China’s Installed 63.3GWh of New Energy Vehicle Batteries during 2020 up 1.8% YoY Here is a graphic highlighting the gulf in production of the top 2020 manufactures. CATL’s accounts for almost 50% of China’s domestic installed capacity. CATL’s dominance of the industry will continue to grow exponentially over the next two years, leaving one to […]

Battery Cheat codes Energy density Electrode Theoretical Capacity C = Theoretical capacity F = Faraday constant n = number of electrons M = Molar weight (3.6 Coulomb = 1mAh) Lithium iron phosphate ( LiFePO4) Mw = 157.756 g/mol Lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2) Mw = 97.87 g/mol Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (Li1Ni0.33Mn0.33Co0.33O2) Mw = 96.46 g/mol Lithium Nickel Manganese Aluminum Oxide (LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 ) Mw = […]

The Next Chinese Lithium Batteries All Solid, All Lithium, Cathode??? The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology issued its 2021 Five-Year National Key R&D Program Guidelines. The guidelines identify key future battery technologies based on solid state electrolytes (SSE) and lithium metal anodes. The guidelines do not include new cathode materials except sulphur, leading us […]

Part 2: So you wanna open a Gigafactory  ….   Not so fast “coating”    So you wanna open a Gigafactory …. Not so fast “coating” Battery production is not as straightforward as turning ON the manufacturing line. There are many subtle nuances that can make or break your business, control of these nuances takes years of […]

Part 1: Lithium-ion Battery Quality Issues After spending close to a decade visiting, optimizing and inspecting lithium-ion cell manufactures in China; we decided to share our experience covering optimal production conditions and quality issue that arise if high standards are not meticulously maintained. When we setup in Hong Kong all those years ago, we had a […]