MULTI-FUNCTIONAL INTERLAYER FOR SUPERBEAM SUBCHANNEL IN VEHICLE BATTERY PACK

A battery for an electric vehicle is provided. The battery includes a battery pack housing, a battery pack carried by the battery pack housing, and a superbeam contained within the battery pack housing. The superbeam includes a first face plate, a first passenger plate that partially abuts the first face plate, a first subchannel defined by the first face plate and the first passenger plate, a second passenger plate, a thermal barrier interlayer disposed between the first passenger plate and the second passenger plate, a second face plate opposite the first face plate, a second subchannel defined by the second face plate and the second passenger plate, and an inlet port and an outlet port extending through the superbeam. A portion of the first passenger plate and a portion of the second passenger plate define an air gap. The thermal barrier interlayer extends into the air gap.