Arizona-based Sion Power is to launch production of its patented Licerion Ion rechargeable lithium metal batteries by the end of this year from a facility at its base in Tuscson.
The privately-owned firm is targeting the electric vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles market with its “ultra-high energy density” battery tech.
Sion said its Licerion batteries, combined with the company’s proprietary lithium metal anodes and “traditional lithium-ion intercalation cathodes, have achieved 500Wh/kg specific energy and 1,000Wh/L energy density, with 450 cycles”.
Licerion is derived from Sion’s technical collaboration with chemical company BASF. According to Sion, the technology boasts a “protected metallic lithium thin film anode with multiple levels of physical and chemical protection to enhance the safety and life of the battery anodes”.
BBB reported last year that Sion had selected Italian lead-acid and lithium battery equipment manufacturer Sovema as its advanced equipment designer and supplier.
