Innovation accelerates SVOLT Energy and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to jointly build a solid-state battery technology research center

On April 14, the Solid-State Battery Technology Research Center jointly established by Honeycomb Energy Global Lithium Battery Innovation Center and the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was officially established in Wuxi and a signing and unveiling ceremony was held. The research center is expected to leverage the advantages of the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in advanced solid-state battery material technology and Honeycomb Energy's leading R&D strength to quickly break through the key "bottleneck" technology and promote the transformation and implementation of solid-state battery technology.

In recent years, as new energy vehicles have become a trend, a series of problems such as "range anxiety" and "spontaneous combustion" have gradually become "pain points" recognized by the industry. In order to meet consumers' demand for safety and high endurance, solid-state batteries have begun to appear in the public eye.

In the "Made in China 2025" issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the energy density, the first indicator of power battery performance, is proposed, "By 2025 and 2030, the energy density of power battery monomers in my country must reach 400wh/kg and 500wh/kg respectively." This technical indicator is close to the energy density ceiling of traditional lithium batteries. In order to improve battery performance and reduce safety risks, people of insight in the global power battery industry have turned their attention to solid-state batteries. According to a report by IDTechEx, by 2030, the market size of solid-state batteries is expected to exceed US$6 billion.

Solid-state batteries, as the next generation of battery technology closest to us, have become a consensus in the scientific and industrial communities. Whoever can master the core technology first will have the opportunity to set industry rules.

To this end, many multinational giants including Volkswagen, Samsung, BMW, and CATL have made it a key research and development area. As a young company established in 2018, Honeycomb Energy, with its keen sense of smell, naturally did not miss this market opportunity, and solid-state batteries are also the next-generation technology that it focuses on.

At present, Honeycomb Energy has made breakthroughs in the research and development of semi-solid-state battery technology, and has taken the lead in launching the first "non-flammable, self-healing" new battery cell based on a cobalt-free material system - the jelly battery.

According to the plan, CATL plans to demonstrate the application of solid-state batteries with an energy density of 350-500Wh/kg in mass-produced vehicles by 2025.