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Main Research Activities
Actual parallel-plate architecture of lithium-ion batteries consists in lithium ion diffusion in only one dimension between the electrodes. To achieve higher performances in terms of specific capacity and power, configurations enabling lithium ion diffusion in two or three dimensions were proposed in the past. In order to build these complex 3D battery architectures with almost no material waste and avoiding the electrodes interpenetration issues, I’m focusing my work on the Fused Deposition Modeling process, also called 3D-printing.My PhD thesis project consists in the development of a fully 3D-printed Li-ion battery. In order to do so, it will be required to synthetize and characterize thermoplastic composite filaments charged with active materials currently used in Li-ion batteries. Filament optimization should be done to improve both electrochemical and mechanical performances. In parallel, due to the brittleness of the composite filaments, an adapted/modified 3D-printer will be built.
Academic Training
- PhD defended in 2020: Thermoplastic composite filaments optimization and development of a 3D-printed Li-ion battery (OBI-ONE) – Project supervised by Loïc Dupont (Laboratoire de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides, Amiens), Stéphane Panier (Laboratoire des Technologies Innovantes, Amiens), Région/FEDER
- Master Erasmus Mundus – Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion (2015-2017): In partnership with 7 universities worldwide - University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse, France), University of Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens, France), University of Aix-Marseille (Marseille, France), Warsaw University of Technology (Warsaw, Poland), University of Córdoba (Córdoba, Spain), University of Xiamen (Xiamen, Chine) and University of Drexel (Philadelphia, USA).
S1: University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse, France)
S2: Warsaw University of Technology (Warsaw, Poland)
S3: University of Córdoba (Córdoba, Spain)
S4: Master Thesis at the Laboratoire de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides (Amiens, France) –Formulation and characterization of 3D-printing filaments charged by lithium-ion battery active materials for the negative electrode – Project supervised by Loïc Dupont (LRCS), Sylvie Grugeon (LRCS), Stéphane Panier (LTI)
Professional skills
Solvent-free extrusion of a LiFePO4-based monofilament for three-dimensional printing of a lithium-ion battery positive electrode
Victor Boudeville, Sylvie Grugeon, Alexis Maurel, Raynald Lesieur, Maroua Louati, Aurélie Cayla, Sébastian Ursescu, Christine Campagne, Stéphane Panier and Loic Dupont
Journal of Power Sources, 2024
Additive manufacturing of LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 battery electrode material via vat photopolymerization precursor approach
Ana C. Martinez, Alexis Maurel, Ana P. Aranzola, Sylvie Grugeon, Stéphane Panier, Loic Dupont, Jose A. Hernandez-Viezcas, Bhargavi Mummareddy, Beth L. Armstrong, Pedro Cortes, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan & Eric MacDonald
Scientific Reports, 2022
Toward High Resolution 3D Printing of Shape-Conformable Batteries via Vat Photopolymerization: Review and Perspective
Alexis Maurel; Ana C. Martinez; Sylvie Grugeon; Stephane Panier; Loic Dupont; Pedro Cortes; Cameroun G. Sherrard; Ian Small; Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan; Eric Macdonald
IEEE Access, 2021
Ag-Coated Cu/Polylactic Acid Composite Filament for Lithium and Sodium-Ion Battery Current Collector Three-Dimensional Printing via Thermoplastic Material Extrusion
Alexis Maurel, Hyeonseok Kim, Roberto Russo, Sylvie Grugeon, Michel Armand, Stephane Panier, Loic Dupont
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2021
Environmentally Friendly Lithium-Terephthalate/Polylactic Acid Composite Filament Formulation for Lithium-Ion Battery 3D-Printing via Fused Deposition Modeling
Alexis Maurel, Roberto Russo, Sylvie Grugeon, Stéphane Panier, Loic Dupont
ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 2021
