Two Chinese firms have joined forces in a bid to replace lead-acid batteries with their carbon-based aluminium technology.
Chinese firms Tantech Holdings Ltd. and Zhejiang EGE Battery Manufacturing Co have entered into a strategic cooperation agreement to develop, market, and sell carbon-based aluminium (Al) batteries.
Trial production of the batteries, which will use Tantech’s Electric Double-Layer Capacitor (EDLC) carbon material for the cathode, is expected to begin this month.
Tantech will initially provide 10,000 units per month of EDLC carbon electrode material, before doubling output by Q2 2016.
The battery will be compatible in a wide range of applications, including for the increasingly fashionable solar/wind power storage systems.
Jianmin Chen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EGE said: “We are positioning the battery as an upgrade or replacement for our mainstream lead-acid batteries.”
EGE is a lead-crystal battery research and development firm which supplies companies such as Siemens AG, BT Group plc, and Emerson Electric Company.
It was founded 12 years ago in the suburb of Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province China.
