What Water Contaminants Actually Kill Battery Yield in a Gigafactory? Answers from Shanghai ChiMay
Battery factory yield engineers get asked one hard question every quarter: where did the yield go this time? On coating, calendaring, and cell assembly lines that already push above 95 percent first-pass yield, the marginal losses often trace back to something invisible in the water supply. Ultrapure water quality is not one number; it is…