Building Solid-State Batteries: Insights from Swiss Research Labs

Kostiantyn V Kravchyk; Corsin Battaglia; Valerie Siller; Barthélémy Lelotte; Mario El Kazzi; Jedrzej Morzy; Moritz Futscher; Yaroslav Romanyuk; Michael Stalder; Axel Fuerst; Maksym Kovalenko

doi:10.2533/chimia.2024.403

Building Solid-State Batteries: Insights from Swiss Research Labs

Chimia (Aarau). 2024 Jun 26;78(6):403-414. doi: 10.2533/chimia.2024.403.

Authors

Kostiantyn V Kravchyk^{1

2}, Corsin Battaglia^{3

4

5}, Valerie Siller⁶, Barthélémy Lelotte⁷, Mario El Kazzi⁸, Jedrzej Morzy⁹, Moritz Futscher¹⁰, Yaroslav Romanyuk¹¹, Michael Stalder¹², Axel Fuerst¹³, Maksym Kovalenko^{14

2}

Affiliations

¹ Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. [email protected].
² Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
³ Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. [email protected].
⁴ Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Gloriastrasse 35, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
⁵ Institute of Materials, School of Engineering, EPFL, Station 17, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁶ Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI - Switzerland. [email protected].
⁷ Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI - Switzerland. [email protected].
⁸ Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI - Switzerland. [email protected].
⁹ Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. [email protected].
¹⁰ Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. [email protected].
¹¹ Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. [email protected].
¹² Institute for Intelligent Industrial Systems I3S, Berner Fachhochschule, Pestalozzistrasse 20, CH-3400 Burgdorf, Switzerland.. [email protected].
¹³ Institute for Intelligent Industrial Systems I3S, Berner Fachhochschule, Pestalozzistrasse 20, CH-3400 Burgdorf, Switzerland.. [email protected].
¹⁴ Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. [email protected].

PMID: 38946413
DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2024.403

Abstract

This review article delves into the growing field of solid-state batteries as a compelling alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries. The article surveys ongoing research efforts at renowned Swiss institutions such as ETH Zurich, Empa, Paul Scherrer Institute, and Berner Fachhochschule covering various aspects, from a fundamental understanding of battery interfaces to practical issues of solid-state battery fabrication, their design, and production. The article then outlines the prospects of solid-state batteries, emphasizing the imperative practical challenges that remain to be overcome and highlighting Swiss research groups' efforts and research directions in this field.

Keywords: Li metal anode; Solid-state batteries; Solid-state electrolyte.

Copyright 2024 Kostiantyn V. Kravchyk, Corsin Battaglia, Valerie Siller, Barthélémy Lelotte, Mario El Kazzi, Jedrzej Morzy, Moritz Futscher, Yaroslav Romanyuk, Michael Stalder, Axel Fuerst, Maksym Kovalenko. License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.