A lithium-ion battery in which lithium metal is used in place of graphite as the anode material is assembled in the glovebox in the clean room at South Dakota State University. This is part of research assistant professor Yue Zhou and his team in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science are doing through the new Governor’s Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage. He and three other SDSU faculty are collaborating with researchers at the South Dakota Mines to develop components for a solid-state lithium-ion battery cell.

Assistant professor Yue Zhou of South Dakota State University’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science leads the SDSU team that is collaborating with South Dakota Mines research to develop a solid-state lithium-ion battery through the Governor’s Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage.

South Dakota State University professor Huitian Lu of the Department of Construction and Operations Management (pictured) and associate professor Matthew Biesecker of mathematics and statistics will use algorithms to predict the remaining useful life of the solid-state lithium-ion battery that SDSU and South Dakota Mines researchers are developing through the Governor’s Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage.

Professor George Langelett of South Dakota State University’s Ness School of Management and Economics is part of the Governor’s Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage and is also working with the Center for Solid-State Electric Power Storage. His focus is expanding collaboration with commercial partners.