Coherent Corp. an engineered materials company, has been chosen to receive multimillion-dollar funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) Fiscal Year 2023 Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) Program Wide Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA‑0002893).
The funding will be used to expedite the development of Coherent’s patented chemical immobilization technology for lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery cells for EVs.
The company mentioned they plan to make demo cells that aim to surpass the energy densities of today’s top-performing EV batteries, while maintaining over 80% of their original capacity after 1,000 recharging cycles.
The development of stable sulfur-based cathodes has been a long-standing objective for battery researchers, given sulfur’s superior performance and lower cost compared to current cathode materials like nickel and cobalt.
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