The recent rapid increase of the demand of higher energy density along with higher power density lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) requires the development of advanced cathode/anode materials with higher capacity. These challenges can be addressed providing that powerful characterization tools are able to probe the degradation phenomena occurring at multiple scale. In this context, the TEESMAT platform aims to widen the access to a large panel of characterization techniques among different partners across Europe for solving industrial problematics in energy related field. Among these, X-ray tomography has been used as non-invasive 3D investigation tool that spread along a wide range of applications in order to probe at different length scale their microstructure. Moreover, phase contrast imaging has brought to light a practical way to enhance visibility between weak absorbing materials and/or small details of differing refractive index within structure, and thus accessing a sharpen overview of the 3D morphology of complex material, which is of particular interest in the frame of energy-related materials.

This presentation will focus on various industrial case studies such as NMC-based and LFP-based all solid-state batteries, hybrid Li-ion supercapacitor and current collector manufacturing.

The results presented are part of the TEESMAT project, which received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 814106.