Battery supplies and know-how firm NOVONIX and niobium specialist CBMM have signed a joint growth settlement centered on nickel-based cathode supplies.
Below the settlement, NOVONIX will use its patented all-dry, zero-waste synthesis course of to synthesize, check, and analyze cathode lively supplies (CAM), which can incorporate CBMM’s suite of niobium merchandise.
NOVONIX will use its cathode pilot line to characterize the supplies’ bodily and electrochemical efficiency, together with constructing full-scale pouch cells for benchmark analysis. CBMM will present varied supplies, which might be used to display optimum efficiency with NOVONIX’s cathode powders.
NOVONIX was lately granted a patent for its all-dry, zero-waste cathode synthesis know-how in Japan. The corporate continues to provide varied grades of mid- and high-nickel cathode materials to specs of potential commercialization companions, and has begun sampling these pilot-scale supplies.
“CBMM’s expertise with niobium merchandise permits us to discover using vital components to enhance the soundness and sturdiness of our supplies,” mentioned Dr. Chris Burns, CEO of NOVONIX. “Our settlement with CBMM advances NOVONIX’s technique to kind sturdy partnerships to display and commercialize our all-dry, zero-waste cathode synthesis know-how.”
CBMM has invested $80 million to ascertain its first industrial-scale niobium oxide refining facility, with the intent of offering battery makers with niobium. The usage of niobium oxide has been proven to enhance the cycle lifetime of NMC cathode supplies, and CBMM expects it to be a key materials in CAM manufacturing. Earlier than the tip of 2024, CBMM goals to start manufacturing on the new facility, which has a capability of the three,000 tonnes per 12 months.
Supply: NOVONIX