Tech Dive: Current Collectors
A dive into current collector innovators
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What are current collectors?
Current collectors aren’t the most attention-seeking component of a battery. 2D metal foils have been used for decades, with the main innovations being driving the thickness lower to increase energy density via deadweight reduction.
Over the last 5 years, it appears that lithium-ion batteries will reach a plateau in terms of performance, and will have various flaws as well as safety defects. Research has been focused on alternative materials, structures, pre-treatment methods, coatings, etc. When it comes to translating these to industry, we need an alternative as low-cost as current baseline current collectors to be considered.
In this technology dive issue, we explore 3 companies that are working on current collector innovations: Prieto Battery, Addionics, and Soteria Battery Innovation Group.
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The questions we’re looking at
Summary: What benefits will this novel current collector have?
Technology: How does this technology work?
Milestone: How much funding have they raised, and what kind of partnerships do they have?
Employees: How many people are on their team?
