A company called Planar Energy has developed a solid-state
electrolyte for lithium batteries which is inexpensive to produce and
is intended to replace the less stable liquid electrolytes currently in
use. This technology also yields extended capacity, which translates
into extended range for electric vehicles (EVs).
"This fundamental materials breakthrough, coupled with our proprietary low-cost manufacturing process, will render traditional chemical batteries obsolete," asserts Scott Faris, president and CEO of Planar Energy. "It will allow sold-state battery fabrication that will enable manufacturers to increase their capacity by 200 to 300%, while reducing costs more than 50%."
Testing on the new technology has been conducted by the University of
Central Florida's Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center
(AMPAC). According to UCF's Dr. M.J. Soileau, "AMPAC scientists independently
confirmed that Planar Energy's new generation of solid state
electrolytes have ionic conductivity metrics comparable to liquid
electrolytes used in traditional chemical batteries."
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