SILA NANOTECHNOLOGIES, INC. — Department of Energy SBIR Phase II: 1
SILA NANOTECHNOLOGIES, INC. — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Energy.
- Amount
- $1,411,485
- Agency
- Department of Energy · ARPA-E
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- 1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- GA
- Period
- 2013-04-01 → 2016-03-31
Description
To accelerate the adoption of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), Sila Nanotechnologies and its project team aim to transform portable energy storage by demonstrating 1200 Wh/L performance in full cells, with electrode materials materials cost of just $40/kWh. By more than doubling the amount of energy stored in any given form factor cell, without changing the manufacturing process, we will reduce the cost to produce a kWh of storage in half. In order to achieve these goals, Sila will abandon conventional intercalation materials such as LiCoO2 and C, in favor of an alloying-type materials pair using lithium disulfide (Li2S)-based composite cathode, and silicon (Si)-based composite anode. Both of the proposed materials will be synthesized into proprietary structures developed at Sila and Georgia Tech and tested in fully functioning, 1Ah+ cells.