Polymer Gel Electrolytes and Roll-to-roll Production of Thin-film Batteries

Alison is a senior lecturer in the School of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Leeds, UK. She has been a member of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) in Polymer Science & Technology since its foundation in 1989 and has been involved with Leeds Lithium Power since its incorporation in 2006. Alison has had a strong involvement with the Polymer Gel Electrolytes research at the IRC since 1992 and now leads the academic work in this area.

A spin-out from The University of Leeds, Leeds Lithium Power Limited has developed polymer gel electrolyte (PGE) technology offering electrolytes with reduced liquid content for safer batteries. We have also developed a roll-to-roll process for the production of thin-film cells suitable for incorporation into a variety of devices, based on an extrusion lamination process.