ノーベル化学賞受賞者であり、「リチウムイオン電池の父」として知られる米テキサス大学オースティン校のジョン・グッドイナフ教授が、2023年6月25日に逝去されました。

弊社はかねてより、グッドイナフ教授の研究グループとリチウム金属負極を用いた全固体電池用材料技術の共同研究を行っておりました。逝去なさったことを知り、驚きと悲しみを深くしております。弊社社員一同、グッドイナフ教授のご冥福をお祈りいたします。

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"Japanese subsidiary to the USA: Enpower Greentech (EGI), Japan (Minato, Tokyo) will commence factory operations in Yokohama City for lithium metal batteries that are 50% lighter than conventional batteries in the fall of 2023. #greentech ...

Article translated from Nikkei by Sunta Toya.

ソフトバンク株式会社は、Enpower製次世代電池セルを使用した電池パックを開発し、成層圏で動作実証に成功

Enpower Greentech Inc. has successfully developed a 4095mAh cylindrical battery, delivering industry leading energy densities of 389Wh/kg and 888Wh/L. This development has resulted in a new energy density record in the class of rechargeable 18650 cylindrical batteries.

Enpower Greentech's work was cited by scientific reports, the article number is 16672(2022). You can see the detail at nature.com

The article quoted with “SofBank Corp. & Enpower Greentech Inc. SofBank Corp. Enpower Greentech Successfully Verify 450+ Wh/kg Energy Density Battery and Succeed in Development of Core Technologies for Longer Battery Life. softbank.jp (2021). Accessed June 30 2022.”

The exponential demand for batteries worldwide drives technology advancements. As a result, making batteries that hold higher energy density has become the industry's collective aspiration. The US-based Enpower Greentech is reaching the goal with its lithium metal anode-based batteries, aiming to start production in 2023.

Enpower is covered in articles of Nikkei XTECH (July 19th ,2022) and NIKKEI ELECTRONICS (No.1242, Aug 1st, 2022)

Enpower Greentech Inc. has successfully developed a 100Ah lithium metal battery (LMB), another major step in the commercialization of next-generation batteries for electric vehicles.

Enpower Greentech Inc. (the holding company of Enpower companies in the US, Japan and China) has raised $20 million in a Series-A+ round led by Sequoia China and Dayone Capital. GAC Capital, BR Capital, Tianqi Capital and Niuli Venture also participated in the financing round. Scheme Capital served as the financial advisor.

SES, a global leader in the development and manufacturing of high-performance lithium-metal (Li-Metal) rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and other applications, celebrates its 10th anniversary and hosts a Li-Metal Batteries Panel.