Build and run battery simulations at scale

We are thrilled to partner with Ionworks to expand the development of our next-generation battery charge control technology. This collaboration enables our customers to reduce their development time and cost to implement Iontra Charge Control protocols in their products.

Since Lithium-ion cells are complex, multi-scale systems, expert knowledge of electrochemistry and cell modelling is necessary to derive accurate physics-based models. This is particularly true in the case of novel technologies such as high-Silicon anodes. Using an open-source framework backed by the research community like PyBaMM gives us maximal flexibility and control. Ionworks has helped us fully utilize this potential and thus enhance our electrochemical-thermal modelling for cell design and performance assessment.

As a battery materials manufacturer, our success hinges on a deep understanding of how process changes influence the performance of devices using our materials. Ionworks has been instrumental in bridging the gap between electrochemical performance and material properties, and is now a cornerstone in our battery simulation program.

Working with Ionworks has massively leveled up our battery modeling team. Using Ionwork’s simulation software and support from their team of leading battery modeling experts, we have been able to move from equivalent-circuit modeling to more accurate physics-based models. This has helped us to understand battery degradation and extend the life of our batteries

Predicting battery lifetime is crucial to balancing cost, mass, and lifetime for our satellite application. Working with Ionworks has allowed us to forecast battery lifetime across a range of different possible operating conditions, reducing our trade space considerably and replacing hundreds of thousands of dollars in experiments. This has considerably reduced cost and freed up test resources. Their deep domain expertise has been instrumental to setting up the right model, appropriately weighing parameters, and tuning operating conditions for our application.

We require many different battery designs to meet the physical and performance constraints of each item in our range of products. Ionworks' models allow us to reduce our testing requirements and hence iterate faster and with more confidence on our product designs.