Key milestone opens ION's revolutionary solid-state battery
to consumer electronics and medical devices
BELTSVILLE, Md., Aug. 1, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- ION Storage Systems (ION), a Maryland-based manufacturer of safe, high
energy density, fast charging solid-state batteries (SSB),
announced a major milestone on the path to commercialization by
achieving 800 cycles in its SSB cells. ION's cell cycles without
compression or volume change, traditionally a major impediment to
SSB adoption. This news comes on the heels of the company's
announcement in early 2024 that ION's is the first anodeless
SSB to achieve 125 cycles without pressure, the commissioning of
its $30 million manufacturing
facility and its award of $20 million
by ARPA-E for the development of SSBs for the Electric Vehicle (EV)
industry.
ION's battery cycle life already meets broad requirements for a
variety of defense and public safety applications, and with this
announcement, ION's battery cells are now far exceeding the cycle
life requirements for the over $24
billion consumer electronics battery market inclusive of
devices from IoT and wearables to mobile phones and laptops.
"The stable cycling that we've repeatedly observed in our
R&D cells is the culmination of key innovations by ION's
ceramic scientists and battery scientists over the past several
years. The combination of our next-generation ceramic electrolyte
and unique cell architecture has enabled the only known anodeless,
compressionless, lithium-metal battery that can cycle with this
level of stability at 25°C. ION has built a world-class team of
scientists, engineers, and operations staff who are rapidly solving
technical challenges to bring this technology to a commercially
relevant scale," said Dr. Nicholas
Hudak, Director of Cell R&D at ION.
"I'm extremely proud of this latest accomplishment," commented
ION's CTO, Dr. Greg Hitz, "It is
unprecedented for an anodeless cell to reach this kind of cycle
life without compression. ION has now produced a cell with
performance that's compelling to replace a huge portion of the
lithium-ion market. Next up is building it into commercial format,
multilayer cells off our pilot line and doing so with high
repeatability to put in customers' hands. Early glimpses of our
larger format cells are looking just as promising, and I can't wait
to share them with everyone. This team keeps knocking down
milestones and I couldn't be more excited for the coming
months."
Born out of the University of
Maryland's incubator, ION's SSB platform is the first to
achieve this milestone with an anodeless design without
compression, representing a key step for ION's goal of releasing
its first-generation product in late 2024 to commercial customers.
ION's patented solid-state anodeless technology provides a
completely safe and more powerful alternative to traditional
lithium-ion batteries and eliminates the need for less sustainable
materials such as graphite with the use of a revolutionary 3-D
ceramic structure. ION's SSB requires no compression, swell budget,
extensive cooling system or heavy fire barriers. Combined with the
ability to accommodate existing and future cathode technologies,
ION's SSB platform provides simple and cost-effective manufacturing
at scale. ION's simple drop-in replacement design for Li-Ion
batteries can greatly accelerate the adoption of ION's SSB in
applications including consumer electronics, medical devices,
electric vehicles, grid storage, and aerospace & defense.
About ION Storage Systems, Inc.
ION offers a uniquely
adaptable solid-state battery solution for a variety of
applications including defense and aerospace, consumer electronics,
electric vehicles, and grid storage. The product of a
materials-science-based approach, ION's patented solid-state
lithium metal technology can offer a battery without cobalt,
nickel, and other less sustainable materials offering a variable
architecture of revolutionary 3-D, ceramic structure, built with
rapidly scalable manufacturing in mind. ION leverages a unique
ceramic cell design that supports the use of current and next-gen
cathode chemistries, promoting circularity and recycling, avoiding
the issues and challenges of mining, and refining rare earth
metals.
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