Västerås, Sweden, May 13, 2025 – In a decisive move to fast-track the future of energy storage, Quintus Technologies, the global leader in high pressure solutions, has entered a high-impact research partnership with the Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion (LESC) at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the University of California San Diego. This collaboration marks a pivotal advancement in the development of All-Solid-State Batteries (ASSBs)—a battery technology widely regarded as the cornerstone of safer, more powerful, and more sustainable energy systems.
“The increasing battery deployment to achieve a carbon-free economy comes with a rising concern for battery safety and performance,” observes Y. Shirley Meng, Ph.D., Professor, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Adjunct Professor, University of California San Diego Nanoengineering Department; and Chief Scientist, Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) at Argonne National Laboratory. “While there is significant engineering progress in preventing battery-related fires, the next-generation all-solid-state batteries can mitigate such hazards by removing the flammable liquid in the closed system.”
At the center of this pioneering initiative is Quintus’s MIB 120 warm isostatic battery press, a press engineered specifically for battery innovation. Its ability to combine elevated temperatures with isostatic pressure makes it uniquely capable of solving the densification and structural challenges that limit current ASSB technologies. This capability unlocks new design possibilities for multilayer cells and accelerates the path from research to commercialization.
