Happy Earth Day! On this planet-friendly day, we are celebrating Cummins electrochemists because this week is also Chemists Celebrate Earth Week. CCEW was created to co-exist with Earth Day and champion the positive role that chemistry plays in our world. Chemists have long promoted a better world through recycling, cleaner-burning fuels and green chemistry initiatives.

Electrochemistry links chemical reactions and electricity. Understanding how it works and how to improve upon existing technologies is key to improving many aspects of our everyday lives. Without electrochemistry, we wouldn’t have portable devices like mobile phones. Our electrochemistry capabilities are part of Cummins’ secret sauce to advancing our innovations. For New Power, it helps us strategically innovate renewable energy technologies like balancing electricity generation and demand.

The Milton Keynes Electrochemistry Team is part of Corporate R&T’s global team of chemists that are innovating through chemistry. At their lab based at New Power’s site in Milton Keynes, UK, the team works closely with cell suppliers on new innovations in lithium-ion cell technology to develop Cummins’ next generation of batteries. Their goal is to better understand the cell capabilities in terms of energy, power, lifespan and re-charge behavior in order to identify the right cell for the right application.

In honor of Chemists Celebrate Earth Week, members of our Milton Keynes Electrochemistry Team shared more about how they are driving Cummins’ alternative power portfolio forward through chemistry.