Expert Q&A: how AI is driving developments in battery technology

As the low carbon revolution gathers pace, the demand for new and improved battery technologies has become one of the fastest moving areas of technology development, and artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in delivering the advances required.

Over the following pages we hear from some of those at the cutting edge of developments in this area: from the discovery and characterisation of new materials and chemistries, to the optimisation of manufacturing processes.

We learn how the UK’s Centre for Process Innovation is using AI tools to accelerate the scale up of new battery technologies; how Imperial college Spin-out Polaron has developed AI technology that can fine tune gigafactories; how AI software specialist Monolith is helping engineers analyse test data in ways that can cut weeks off development timelines, and how battery power systems expert Fortescue Zero is using the technology to give  unprecedented insights into battery performance and longevity.