The Battery Technology Podcast
Episodes
Episode 56 | Digital Product Passports and their Relevance to the Battery Industry | Spherity
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A key part of the EU's strategy in the battery sector is the introduction of the EU Battery Passport. Successful implementation will rely on the devel...
Episode 54 | AI and the Molecular Universe | SES AI
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How AI is revolutionising the search and design of new battery material candidates is right at the cutting edge of material discovery for battery tech...
Episode 53 | EU Battery Passport | Compliance, Technology and Opportunity
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 17th February 2027 is a very important date for any organisation involved in the business of batteries. It marks the date set for the introduction...
Episode 52 | Advances and Innovation in Flow Batteries
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Flow batteries are a technology that is coming of age. With a distinctly different electrochemistry from Li-Ion, they offer some unique advantages esp...
Episode 51 | The Dynamics of the Battery Recycling Market
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Battery Recycling is a crucial part of the global critical mineralsโ strategy. But the economics of recycling is complex and is inextricably linked ...
Episode 50 | Navigating the Future - Prospects for a European Battery Ecosystem
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our deep dive into the prospects for Europe in developing a globally competitive position with the global battery market. In this episode ...
Episode 49 | Developing a Successful Battery Industry
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is there a road map for developing a successful battery industry and what lessons can we learn from the last 20 years that policy makers can learn fro...
Episode 48 | Innovation in Materials Discovery
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Materials discovery has been the propellant of many of the big leaps forward in the battery space. So the field of material engineering and how materi...
Episode 47 | Advances in Battery Defect Detection Techniques
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When things go wrong in battery manufacturing, it's often about production yield, quality performance and manufacturing control. The rapid detection o...
Episode 46 | Latest Developments in 3D Lithium Metal Anodes
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lithium Metal Anodes are considered a key enabling technology to achieving batteries of far greater energy density than conventional Li-ion batteries....
Episode 45 | Advances in Modular Batteries | Seth Yates | Turntide Technologies
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Modular Batteries can provide a faster route to market for OEMs, and they are becoming increasingly important in the field of battery development. Not...
Episode 44 | Innovations in Polymer-based Battery Technology | Bill Heathcote | Superdielectrics
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A few weeks ago, I read an interesting article about a company using cross-linked polymer membranes, similar to contact lens materials, to develop bat...
Episode 43 | Achieving Sustainability in the Battery Industry | Assheton Carter | TDI Sustainability
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Battery Technology Podcast | Episode 43 | Achieving Sustainability in the Battery Industry | TDI Sustainability One of the subjects Iโve been wa...
Episode 42 | Advances in Practical Battery Circularity | William Bergh | Cling Systems
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The concept of circularity is central to the global Net Zero objective. Ensuring batteries are directed to their best use after serving their original...
Episode 41 | Exploring Battery Thermal Safety | Ryan Spray | Exponent
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thermal Safety has always been a critical technical issue facing Battery developers and OEMs and the increase in larger more energy dense battery pack...
Episode 40 | Global Trends in EV Adoption | David Leah | CRU Group
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
2024 has been a challenging year in the EV market. The mood seems more subdued as many car makers scale back their ambitious EV targets. But of course...
Episode 39 | Battery Material Prices: Markets, Dynamics and Outlook | William Adams | Fastmarkets
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the New Year begins, its a good time to review Battery Material prices and understand a little more about the underlying dynamics that influence th...
Episode 38 | Northvolt | 6 Lessons for the Battery Manufacturing Industry | Opinion | Ken Davies
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The descent of Northvolt into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection came as a major shock to the battery technology industry. Seemingly overnight Northvolt...
Episode 37 | Seeing the Invisible - Advanced Inspection Systems | Bernhard Muฬrkens | VC Battery, VisiConsult
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Quality and Process control will be critical to delivering the yields and productivity that will be required to establish a globally competitive batte...
Episode 36 | How AI is shaping Battery 3.0 | Dr Austin Sendek | Aionics
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Battery Technology Podcast | Episode 36 | How AI is shaping Battery 3.0 | Dr Austin Sendek | Aionics ย One of the groundbreaking technologiesย ov...
Episode 35 | 2024 in Review | Charlie Parker | Ratel Consulting
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thereโs a lot going on in the battery technology and manufacturing space at the moment. A lot of moving parts. And as 2024 moves into our rear-view ...
Episode 34 | Climate Control: Options for Reducing Heat Loss within Manufacturing | Andrรฉ Meyer | Munters
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the challenges facing battery manufacturers is how to design and operate manufacturing facilities to minimise operational cost. One major consi...
Episode 33 | Advances in Silicon-based Anodes | Jeff Helm | NanoGraf Corporation
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lithium-Ion batteries have become the portable power technology of choice, the problem is, energy density improvements are not keeping pace with the e...
Episode 32 | Listening to the Market | A Case study in Battery Product Development | Darren Brittain | Trojan Battery Company
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this series of podcasts, I often thought of the Battery industry as a whole, but in fact it is populated by individual businesses making individual...
Episode 31 | Exploring the Cost Drivers of Battery Manufacture | Aaron Wade | CRU Group
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Battery Technology Podcast | Episode 31 | Exploring the Cost Drivers of Battery Manufacture | Aaron Wade | CRU Group ย I recently read a very int...
Episode 30 | The Future Role of Lead- Acid Batteries | Karen Pugliese | C& D Technologies
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lead Acid Batteries have been around for a long time. A very long time. And in a world excited by the opportunities with new battery chemistries, the ...
Episode 29 | Advances in Lithium Refining | Nick Grundish | EnergyX
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Battery Technology Podcast | Episode 29 | Advances in Lithium Extraction | Nick Grundish | Energy X As the global demand for Lithium grows, the ne...
Episode 28 | Advances in Fast Charging Technology | Dan Alpern | Battery Streak
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the big challenges facing the EV industry is charging, and specifically charging times. Itโs one of the main pain-points that the industry ne...
Episode 27 | Battery Design from an OEM Perspective | Brian Dillard
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We've spent a lot of time during this podcast series talking to businesses developing the next generation of battery technology. In this episode, we s...
Episode 26 | Exploring the Benefits of Porous Carbon | Northern Graphite Corporation
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The challenges for Li-Ion Battery cell designers just intensify. Much of the low hanging fruit has been picked and attention now turns to ever more so...
Episode 25 | Portugal - Using Europe's Lithium Deposits to build a Battery Ecosystem | Battery Cluster Portugal
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The mountainous region of Barroso in Northern Portugal is sitting on buried treasure; one of Europe's most significant deposits of Lithium. And a Euro...
Episode 24 | Exploring Graphene based Advances in Battery Technology | Curtis Collar | Nanotech Energy
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Graphene is a remarkable material which has long promised to revolutionise many industries. It is fair to say that the results havenโt always matche...
Episode 23 | Emerging Battery Chemistries and the Challenge for Climate Control | Cheryl Thibault | Munters
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the battery industry develops increasingly innovative chemistries aimed at improving both safety and performance, what does that mean for those con...
Episode 22 | Developing a Fully Dry Solid State Battery | Ben Eiref/Kevin Wujcik | Blue Current
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest of our conversations with those at the cutting edge of Solid-State battery design we are joined by Ben Eiref CEO and Kevin Wujcik CTO of...
Episode 21 | Advances in Solid State Battery Development | John Tinson | Ilika
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Iโm fascinated by the developments that are taking place in the solid-state battery development field, but I want to understand more about what is r...
Episode 20 | Developments in Sodium-Ion Battery Technology | Spencer Gore | Bedrock Materials
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many of our preceding episodes have focused on development in the Lithium Ion battery field, but of course Lithium is not the only alkali metal that l...
Episode 19 | Exploring Advances in Graphite Technology | Vikram Handa & Sunit Kapur | Epsilon Advanced Materials
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the critical materials used in Li-ion battery technology is Graphite.ย It has been the key anode material since the birth of the EV revolution....
Episode 18 | Advances in Recycling using Chromatography | David Sauve | ReElement Technologies
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm always fascinated by the development of innovative processes to take end of life batteries and from them generate battery grade materials. Essenti...
Episode 17 | Niobium as a Disrupting Element in Advanced Lithium-ion Batteries | Zach Bergman CBMM
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most intriguing aspects of the battery industry is the emergence of new enabling chemistries that can propel battery performance to the nex...
Episode 16 - How Digital Data is streamlining the interface between Battery Design & Manufacturing - Puneet Sinha - Siemens
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's a lot happening in the world of Battery chemistry. In this episode, we take a step further down the value chain and explore the how developmen...
Episode 15 - Latest Developments in Cathode Technology - Dr Mark Copley - FAAM
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the core of any battery system is the cathode. The positive electrode, Choices made in cathode chemistry determine much of the battery performance ...
Episode 14 - The Role of Resource Efficiency in the Demand for Critical Minerals - Julia Poliscanova - T&E
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We hear a lot about the exponential growth of the market for EV batteries and the pressure that brings on the supply of critical minerals. But what ab...
Episode 13 - Navigating the Energy Transition - The Outlook for the EV and Battery Industry - Max Reid - Wood Mackenzie
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The end of the year is always a good place to take stock. In this episode, I am joined by Max Reid, Principal Analyst with Wood Mackenzie to discuss t...
Episode 12 - Understanding Battery Recycling - Tom Wadsworth - Li-Cycle
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For an industry predicated on a concern for environmental issues, the ability to efficiently recover critical materials is fundamental to the perceive...
Episode 11 - The Role of Testing in Developing Vehicle Battery Systems - Don Wright - Unico
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The application of Testing and Instrumentation technologies is closely linked to the evolution of evermore powerful EV Battery Systems. In this episod...
Episode 10 - Advances in Battery Management Software - Dr Ian Campbell - Breathe Battery Technologies
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In recent episodes of this podcast series we have concentrated on the advances in battery hardware, Developments in the anode/electrolyte/cathode syst...
Episode 9 - Advances in Rapid Charging Technology - Doron Myersdorf - CEO & Co-Founder StoreDot
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The issues of creating batteries that allow for extremely rapid charging, delivering range at a similar rate as fossil fuel refuelling is at the centr...
Episode 8 - Understanding Climate Control in Battery Manufacturing - Jason Bettles - Munters
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For battery manufacturers maintaining low humidity conditions is critical in the interests of both quality and safety of the batteries they produce. I...
Episode 7 - Advances in Approaches to Battery Cooling - Dr Mohammad Moghimi
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For battery manufacturers and end users the issue of cooling in business critical. In this episode we discuss some of the latest advances in cooling t...
Episode 6 - Next Generation Battery Chemistries - Salil Soman - Sepion Technologies
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In an earlier podcast we discussed advances in the rapidly developing science of anode technology. In this episode we take things a step further. I am...
Episode 5 - Creating a Circular Battery Value Chain - Inga Petersen - Global Battery Alliance
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the growth of the Battery industry grows at an unprecedented rate, so do the demands on the resources needed to support it. This creates something ...
Episode 4 - The Battle for Talent 2 - Richard Taylor & Koray Abatay - Freyr Battery
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a talent supply-constrained sector such as Battery Technology, the ability of an organisation to attract and retain the people they need is likely ...
Episode 3 - The Battle for Talent - Chema Robla - Basquevolt
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the major issues facing any growth industry is the supply of talent. But in an industry with the expected growth profile of the Battery sector,...
Episode 2 - Exploring Anode Technology with Tim Aanhane, LeydenJar Techonolgies
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 2, we take a deep dive into the developing science of Anode development with Tim Aanhane of LeydenJar Technologies developing ultra-thin ra...
Episode 1 - A Strategic Overview of the Battery Market featuring John Shepherd of Batteries International
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Battery Technology Podcast - your fortnightly exploration in the world of battery technology industry. The global demand for battery ca...
Introductory Episode
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a brief introduction to the first dedicated Battery Technology podcast from your host Ken Davies