Located in Caerphilly, South Wales, these facilities include a Class 100 clean room and a dedicated high-voltage test area, as well as battery pack assembly and prototype construction areas.

Thanks to its collaboration with Exeter University, Deregallera has access to high performance computer processing and atomistic and molecular modelling capabilities. This enables the company to compete globally for projects that require state-of-the-art supercomputing facilities to simulate and solve complex problems.

R&D Technology Hardware

On-site hardware at the Deregallera research facility currently includes:

For depositing sub-nanometer layers conformally over 200 mm diameter wafers.

For depositing metal electrodes on samples.

For imaging conductive and non-conductive samples. Sub 10 nm resolution and integrated energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy for elemental analysis. Optical magnification range: 80x to 130,000x.

For performing phase identification and quantitative analysis of the relative abundance of crystalline compounds in powder mixtures. Also supports advance Rietveld analysis.

For electrochemical characterisation using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), galvanostatic and potentiostatic testing methods.

Developed in-house for cell testing, this has more than 60 channels and is capable of cycling cells in coin, compression fitting and pouch formats.

A manufacturing line for demonstrator cells. Includes a vacuum mixer, coating machine, hot rolling press, electrode stacking machine, and vacuum sealer.

A range of furnaces for controlled atmosphere work. Volumes up to 65 litres, temperatures up to 1200 ºC.