AM Batteries will contribute its dry-electrode manufacturing technology to a $50-million US Department of Energy-supported project aimed at scaling domestic battery production for electric vehicle and defense applications.
The project, led by Coreshell Technologies, is expected to establish approximately 2 GWh of electrode manufacturing capacity and 1.5 GWh of cell assembly capacity in the United States.
AM Batteries will contribute its Powder-to-Electrode dry-coating process for cathode manufacturing. The process eliminates the solvent-based wet coating and solvent-recovery infrastructure used in conventional lithium-ion battery manufacturing.
Traditional lithium-ion electrode production relies on wet-slurry casting, which requires large drying ovens and solvents during the manufacturing process. According to AM Batteries, eliminating these steps can reduce electrode-manufacturing capital expenditures by up to 40% and operating expenses by more than 50%.
The project will combine AM Batteries’ dry-coated cathodes with Coreshell Technologies’ metallurgical-silicon anode technology, with the companies targeting lower-cost, higher-performance cells for domestic electric vehicle and defense applications.
The project is also expected to create more than 100 US jobs across production, technical and administrative roles.
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