Advanced lithium-ion battery process manufacturing equipment for gigafactories: Past, present, and future perspectives

Summary: Lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing depends on a few key raw materials and equipment manufacturers. Battery manufacturing faces global challenges and opportunities as various regions, including Asia, Europe, North America, and emerging markets, seek to scale gigafactory production and in...

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Main Authors: Atiyeh Nekahi, Ebrahim Feyzi, Muskan Srivastava, Firoozeh Yeganehdoust, Anil Kumar Madikere Raghunagtha Reddy, Karim Zaghib
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Published: Elsevier 2025-07-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225009526
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Anil Kumar Madikere Raghunagtha Reddy
Karim Zaghib
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description Summary: Lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing depends on a few key raw materials and equipment manufacturers. Battery manufacturing faces global challenges and opportunities as various regions, including Asia, Europe, North America, and emerging markets, seek to scale gigafactory production and innovate equipment manufacturing pathways. Regions can enhance battery resilience by investing in advanced technologies, optimizing resource utilization, and adopting sustainable manufacturing practices. Investing in local technologies, taking advantage of green energy and processes, relying on local expertise and research opportunities, and strengthening partnerships among smaller suppliers are some solutions. Manufacturing equipment evaluation highlights significant challenges in electrode preparation, cell assembly, and finishing. Using space-saving machinery and cost-effective, scalable technologies that can adapt to new battery advancements is a practical solution. Continuous mixing of initial materials, double-sided coating, dry processes, electrolyte recovery, precise stacking, simultaneous formation in multiple cells, and online process validation accelerate the global shift toward electrification.
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spelling doaj-art-366a4761642e43a3bd9fc194fe72a9e52025-08-20T03:24:04ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422025-07-0128711269110.1016/j.isci.2025.112691Advanced lithium-ion battery process manufacturing equipment for gigafactories: Past, present, and future perspectivesAtiyeh Nekahi0Ebrahim Feyzi1Muskan Srivastava2Firoozeh Yeganehdoust3Anil Kumar Madikere Raghunagtha Reddy4Karim Zaghib5Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, CanadaDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, CanadaDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, CanadaDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, CanadaDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, CanadaDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada; Corresponding authorSummary: Lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing depends on a few key raw materials and equipment manufacturers. Battery manufacturing faces global challenges and opportunities as various regions, including Asia, Europe, North America, and emerging markets, seek to scale gigafactory production and innovate equipment manufacturing pathways. Regions can enhance battery resilience by investing in advanced technologies, optimizing resource utilization, and adopting sustainable manufacturing practices. Investing in local technologies, taking advantage of green energy and processes, relying on local expertise and research opportunities, and strengthening partnerships among smaller suppliers are some solutions. Manufacturing equipment evaluation highlights significant challenges in electrode preparation, cell assembly, and finishing. Using space-saving machinery and cost-effective, scalable technologies that can adapt to new battery advancements is a practical solution. Continuous mixing of initial materials, double-sided coating, dry processes, electrolyte recovery, precise stacking, simultaneous formation in multiple cells, and online process validation accelerate the global shift toward electrification.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225009526Electrochemical energy storageEnergy engineeringEnergy storage
spellingShingle Atiyeh Nekahi
Ebrahim Feyzi
Muskan Srivastava
Firoozeh Yeganehdoust
Anil Kumar Madikere Raghunagtha Reddy
Karim Zaghib
Advanced lithium-ion battery process manufacturing equipment for gigafactories: Past, present, and future perspectives
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Energy engineering
Energy storage
title Advanced lithium-ion battery process manufacturing equipment for gigafactories: Past, present, and future perspectives
title_full Advanced lithium-ion battery process manufacturing equipment for gigafactories: Past, present, and future perspectives
title_fullStr Advanced lithium-ion battery process manufacturing equipment for gigafactories: Past, present, and future perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Advanced lithium-ion battery process manufacturing equipment for gigafactories: Past, present, and future perspectives
title_short Advanced lithium-ion battery process manufacturing equipment for gigafactories: Past, present, and future perspectives
title_sort advanced lithium ion battery process manufacturing equipment for gigafactories past present and future perspectives
topic Electrochemical energy storage
Energy engineering
Energy storage
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