Flexible Solid-Electrolyte Alternative chemistry Batteries (Flex SEA Bat)

Flexible Solid-Electrolyte Alternative chemistry Batteries (Flex SEA Bat) (Prof. Sudarshan Narayanan, Sustainable Energy Engineering)

This project, supported by DRDO and in partnership with DMSRDE-DRDO Kanpur, aims to develop high-energy density and low-cost SIBs using earth-abundant active materials and a solid-state electrolyte. Such an approach can enable safe, lightweight, and flexible batteries with good thermal, mechanical, and electrochemical stabilities. The proposed development of prototype cells (TRL level 5) capable of delivering up to 5 Ah capacities at high current rates has the potential for powering military devices such as drones, unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), and other defence-related portable energy storage/backup applications.