Enevate's HD Energy® technology is a unique technology that utilizes film active material vs powder-form active material.  This allows for cells with high energy density, high charge rates, as well as other unique characteristics while still being acceptably inexpensive and manufacturable. The technology involves electrodes that are silicon-dominant (>50% Si instead of being majority graphite). The unique characteristics of the technology as well as test data will be presented.

This talk will discuss the novel approach of manufacturing a film of active material that is not held together with a polymer binder.  The award-winning technology (Enevate has been named a CES 2016 Innovation Awards Honoree for its unique silicon Li-ion batteries with HD-Energy® Technology in Computer Hardware & Components, Embedded Technologies, and Portable Power categories. 

Enevate has developed advanced secondary Li-ion batteries based on new anode approaches which utilize silicon as the major component (vs other approaches which utilize silicon as an additive to graphite) as well as cell designs with significantly higher volumetric (25-50% increase)and gravimetric energy density.  The cells which are in thinner and lighter form factors have the additional advantage of having significantly faster charging than current conventional Li-ion batteries. The ultrafast charging feature has been demonstrated to provide a 90% charge in 15 minutes (or 50% charge in just over 5 minutes) in high-energy cells.

Enevate is currently transitioning to manufacturing cells and packs that utilize its technology for its customers in the mobile electronics sector.  The manufacturing approach of Enevate utilizes a global "fab-light" model where Enevate is partnering with multiple manufacturing partners while handling the manufacturing of the key component in its own factory.