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Perspective of Tech StartupArkady Malakhov, CEO

Advanced Energy Conference 2018

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Why AM Today?

● Prototyping (1980’s)

● Early adopters & hobbyists (1990’s)

● Beyond curiosity (2000’s)

● Solution to everything? (2010’s)

Production parts

On demand (no inventory)

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Why AM Today?

Perhaps not the solution to everything, but …

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Value Proposition of AM

No cost penalty for manufacture of complex features with improved properties beyond the limits of conventional technologies.

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Functional Printing

3D printing using inks based on functional materials.

Conformal Electrically Small Antenna Anode & Cathode of Li-Ion Microbattery

Image Credits: Jennifer A. Lewis, Harvard University

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Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC)

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SOFC

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Redox Instability

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Engineered Anode

Concept Credit: Nguyen Minh, UCSD

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Engineered Anode

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AM of SOFC Components

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Thank you!

Other application: Integration of Flexible Thermoeldctric Modules into Heat Exchangers

Arkady Malakhov, CEOam@solidcell.com