電池初創公司 ONE 將可削減電池成本，及提供 600 英里的續航能力

Recently Yahoo News on-line reported the following:

Battery startup ONE aims to slash cell cost, deliver 600-mile range

Mon, September 12, 2022 at 9:08 PM

By Paul Lienert

(Reuters) - Michigan-based startup Our Next Energy [ONE] has unveiled a new anode-free battery pack designed to slash cell cost as much as 50% while delivering up to 600 miles (965 km) of driving range, the company said Tuesday.

This young company hopes to begin producing its Gemini pack at a new 20-gigawatt-hour U.S. manufacturing plant in 2026, founder and Chief Executive Mujeeb Ijaz said in an interview.

Other battery companies are developing anode-free designs, but ONE’s Gemini battery appears to be unique in that it uses cells with two different cell chemistries, including one for everyday driving and a second to extend driving range on longer trips.

The secret sauce is in Gemini’s large-format range-extender cells. While the standard cells use relatively conventional lithium iron phosphate cathodes and graphite anodes, the range-extender cells are anode-free, which eliminates the use of graphite and anode-making equipment.

The cathodes are designed to use a unique blend of lithium and manganese and a much lower percentage of nickel, while eliminating cobalt, according to Ijaz.

“It has been my long-term aspiration to eliminate both nickel and cobalt,” Ijaz said of two key cathode materials in most current electric vehicle batteries that are more expensive and less sustainable than such common materials as manganese.

While the lithium-rich manganese nickel cathodes are still being refined, the current version of the range-extender cells uses cathodes made of nickel, cobalt and manganese.

By eliminating the anode in those cells, ONE says it can slice the cell cost in mass production by $50 per kilowatt-hour — a significant savings over current costs estimated at $100-$110 per kWh.

 “Our goal is to launch the Gemini battery in 2026 with zero cobalt and 26% nickel or less, using manganese as the primary cathode material,” Ijaz said.

ONE's Gemini battery will be displayed Sept. 13-15 at The Battery Show in Novi, Michigan.

Translation

（路透社）- 總部位於密歇根州的初創公司 Our Next Energy (ONE) 週二表示, 將推出了一種新的無正極電池組，旨在將電池成本降低多達 50%，同時提供長達 600 英里（965 公里）的續駛能力。

創始人兼首席執行官 Mujeeb Ijaz 在接受採訪時表示，這家年輕的公司希望於 2026 年在美國新的 20千兆瓦/時製造工廠開始生產 Gemini 電池組。

其他電池公司正在開發無正極設計，但 ONE 的 Gemini 電池似乎是獨一無二的，因為它使用具有兩種不同電池化學成分的電池，其中一種用於日常駕駛，另一種用於延長長途旅行的續航能力。

秘訣在於 Gemini 的大格式增程電池。雖然標準電池使用相對傳統的磷酸鐵鋰負極和石墨正極，但增程電池沒有正極，因此無需使用石墨和製造正極的設備。

根據 Ijaz 的說法，負極設計是一種使用鋰和錳的獨特混合物, 以及用少了鎳，並同時不使用鈷。

“不使用鎳和鈷一直是我的長期願望”, Ijaz 談到目前大多數電動汽車電池中這兩種關鍵負極材料，它們比錳等常見材料更昂貴且更不可持續。

雖然高成份鋰錳鎳負極仍在提煉中，但當前版本的增程電池使用由鎳、鈷和錳製成的負極。

ONE 表示，通過消除這些電池中的正極，它可以將批量生產的電池成本降低 50 美元/千瓦/時 - 與目前估計的100 至 110 美元每千瓦/時的成本相比，可節省大量成本。

Ijaz 說: “我們的目標是在 2026 年推出 Gemini 電池，鈷含量為零，鎳含量不超過 26%，使用錳作為主要負極的材料” 。

ONE 的 Gemini 電池將於 9 月 13 日至 15 日在密歇根州諾維的電池展上展出。

So, a Michigan-based startup Our Next Energy has unveiled a new anode-free battery pack designed to slash cell cost as much as 50% while delivering up to 600 miles (965 km) of driving range. This is good news for the electric car makers.