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Sparking Ideas at the International Battery Seminar and Exhibit (IBSE)
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Learn about our key takeaways from the International Battery Seminar and Exhibit (IBSE) and a recap of our technical presentation.
Community connections, old and new
Albert Invent recently attended this year’s International Battery Seminar and Exhibit (IBSE) in Orlando, Florida. It was our second time attending this premier event showcasing state-of-the-art battery technology and we were thrilled to be back. We especially enjoy attending IBSE because it is equal parts industry and academia, with attendees ranging from OEMs and cell manufacturers to top academics and national labs. Despite the wide range in attendees, a feeling of togetherness charged the event – from recognizing each other’s challenges to sharing meals together in the large exhibition hall, it is clear why IBSE has become the longest running annual battery event.
The nonstop dialogue at our booth included conversations with electrolyte developers on the startup side all the way to major battery manufacturers and everyone in between. Throughout our conversations, a topic that kept coming up was the great uncertainty about how tariffs will affect both manufacturers and researchers. Supply chain of minerals and localization of production are both impacted by changing political landscapes, raising the question of whether novel battery technologies developed in the United States or Europe should transition from lab-scale to pilot and giga-scale technologies domestically or instead rely on Chinese production. At the same time, there is a lot of curiosity in how to derisk these issues with data-driven innovation and a recognition that Albert is uniquely poised to help chemists gain a competitive edge through digitalization.
Predicting new LLZO materials with data management and AI
Another concern that we often hear from battery chemists pertains to the complexity of materials and processes in the field. Jake Mohin, Ph.D., Director of Solution Engineering at Albert, addressed this challenge in a presentation at the Next Generation Battery Research session with nearly 100 attendees in the audience. Between different materials, compositions, processing methods, cell assembly, and cell testing, battery scientists have an intimidating number of variables to keep track of. The consequence is that companies that can manage and harness the power of complex datasets will be able to invent faster. “Data has become the vocabulary of innovation,” said Jake. “Companies who are fluent in managing their data are innovating more quickly, and that’s true in the battery space as well.”
To demonstrate how Albert's end-to-end R&D platform accelerates the way chemists make new battery materials, Jake presented a case study using lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide (LLZO). By scraping 15 literature papers with information on LLZO materials, conductivities, composition, and processing steps, Jake collected a complicated web of information – the kind of data that might typically be organized in a tool like Excel.
But Excel was invented in 1985.
Instead of islands of disparate tools like Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, ELN, and LIMS, Albert offers an end-to-end platform that unifies all parts of the R&D process. Not only does this streamline workflows, but the contextualized data allows chemists to apply AI/ML to their experiments. In his presentation, Jake demonstrated how the 32 ionic conductivity points from literature were imported into Albert Breakthrough, our suite of AI/ML tools trained on more than 15 million molecules, which quickly “learned the chemistry of the problem.” A battery researcher using Breakthrough can rapidly determine which features are most important and generate candidate formulations that maximize conductivity.
What’s more, these candidates can then be inserted right back into Albert for scheduling lab work. “So the loop between entering data into Albert from your daily lab work to using the AI capabilities, back to scheduling lab work is a completely closed loop,” said Jake. In a time when battery research is so important, Albert empowers chemists to make new discoveries faster.
We enjoyed watching other talks as well, such as the Micantis presentation on predictive analytics for battery testing and the NOVONIX presentation on ultra-high precision coulometry across the battery supply chain.
Catch us on the conference circuit
It was inspiring to live and breathe battery science at IBSE and to hear validation from our colleagues in this space about how Albert fills a gap recognized by the community. Whether chemists are facing uncertainty about production locations, struggling to make the transition from lab-scale to giga-scale, or getting lost in the complexity of data surrounding battery materials and processing, they can harness Albert to digitalize R&D and accelerate innovation.
We’d like to thank the IBSE organizers for hosting such an engaging and educational event and look forward to seeing folks again at The Battery Show Europe, The Battery Show North America, and the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference later this year. In the meantime, Request a Demo to learn more! We’d love to hear from you.
Community connections, old and new
Albert Invent recently attended this year’s International Battery Seminar and Exhibit (IBSE) in Orlando, Florida. It was our second time attending this premier event showcasing state-of-the-art battery technology and we were thrilled to be back. We especially enjoy attending IBSE because it is equal parts industry and academia, with attendees ranging from OEMs and cell manufacturers to top academics and national labs. Despite the wide range in attendees, a feeling of togetherness charged the event – from recognizing each other’s challenges to sharing meals together in the large exhibition hall, it is clear why IBSE has become the longest running annual battery event.
The nonstop dialogue at our booth included conversations with electrolyte developers on the startup side all the way to major battery manufacturers and everyone in between. Throughout our conversations, a topic that kept coming up was the great uncertainty about how tariffs will affect both manufacturers and researchers. Supply chain of minerals and localization of production are both impacted by changing political landscapes, raising the question of whether novel battery technologies developed in the United States or Europe should transition from lab-scale to pilot and giga-scale technologies domestically or instead rely on Chinese production. At the same time, there is a lot of curiosity in how to derisk these issues with data-driven innovation and a recognition that Albert is uniquely poised to help chemists gain a competitive edge through digitalization.
Predicting new LLZO materials with data management and AI
Another concern that we often hear from battery chemists pertains to the complexity of materials and processes in the field. Jake Mohin, Ph.D., Director of Solution Engineering at Albert, addressed this challenge in a presentation at the Next Generation Battery Research session with nearly 100 attendees in the audience. Between different materials, compositions, processing methods, cell assembly, and cell testing, battery scientists have an intimidating number of variables to keep track of. The consequence is that companies that can manage and harness the power of complex datasets will be able to invent faster. “Data has become the vocabulary of innovation,” said Jake. “Companies who are fluent in managing their data are innovating more quickly, and that’s true in the battery space as well.”
To demonstrate how Albert's end-to-end R&D platform accelerates the way chemists make new battery materials, Jake presented a case study using lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide (LLZO). By scraping 15 literature papers with information on LLZO materials, conductivities, composition, and processing steps, Jake collected a complicated web of information – the kind of data that might typically be organized in a tool like Excel.
But Excel was invented in 1985.
Instead of islands of disparate tools like Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, ELN, and LIMS, Albert offers an end-to-end platform that unifies all parts of the R&D process. Not only does this streamline workflows, but the contextualized data allows chemists to apply AI/ML to their experiments. In his presentation, Jake demonstrated how the 32 ionic conductivity points from literature were imported into Albert Breakthrough, our suite of AI/ML tools trained on more than 15 million molecules, which quickly “learned the chemistry of the problem.” A battery researcher using Breakthrough can rapidly determine which features are most important and generate candidate formulations that maximize conductivity.
What’s more, these candidates can then be inserted right back into Albert for scheduling lab work. “So the loop between entering data into Albert from your daily lab work to using the AI capabilities, back to scheduling lab work is a completely closed loop,” said Jake. In a time when battery research is so important, Albert empowers chemists to make new discoveries faster.
We enjoyed watching other talks as well, such as the Micantis presentation on predictive analytics for battery testing and the NOVONIX presentation on ultra-high precision coulometry across the battery supply chain.
Catch us on the conference circuit
It was inspiring to live and breathe battery science at IBSE and to hear validation from our colleagues in this space about how Albert fills a gap recognized by the community. Whether chemists are facing uncertainty about production locations, struggling to make the transition from lab-scale to giga-scale, or getting lost in the complexity of data surrounding battery materials and processing, they can harness Albert to digitalize R&D and accelerate innovation.
We’d like to thank the IBSE organizers for hosting such an engaging and educational event and look forward to seeing folks again at The Battery Show Europe, The Battery Show North America, and the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference later this year. In the meantime, Request a Demo to learn more! We’d love to hear from you.