Ilika plc Grant Award (2219H)
16 August 2016 - 4:00PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 2219H
Ilika plc
16 August 2016
Ilika plc
("Ilika" or the "Company")
Grant Award: Protected anodes for lithium sulphur batteries
Ilika (AIM: IKA), a pioneer in materials innovation and
solid-state battery technology, announces that it is taking part in
a three-year project to develop protected anodes for lithium
sulphur batteries, led by Johnson Matthey Plc and supported by
Innovate UK and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council (EPSRC). GBP365,133 of the grant will be used to fund
project activities at Ilika.
Johnson Matthey Plc is a global speciality chemicals company and
a leader in sustainable technologies. Using its expertise in
chemistry and advanced materials, the company develops a range of
high value added, high technology products and services, including
high performance battery systems. Other partners in the project are
Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd, the University of Oxford and
the University of Warwick.
This project will develop an innovative protected lithium anode
approach, via Ilika's high-throughput materials development
technique, to discover new electrolyte composition options and
fabricate a free-standing, lithium-containing protected
anode/separator for integration into pouch cells. The novel
protected anode will mitigate a commonly experienced problem in
lithium-sulphur cells, the so-called polysulphide shuttle effect,
leading to enhanced performance cells that can be made with
existing cell fabrication methods. The pouch cells being developed
in this project are high capacity, low cost batteries for large
scale renewable energy storage and therefore address a distinct
market segment to the Internet of Things (IoT) applications for
which Ilika's Stereax(TM) batteries are designed.
Commenting on this grant award, Graeme Purdy, Ilika CEO, said:
"This project brings together international leading scientists and
industrial partners with the resources, skills and experience to
deliver and exploit this new concept. The partners have the
know-how to design and develop new battery components and take them
through to roll to roll electrode fabrication and pouch cell
manufacture and evaluation."
For more information contact:
Ilika plc www.ilika.com
Graeme Purdy, Chief Executive Tel: 023 8011 1400
Steve Boydell, Finance Director
Numis Securities Limited Tel: 020 7260 1000
Oliver Cardigan/ Paul Gillam
/
James Black
Walbrook PR Ltd Tel: 020 7933 8780 / ilika@walbrookpr.com
Paul Cornelius Mob: 07866 384 707
Lianne Cawthorne Mob: 07584 391 303
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