British solid-state battery manufacturer Ilika is leading a 24-month, £8.2-million Faraday Battery Challenge collaboration project. Code-named HISTORY, the project’s focus is on integrating high-silicon-content electrodes into the company’s Goliath solid-state battery in order to enable automotive-level performance.
Ilika will receive a grant of £2.8 million from the project and will partner with the manufacturer of battery materials Nexeon, sustainable manufacturing company HSSMI, experts from three UK Universities (St Andrews, University College London and Imperial College London), and technology innovation catalyst CPI. BMW Group and WAE Technologies will join the project’s steering committee.
Ilika plc (LON:IKA) is a pioneer in solid state battery technology enabling solutions for applications in Industrial IoT, MedTech, Electric Vehicles and Consumer Electronics.
