Ultra-high-speed carbon electrodes are poised to drive breakthroughs in battery performance, enabling charging times as short as just minutes.
2020-10-09
Ultra-high-speed carbon electrodes are poised to drive breakthroughs in battery performance, enabling charging times as short as just minutes.
As the electric vehicle market continues to flourish, the automotive industry is striving to introduce cutting-edge battery technologies to reduce production costs. Tesla has just unveiled its groundbreaking new 4680 battery, while a French company is focusing instead on enhancing the unassuming electrode—using carbon electrodes to push electric vehicle battery performance to unprecedented levels.
France's NAWA Technologies recently unveiled a new product called the Ultra Fast Carbon Electrode, which leverages the company’s vertically aligned carbon nanotube technology used in its supercapacitors. Acting as conductive terminals for two different media, this innovation can rightly be described as a revolutionary breakthrough in the field of conductivity.
According to NAWA, the materials and design of electrodes are among the key limitations hindering improvements in battery power, energy capacity, and charge-discharge cycles. This is because conventional electrodes are made from powders with low conductivity efficiency, resulting in extremely poor electrical, thermal, and ionic conductivities—and they may also suffer from issues like delamination and degradation.
The ultra-fast carbon electrode features 100 billion vertically aligned carbon nanotubes per square centimeter, significantly enhancing electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and ionic conductivity. This innovation can boost battery power output by up to 10 times, increase energy storage capacity by threefold, and dramatically extend the battery’s lifespan. Additionally, it reduces charging time to just minutes—compared to hours—leading to substantial cost savings. Moreover, the dry-electrode technology ensures longer charge-discharge cycles, and at the end of the battery’s life, it can be easily recycled. NAWA estimates that, thanks to the reduced amount of active material required, battery-related CO₂ emissions could be cut by as much as 60%.
Although still under development, NAWA claims this groundbreaking electrode system will hit the market within just 12 months, though mass production won’t begin until 2023. NAWA notes that it can produce various types of electrodes tailored to different applications, and these electrodes can also be used in conjunction with either existing or next-generation battery chemistries. For more updates on NAWA’s electrodes, stay tuned for our upcoming reports. (Source: NAWA; Compiled by: Zhang Jidong)
Translated from Sina Auto
Ultra-high-speed carbon electrodes are poised to drive breakthroughs in battery performance, enabling charging times as short as just minutes.
2020-10-09
Ultra-high-speed carbon electrodes are poised to drive breakthroughs in battery performance, enabling charging times as short as just minutes.
As the electric vehicle market continues to flourish, the automotive industry is striving to introduce cutting-edge battery technologies to reduce production costs. Tesla has just unveiled its groundbreaking new 4680 battery, while a French company is focusing instead on enhancing the unassuming electrode—using carbon electrodes to push electric vehicle battery performance to unprecedented levels.
France's NAWA Technologies recently unveiled a new product called the Ultra Fast Carbon Electrode, which leverages the company’s vertically aligned carbon nanotube technology used in its supercapacitors. Acting as conductive terminals for two different media, this innovation can rightly be described as a revolutionary breakthrough in the field of conductivity.
According to NAWA, the materials and design of electrodes are among the key limitations hindering improvements in battery power, energy capacity, and charge-discharge cycles. This is because conventional electrodes are made from powders with low conductivity efficiency, resulting in extremely poor electrical, thermal, and ionic conductivities—and they may also suffer from issues like delamination and degradation.
The ultra-fast carbon electrode features 100 billion vertically aligned carbon nanotubes per square centimeter, significantly enhancing electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and ionic conductivity. This innovation can boost battery power output by up to 10 times, increase energy storage capacity by threefold, and dramatically extend the battery’s lifespan. Additionally, it reduces charging time to just minutes—compared to hours—leading to substantial cost savings. Moreover, the dry-electrode technology ensures longer charge-discharge cycles, and at the end of the battery’s life, it can be easily recycled. NAWA estimates that, thanks to the reduced amount of active material required, battery-related CO₂ emissions could be cut by as much as 60%.
Although still under development, NAWA claims this groundbreaking electrode system will hit the market within just 12 months, though mass production won’t begin until 2023. NAWA notes that it can produce various types of electrodes tailored to different applications, and these electrodes can also be used in conjunction with either existing or next-generation battery chemistries. For more updates on NAWA’s electrodes, stay tuned for our upcoming reports. (Source: NAWA; Compiled by: Zhang Jidong)
Translated from Sina Auto
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