Energy storage start-up Sparkz licenses ORNL’s cobalt-free lithium-ion battery technology

Energy storage start-up Sparkz aims to design cobalt out of lithium-ion batteries after exclusively licensing five battery technologies from the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The technologies include cathode materials, a novel electrolyte formula and a scaling process that could enable industrial scale production of cobalt-free batteries electric vehicle and energy storage applications.