Solid-state batteries are set to revolutionize the emerging electric car market. The Adden Energy company is working on a new technology that promises high performance. The new solid-state batteries from the American company can be charged in just 3 minutes and have a lifespan of 20 years.
In the transition process to fully electric mobility, there is a technology that is called to play a leading role and, above all, revolutionize the automotive industry as we know it today. It’s about the solid state batteries. Automobile manufacturers and specialized companies are actively working to materialize this type of battery and make it possible to market it in mass production vehicles.
One of the actors who is immersed in this particular battle is Adden Energy, an American company founded by Harvard scientists. The Harvard Office of Technology Development has granted to said company an exclusive technological license. An award that comes shortly after Adden Energy received more than $5 million in a recent funding round.
The new solid-state batteries from Adden Energy
These economic resources will allow the company to continue developing its new solid-state battery technology. Nail batteries that promise charging times of just 3 minutes and, just as importantly, a 20-year shelf life. This is precisely one of the determining keys of solid-state batteries. Reduce charging times to match the few minutes it takes to refuel with gasoline or diesel.
The next few years will be key for the deployment of solid-state batteries in the automotive market. Moreover, by 2026 it is expected that several car manufacturers will begin marketing electric models with this technology. Adden Energy is not a company that is particularly advantaged. However, it is very striking that it offers such specific performance figures.
Can fully charge the battery of an electric car in about 3 minutes opens up a whole range of possibilities. The development process for this lithium metal solid-state battery has been carried out in the laboratory of Dr. Xin Li, an Associate Professor of Materials Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. .
Batteries with a useful life of more than 10,000 charge cycles
The tests have been carried out with a coin cell type battery and the results have been surprising, achieving great charging speeds. The long-term goal is to be able to scale the battery up to a size and capacity that makes it feasible to install it in an electric car. So far it has been shown that they have a service life of more than 10,000 charging cycles.
Adden Energy’s new lithium metal solid-state batteries are expected to be ready for operation in a final, mass-scale product in approximately three to five years.