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Si anode company LeydenJar secures €30M EU backing for silicon anode foil factory

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Now, the EIB’s financing will help it to develop and install a set of larger machines to demonstrate the first-of-its-kind production of the anode material at industrial scale. LeydenJar has demonstrated production of its anode material at pilot plant scale. LeydenJar develops and supplies the pure silicon anode foils.

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NGK Spark Plug & HAKUTO-R to test solid-state lithium battery technology on the moon in 2021

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Lithium-ion batteries with liquid electrolytes are not suitable for lunar conditions. Further, the technology is expected to produce safer, more compact batteries compared with conventional lithium ion batteries. PO 4 ) 3 or Li 7 La 3 Zr 2 O 12 ) at IMLB 18. As the Moon’s poles can reach -150 °C (approx.

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