SAN JOSE, Calif., March 6, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ensurge Micropower (OSE: ENSU and OTCIQ: ENMPY) has released data showing that its solid-state lithium microbattery technology will outperform lithium-ion based alternatives in wearable and audible products with double the energy density and triple the charging speed. The limitations of Li-ion micro batteries prevented product manufacturers from meeting growing market demands for new features and improved charging capabilities.
Ensurge provided core cell test data from its microbattery to TechBlick conference attendees. Ensurge made similar base cells available to potential manufacturers and strategic partners in October. Arvind Kamath, Vice President of Technology and Engineering at Ensurge, along with other leading manufacturers, research centers and market analysts, was invited to speak at last month’s forum, whose theme was “Solid-State Batteries: Innovations, Promising Start-ups & Future Roadmap”. “.
“The energy-generating layers of the Ensurge microbattery are quite thin, and the key to achieving high volumetric energy density (VED) is to minimize the space occupied by non-energy-generating materials such as substrates and packaging,” said Kamath. “Our use of 10-micron stainless steel substrates and a proprietary base cell stacking and packaging process allows us to achieve an unprecedented VED of over 700 watt hours per liter (Wh/L) within our target capacities of 1 to 100 milliamp hours. »
Mr. Kamath discussed Ensurge’s decision to go with anodeless solid-state lithium chemistry and the use of its own rolling process facility, which allows Ensurge to scale production in a conventional manufacturing environment. He also shared the results of charge, discharge and Electromechanical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) that demonstrated the rapid charge capability of the Ensurge microbattery, which reached 80% capacity in less than 20 minutes. Kamath shared data showing Ensurge’s microbattery core cells have undergone hundreds of cycles over the past few months.
“These key performance milestones further demonstrate that Ensurge’s solid-state lithium microbattery is expected to replace Li-ion alternatives in wearable and audible devices, bringing new functionality and capabilities to these products,” commented Mr. Kamath. “Ensurge’s micro batteries, which will be mass-produced this year, will fill a very important gap in the market: that of small, ultra-thin batteries optimized for the specific needs of portable and audible applications. »
Ensurge has developed a solid-state lithium microbattery that, for the first time, can be manufactured using a standard roll-to-roll manufacturing process, rather than using a moisture-free argon-based (AR) production environment. Along with advanced packaging techniques and high-density cell stacking, this offers customizable micro-battery form factors and more energy capacity than Li-Ion in a smaller package with faster recharges. This micro battery also provides both the power and capacity needed for longer periods of wireless connectivity and higher current pulses for wireless transmission. It can be assembled into wearable and audible products using the same standard surface mount technology (SMT) as other electronic components, unlike Li-ion batteries which require manual assembly or soldering a coin cell holder onto the printed circuit boards (IC).
About Ensurge Micropower
True to the slogan Energizing Innovation™, Ensurge drives innovation with the first ultra-thin, flexible, reliable and fundamentally safe solid-state lithium micro-battery for the 1-to-1 class of wearables, connected sensors and more -hours (mAh). Ensurge’s innovative micro-battery enables high-energy-density rechargeable products that are ideal for form-factor constrained applications including audio devices (hearing aids and wireless headphones), wearable digital and healthcare devices, sports equipment and fitness, and IoT sensor solutions that harvest energy to power use everyday objects. The company’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in the heart of Silicon Valley combines patented process technology and materials innovation at scale in roll-to-roll production methods to bring the benefits of Ensurge to established and expanding markets.
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