The Advanced Power Sources Laboratory provides comprehensive capabilities in power source research, design, engineering, characterization, evaluation, and testing. Supporting PSTG is a staff of more than 80 scientists, engineers, and technicians with backgrounds in chemistry, electrochemistry, metallurgy, chemical engineering, materials science, engineering, and physics.
State-of-the-art capabilities are available to perform research, design, development, and production for a variety of primary, reserve or rechargeable technologies. Facilities (over 60,000 sq. ft.) include:
Wet chemistry laboratories
Analytical and diagnostic laboratories
Extensive dry room capabilities: >10,000 sq. ft. that is agile/reconfigurable to meet dynamic customer needs
Environmental battery test facility
Production/prototyping facilities for lithium-ion, lithium primary, and thermal batteries
Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory (BATLab)
Energy Storage Analysis Laboratory (ESAL)
World-class non-destructive analysis tools
Additive manufacturing and 3D printing battery hardware
Access to comprehensive environmental testing, modeling & simulation, materials synthesis, analysis, and diagnostic equipment across the laboratory
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