US 8,301,285 B2 · Computer aided solid state battery design method and manufacture of same using selected combinations of characteristics

Abstract

A method of designing and manufacturing a solid-state electrochemical battery cell for a battery device. The method includes building a database of a plurality of first characteristics of a solid-state cells for a battery device and determining at least a third characteristic of the solid-state cell for a given application. The method also includes selecting at least one material of the solid-state electrochemical battery cell, the selected material being from the plurality of first characteristics and forming a plurality of factorial combinations of each component using the selected plurality of first characteristics to derive a respective plurality of solid-state electrochemical battery cells. The method performs a design optimization process for the third characteristic. A step of identifying an optimal design of the second characteristics with the selected first characteristics for each solid-state electrochemical battery cell from the plurality of solid-state cells is included.

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Dependent claims

A method of designing and manufacturing a solid-state electrochemical cell for a battery device, the method comprising:

building a database of a plurality of first characteristics of the solid-state electrochemical battery cell for a battery device, the database comprising a plurality of second characteristics;
determining at least a third characteristic of the solid-state electrochemical battery cell for a given application;
selecting at least one material of the solid-state electrochemical battery cell, the selected material being from the plurality of first characteristics;
forming a plurality of factorial combinations of a component using the selected plurality of first characteristics to derive a respective plurality of solid state electrochemical battery cells;
performing a design optimization process for the third characteristic;
identifying an optimal design of the plurality of second characteristics with the selected first characteristics for each solid-state electrochemical battery cell from the plurality of solid-state electrochemical battery cells;
and
using the optimal design for manufacture of a battery device.

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A system for designing a battery device for a given application, the system comprising:

an input and output interface device;
a memory for storing computer readable codes for one or more application modules;
a communication interface device;
and
at least one processor coupled to the memory, the input and output interface device, and the communication interface device, the processor being configured to execute the computer readable codes, the computer readable codes including:
a code directed to storing and accessing a material database of design parameters for a battery cell;
a code directed to a battery design process using surrogate models;
and
a code directed to processing a candidate material performance against an application specification to determine an anode material, a cathode material, an electrolyte material, a connector material, a current collector material, and a barrier material for the battery device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Computer aided solid state battery design method and manufacture of same using selected combinations of characteristics

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Computer aided solid state battery design method and manufacture of same using selected combinations of characteristics

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