Start-up Belgian battery manufacturer SOLiTHOR has raised 10 million euros to develop its own solid-state battery technology. The company is a spin-off of the Interuniversity Center for Micro-Electronics (imec), an independent research center in Belgium.
Solid-state batteries must eventually replace lithium-ion batteries with a liquid electrolyte. They should be safer, last longer, and have a higher energy density. SOLiTHOR uses a nanocomposite as the solid electrolyte together with a nano-anode. The materials were developed in the EnergyVille laboratory, a collaboration of several Belgian research institutions and universities.
SOLiTHOR’s solid-fixed batteries are said to be much easier to manufacture than current designs. Investment firm LRM has high expectations from the company. LRM CEO Tom Vanham sees battery technology as a potential game changer, especially in the automotive industry.
SOLiTHOR hopes to become one of the biggest players in solid state battery technology. It is still unknown when we can expect batteries in our own cars.
EnergyVille 2, one of EnergyVille’s research labs
Source: SOLiTHOR
Source: Hardware Info
