An Industry Breakthrough: Safe, Scalable, Low-Cost Prelithiation
A safe process using salt rather than metal
Prelithiation has always been desired, but previous approaches using lithium metal could not be commercialized readily due to safety and cost issues.
Nanoscale’s Process
Safe salt: Electrochemical process uses a safe, stable lithium salt instead of metal
Safer manufacturing: No lithium metal or flammable solvents are used, eliminating key fire risks
Safer cells: No lithium metal is in cells, eliminating tendency to form dendrites
A scalable process that operates roll-to-roll
Single pass design: simultaneous prelithiation across both sides to maximum anode width of 700mm
For gigafactories: modular design offering scalable production, planned for continuous 7×24 operation
Precisely controllable: patented electrochemical process offers precise dosage control facilitating optimal and reliable cell performance
Easy to integrate: existing anode coating equipment is unchanged. Prelithiation equipment is placed after electrode calendering and may feed directly into next assembly step (e.g., stamping)
An inherently low-cost process
Less expensive/kWh: Prelithiated cell energy increase is greater than the process cost
Low-cost salt: less expensive than Li metal
Non-flammable solvent: keeps processing costs low
Self-contained prelithiation equipment: doesn’t occupy dry room space
Reduced formation: up to 80% of SEI already formed during prelithiation
Contact us, and we’ll customize the chart below for your cell design based on:
- Cell Balance Model with prelithiation dosage and capacity gain
- Cost Model for that prelithiation dosage
A compatible process
- Prelithiation can be added easily. All your existing anode and cathode coating equipment are unchanged.
- Just prelithiate coated and calendered anode electrodes, and then assemble cells under normal dry room conditions.