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PALO ALTO, Calif., June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

  -- Industry veteran Fabrice Hudry joins as Chief Commercial Officer as

     company launches pilot program for electric vehicle (EV) OEMs

OneD Battery Sciences, leaders in EV battery technology, today announced

SINANODE, a breakthrough technology to power the next generation of EV

batteries. To build a battery with more silicon, a longtime challenge for the

EV industry, SINANODE seamlessly integrates into existing manufacturing

processes to fuse silicon nanowires onto commercial graphite powders, tripling

the energy density of the anode while halving its cost per kWh. The higher

energy density increases battery range while nanowires shorten charging time,

enabling OEMs to design and produce electric vehicles that answer the booming

market demand for better batteries.

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"During this decade, we will witness the largest and fastest transformation of

a global industry that's ever been seen, and the decisions made today will

determine which car makers come out on top of a market poised to bring in over

$6 trillion between 2025 and 2030 alone," said Vincent Pluvinage, CEO, OneD

Battery Sciences. "EV demand will be driven by range, charge time, and cost,

and our SINANODE technology addresses each of these purchase drivers in a

significant way. Bottom line, 2025 winners of the EV race will be powered by

the only technology equipped to get the most silicon into the battery."

Over the last three years, leading graphite suppliers, cell makers, and EV

makers in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, have tested SINANODE by applying the

technology to commercial EV-grade graphite used in the anodes of EV batteries.

Key findings and benefits include:

  -- Increased Range and Battery Life - SINANODE successfully fuses silicon

     nanowires to commercial graphite powders from multiple suppliers and

     tripled the anode specific capacity (Capacity > 1000 mAh/g, a measure of

     energy stored per unit weight). The SINANODE anode material can then be

     blended with graphite, to achieve high Initial Coulombic Efficiency (to >

     92%, a key metric used in matching anodes and cathodes) and an higher

     anode specific capacity over more than 1000 full charge/discharge cycles

     than any state-of-the-art EV cells in production today.

  -- Reduced Cost - SINANODE was developed with commercial manufacturing CVD

     equipment available from multiple vendors, using only silane and nitrogen

     gases available in very large quantities at attractive costs. This reduces

     the investments and time necessary to scale up the SINANODE step to EV

     quantities, while decreasing the cost of EV anodes (measured in $ per kWh)

     by almost 50%, when compared to the cost of most competitive anodes used

     in EV batteries today.

  -- Seamless Integration with Increased Performance - SINANODE offers a fully

     differentiated, globally patented technology that can be deployed with

     multiple existing suppliers in multiple continents, to leverage their

     large investments and the supply chain strategies of the leading

     participants in the fast-evolving EV industry. Rather than trying to

     replace existing suppliers, adding SINANODE replaces inefficient steps in

     the current processing of silicon additives with a scalable technology

     that increases performance and decreases costs of the materials and cells

     used in EVs.

To deploy SINANODE today, the company also announced its pilot programs,

providing EV OEMs with their own dedicated plant to deploy the SINANODE step,

creating differentiated nanosilicon configurations for their high-performance

Li-ion batteries vision and their 2024 EV production cycle ambitions.

SINANODE's technical achievements, patent portfolio and business model enable

EV makers to dramatically increase the use of nanosilicon in the anodes of

lithium-ion batteries, and meet near-term consumer demand for longer range,

faster charging, and more affordable EVs.

Furthermore, Fabrice Hudry, a veteran energy executive, has joined OneD Battery

Sciences as Chief Commercial Officer, overseeing SINANODE production as the

company begins the deployment of pilot production facilities and partnerships.

Hudry joins the company after a seven year tenure at Samsung SDI, where as Vice

President of Energy Solutions, he built the company's Energy Storage Solutions

(ESS) from the ground-up in America, firmly establishing SDI as the #1 Li-ion

battery manufacturer with the top renewable energy players and leading

automotive EV pioneering partners.

"What Silicon nanowires can do for the electric car battery is simply

remarkable, and represents the most long-awaited innovation for the industry,"

noted Hudry. "Joining OneD Battery Sciences as the company launches their pilot

program is an incredible new opportunity at the perfect time, as I've seen

firsthand what SINANODE can do to reduce costs and optimize performance

immediately. I've explored the future of battery technology and believe

SINANODE is the only technology that will pave the road for a realistic

solid-state electrolyte battery transition."

For more information on pilot-program participation opportunities, please email

fabrice.hudry@onedsinanode.com. More details of OneD Battery Sciences and

SINANODE can be found here (

https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3188902-1&h=77190522&u=https%3A%2F%2Fonedsinanode.com%2F&a=here

).

About OneD Battery Sciences

OneD Battery Sciences is the creator of SINANODE, the breakthrough technology

that successfully adds more energy-dense silicon into the anodes of EV

batteries. Formerly OneD Material, the company operates a SINANODE pilot

production program to support the development of advanced electrochemical cells

and the production scale-up of its industrial partners. In 2013, OneD Battery

Sciences acquired Nanosys' nanowire technologies (SINANODE) and its Palo Alto

R&D activities. Today, the Palo Alto-based company has over 200 granted patents

and applications in large scale anode production and next generation EV battery

designs.

SOURCE: OneD Battery Sciences