Chinese battery maker Camel has signed an agreement with a US lithium battery company to commercialise a silicon-graphene material for use in making high-capacity anodes.
The deal with the California Lithium Battery Company (CalBattery) in Los Angeles was signed after a licensing agreement with developers at the Argonne Laboratory in Chicago in 2012.
The material could be used in the next generation of lithium cells.
Tests at the laboratory showed that the material improves density and capacity and does not agglomerate or rapidly deteriorate after just a few charge and discharge cycles.
In 2013, Lansing, Michigan-based XG Sciences launched its graphene-hybrid material for use in the anodes of li-ion batteries.
The company said it was targeting the mobile device market as opposed to electric vehicles.
