cells. SAM-based HTLs outperform NiOx under heat.
Breakthrough in Perovskite Stability: 0.75 nm Alumina Layer Prevents Degradation
Discover how a 0.75 nm-thick alumina layer applied via atomic layer deposition significantly enhances the stability and efficiency of perovskite solar cells
Smarts EVs, Say Goodbye to Range Anxiety: New system improves battery life with smart energy distribution
This article presents a smart new way to make electric vehicle batteries last longer. It combines two ideas: balancing battery cells so they charge evenly, and using machine learning to predict how much life the battery has left.
Adaptive Slot Die Coating: A Leap Toward Sustainable Battery Manufacturing
A new fuzzy logic controller developed at KIT helps reduce scrap and improve flexibility in lithium-ion battery slot die coating, offering a smarter way to scale sustainable battery production.
Breakthrough in Fuel Cell Manufacturing: Roll-to-Roll Coating Shows Promise for Scalable Electrode Production
This study explores how roll-to-roll coating methods like Microgravure and slot-die can scale up the production of membrane electrode assemblies for fuel cells.
Roll-to-Roll Slot-die Coating and Flexo Printing Enable Industrial-Scale Glucose Sensors: A Breakthrough in Organic Electronics
This article covers a major milestone in printed electronics: the successful transition of a glucose biosensor from lab to roll-to-roll manufacturing with high performance and low cost.
Slot-die Coating Enhances Soft Robotics with High-Strain Actuators: New Study Shows 91% Actuator Retention
A new study shows how slot-die printing and lactic acid additives dramatically improve electroactive polymer actuators, offering higher strain, better durability, and faster response for soft robotics.
Roll-to-Roll Battery Manufacturing: Slurry vs Dry Coating in Scalable Battery Production
This article reviews a landmark study showing how roll-to-roll methods and electrode design improvements can scale battery manufacturing, cut costs, and boost energy density without new materials.
How Roll-to-Roll Coating Parameters Impact Lithium-Ion Battery Performance
A new study shows how calender gap and roller speed influence the film formation in semidry electrode production for lithium-ion batteries, improving efficiency and performance.
From Lab to Gigafactory: How Battery Manufacturing Equipment and Slot-die Coating Shapes the Gigafactory Landscape
Discover how cutting-edge manufacturing equipment is driving cost efficiency, sustainability, and innovation in lithium-ion battery gigafactories, based on a recent review by researchers from Concordia University.
Breakthrough in Lab-Scale R2R Coating: Optimizing Drying With Dual-Sided Sensor
Discover how chromatic confocal sensors enhance drying process control in lab-scale roll-to-roll battery electrode manufacturing with real-time thickness and roughness data.
Optimizing Meniscus Behavior in Slot-Die Coating Using Temperature Control: New Insights on Temperature-Controlled Slot-Die Coating
A new study shows how heated substrates improve slot-die coating stability and reduce defects in lithium-ion battery electrode films—ideal for lab-scale R2R engineers.
Optimizing Slot-Die Coating for Fuel Cells: New Research Improves Catalyst Ink and Electrode Performance
Researchers investigate how slot-die coating and catalyst ink formulation can improve manufacturing of PEM fuel cell electrodes. Results show better coating quality and MEA performance with optimized parameters.
Slot-Die Coating in Battery Production: Why Slurry Rheology Matters
A new study explores how the flow properties of battery electrode slurries affect manufacturing outcomes and performance, offering insights for process optimization.
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