Our facility

The Battery Research and Innovation Hub was developed with $10.3 million in co-funding by the Victorian Government and Deakin University and extends our research, manufacturing and testing capabilities.

Our specialised facility includes:

• 2,300m² engineering and office space, including a pilot-scale production line to manufacture advanced batteries.
• an expanded research line for pouch cell prototyping.
• a lab space for cell and pack testing.
• advanced cell diagnostics, materials characterisation and failure analysis.

It is Australia’s first pilot-scale production line for custom-designed advanced batteries with a projected production capacity of 500 kWh/year.

Visit us at 154 Highbury Road, Burwood, Victoria, 3125, Australia (close to Deakin University’s Burwood campus).

Capabilities

The Battery Research and Innovation Hub offers the following services to our industry and research partners:

• advanced battery manufacturing
• new battery designs
• battery prototyping
• material and component characterisation
• battery diagnostics and engineering support
• co-innovation and training spaces.

We have recently produced high-performance battery electrolyte and electrode materials, which has been one of the missing links for Australian battery production. Producing next-generation batteries in Australia from Australian-sourced, safer materials at half the current cost is now highly likely in the near future.

Current partners include Toyota, Li-S Energy and Calix Ltd among others.