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3D electrodes for Next Generation Batteries with Moshiel Biton, CEO and Co-founder of Addionics

Hardware to Save a Planet · 13 Oct 2022 · 36m · Episode 11

AI in practice: one real use of AI described

What this episode covers

Moshiel Biton, CEO and Co-founder of Addionics, explains how his company creates 3D metal scaffold electrodes to improve battery performance regardless of chemistry. He details how this structure reduces internal resistance by 50% and theoretically increases capacity by 20%, effectively solving the trade-off between energy density and power. Biton discusses the company's use of AI-enabled structure optimization to design these electrodes for mass production integration with major automotive and energy storage players. The conversation covers the technical challenges of scaling this technology and the commercial hurdles of introducing new processes to a conservative battery industry.

AI in practice

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Designreduced 5000 structures

The company used AI-driven modeling and simulation to optimize 3D electrode structures, reducing the number of physical prototypes needed from thousands to a manageable few.

“So we wanted to develop like battery level steroids, to understand it, to get like fast reaction. And instead of having like 5000 decoration, we can reduce it in order to save costs and save time. And that's what the modeling and simulation and all these AI is telling us.”

Moshiel Biton · Hear it at 29:50

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Addionics, Tesla, Better Place
Products
Model S
Also
Bloomberg NEF Award, Imperial College London

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