NEO Battery’s silicon anode to extend EV driving ranges and prompt faster battery charging
by CM staff
Uniform nanocoating technology to open opportunities for different battery and chemical material applications.
Photo: NEO.
VANCOUVER — NEO Battery Materials Ltd., a silicon anode materials developer, has achieved a technology milestone in its nanocoating manufacturing process. The new uniform nanocoating capability allows NEO’s proprietary silicon anode materials, NBMSiDE™, to extend EV driving ranges and prompt faster battery charging.
NEO has achieved nanocoating conditions to produce uniformly-coated silicon particles consistently. As a result, uniform nanocoating layers will enhance the current performance achieved by NBMSiDE™. Previously, non-uniform coatings often resulted in substandard capacity retention of NBMSiDE™ due to mechanical breakdown.
However, this manufacturing uniform nanocoating will ensure robust capacity retention and enable coating thickness control during commercial-level testing.
Dr. S. G. Kim, CTO of NEO, commented, “Achieving uniform coating layers on the nano-scale is an exceptionally difficult task for a company of any size that handles chemical products. Especially for NEO, our metal silicon inputs take on a plate-shaped structure, which adds to the technical hurdle of enabling uniform coatings. However, by achieving this uniform coating capability through an additional solution process, we have made a remarkable accomplishment and have amassed great interest from 3rd party industry experts and players.”
Over the past two years, the company has developed a novel manufacturing approach that combines the mixing, grinding, and nanocoating process into a one-step system. This transformational innovation will allow NEO to supply silicon anodes that are 70 per cent cheaper compared to current competitors’ technologies. The company is also underway filing additional patents related to the technology and additive materials for the uniform coating solution process.
