Laser technology for energy-efficient production of battery cells coupled with improved performance

Save energy in production while also making it possible to create battery cells with higher power density and a longer service life

05-Apr-2023 - High-performance battery cells are a crucial prerequisite for electrifying the mobility sector. With this in mind, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen have developed innovative laser-based technologies for producing lithium-ion batteries — which, in ...

Historical breakthrough for clean energy of the future

Lasers have ignited fusion: Virtually inexhaustible source of energy

14-Dec-2022 - Lasers have ignited a mini star on earth, laying the foundation for a clean energy source of the future: A historical breakthrough in inertial confinement fusion research at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Lab and a defining moment for Photonics! One of the most ...

Taking the fight to microplastics with lasers

First laser-drilled filter for the filtration of microplastics from wastewater

05-Apr-2022 - Until now, wastewater treatment plants have not been able to sufficiently filter out tiny microplastics in wastewater, but this could soon change: The first laser-drilled microplastic filter is being tested in a wastewater treatment plant. It contains sheets with extremely small holes just 10 ...

Laser technology supports the path to printed electronic diversity

01-Apr-2019 - In recent years, the demands placed on component-integrated electronics have risen so sharply in many industries that they can often no longer be met with conventional electronic components. As an alternative, printed electronics is on the advance. At the Hanover Fair from April 1 to 5, 2019, ...

Battery Production: Laser Light instead of Oven-Drying and Vacuum Technology

06-Oct-2015 - In the truest sense, it’s all about watts at the Dresden-based Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS and the Aachen-based Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT. The joint project “DRYLAS - Laser-based Drying of Battery Electrode Slurries” focusses on the ...

The solar industry could gain sizeable cost advantages by using the right lasers

17-Sep-2012 - Contactless and material-selective laser processes are of critical importance for the production of sensitive electronic components such as solar cells. Lasers can achieve a decisive step to greater efficiencies and lower manufacturing costs for crystalline and thin-film photovoltaics. With this ...