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PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- New plants enable simplest, most scalable, and cost-effective silicon

solution for EV anode manufacturing

OneD Battery Sciences (

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), leaders in electric vehicle (EV) battery technology, today announced it has

begun construction of its first pilot plants in Moses Lake, WA. The plants will

enable each EV maker to customize and optimize silicon-graphite anodes for use

in their upcoming advanced lithium-ion EV batteries using OneD's patented

SINANODE technology process.  

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The plants follow a significant industry milestone by OneD. Chief Technology

Officer and Co-founder, Dr. Yimin Zhu, successfully led his team to brake the

cost barrier in attaching greater quantities of silicon into EV batteries ¬– at

a cost far below industry expectations. Now, the energy storage capacity of

SINANODE's silicon nanowires is so efficient that cell cost per kilowatt hour

actually declines as silicon content and energy density increase.

"Each SINANODE pilot uses one CVD machine which will produce up to 340 MWh per

year at a variable cost of about $1.20/kWh," notes Andrew Leyland, Head of

Strategic Advisory at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. "This makes OneD's

process both eminently scalable, and also one of the lowest cost silicon

solutions we've seen."

The facilities provides Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) dedicated space

to create differentiated anodes using the SINANODE STEP, a truly drop-in

process, disrupting neither the existing graphite supplier (natural or

synthetic) nor the coating method (wet slurry or dry electrode coating).

Dr. Zhu's technology team's innovations deliver more silicon energy storage

within EV cells' anodes without the typical complexities and drawbacks that

come with silicon-oxide particle additives (currently in a few EV models). The

unique shape and pliancy of SINANODE nanowires, that are fused and grown

directly on the graphite, simplify the entire process – solving issues of

uniform silicon distribution and capacity retention. SINANODE also eliminates

the use of inactive materials that add weight – rather than energy storage

capacity.

"Many in the auto and battery industries have perceived silicon nanowires to be

too expensive for the mass production of EV batteries. It's time to recalibrate

the conversation and demonstrate the impact this technology is making today in

delivering better EV batteries to be on the road by 2025," said Fabrice Hudry,

OneD's Chief Commercial Officer. "Our Pilot Plants in Moses Lake – along with

our suppliers and partners – are just the practical next step in delivering on

our mission to advance the EV battery with silicon nanowires."

Each building of the pilot facility will be equipped to deliver the end-to-end

processing of commercial graphite powders. Using inexpensive precursors, the

plant will have the capacity to deliver pre-production annual capacity of

batteries for up to 3,400 EVs per CVD machine.

OneD unveiled SINANODE earlier this year, a manufacturing technology which

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.

For more information on pilot-program participation opportunities, please

contact Fabrice Hudry at fabrice.hudry@onedsinanode.com.

About OneD Battery Sciences

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 company has 240 granted patents in large scale anode

production and next generation EV battery designs. OneD Battery Sciences is

headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

SOURCE  OneD Battery Sciences

CONTACT: OneD@Headstandgroup.com