Can quantum technology improve the performance of batteries? The answer is yes. A project led by researchers at the University of Sussex is using a quantum-based sensor to measure battery behavior, with the expectation that the resulting data can be used to improve battery technology.

The project has been awarded with the University of Birmingham’s Partnership Resource Funding, UK Quantum Technology Hub Sensors and Timing. The project team also includes the Universities of Strathclyde and Edinburgh as part of the consortium.

The project addresses a crucial need to increase energy density, durability and safety in batteries, thus driving the industrial revolution towards an increasingly green ecosystem. To achieve these and other green goals, intensive research and development in these areas are needed while implementing environmental policies.

In an interview with EE Times, Peter Kruger, research professor of experimental physics at the University of Sussex, highlighted how batteries seem to be the first big market for quantum battery sensors, as EVs require large battery packs with high storage capacity. “That would mean the first significant commercial impact of quantum sensors,” said Kruger.

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