ION Collaborates With World-Class Partners on $40 Million Commercialization Initiative Supported by ARPA-E SCALEUP Program
ION Collaborates With World-Class Partners on $40 Million Commercialization Initiative Supported by ARPA-E SCALEUP Program
Saint-Gobain and KLA to Partner with Ion Storage Systems to Dramatically Accelerate Path to Commercialization for ION's Solid-State Batteries
圣戈班和KLA将与Ion Storage Systems合作，大大加速ION实体固态电池的商业化路径。
BELTSVILLE, Md., June 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ion Storage Systems (ION), a Maryland-based manufacturer of safe, high-energy density, fast-charging solid-state batteries (SSBs), announced today that it will receive $20 million from the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) as part of a three-year, $40 million partnership with several world-class commercialization partners. ION will collaborate with Saint-Gobain, one of the world's largest ceramics, glass and material suppliers and KLA, a leader in semiconductor process and quality control, to dramatically accelerate the commercialization of ION's high-performing, anodeless SSB. The ARPA-E SCALEUP program will contribute $20 million that will be matched by another $20 million in private funds, bringing the total program size to $40 million.
马里兰Ion Storage Systems（ION）是一家制造安全、高能量密度、快速充电固态电池（SSBs）的制造商，它于2024年6月26日宣布，将$20M收到来自美国能源部（DOE）先进研究计划署 - 能源部（ARPA-E）的资助，作为一个三年，价值4000万美元的合作伙伴关系的一部分。ION将与圣戈班（Saint-Gobain），一家全球最大的陶瓷、玻璃和材料供应商，以及KLA合作，领先半导体过程和质量控制，大大加速ION的高性能无阳极SSB商业化。ARPA-E SCALEUP项目将提供2000万美元的资金，而私人资金将匹配提供2000万美元的资金，将项目总额提高至4000万美元。从美国能源部（DOE）先进研究计划署 - 能源部（ARPA-E）的若干全球商业化伙伴中获得了2000万美元。ION与圣戈班合作，圣戈班是全球最大的陶瓷、玻璃和材料供应商之一，以及KLA合作，领先半导体过程和质量控制，大大加速ION的无阳极SSB商业化，该项目将得到ARPA-E SCALEUP计划的2000万美元资助，并与其他若干全球商业化伙伴合作，总额为4000万美元。圣戈班一家陶瓷、玻璃和材料供应商凯拉领先半导体工艺和质量控制的企业，与ION合作加速其高性能SSB商业化，该项目将得到ARPA-E SCALEUP计划的2000万美元资助，并与其他若干全球商业化伙伴合作，总额为4000万美元。
"ION and our world-class partners have reinvented ceramic membrane manufacturing for high throughput, low cost, and low emissions production of our safe, high energy solid-state battery. We are proud to be working hand-in-hand toward gigawatt-hour production and delivery of a market-leading EV battery solution. ARPA-E's RANGE program initiated the development of this technology in 2013 and we're honored to be partnering with them again through SCALEUP to expand the impact of our technology and accelerate electrification of a greener energy economy." Said Dr. Gregory Hitz, Co-Founder and CTO of ION.
ION和我们的全球一流合作伙伴已经为高通量、低成本和低排放生产我们安全、高能固态电池重塑了陶瓷膜制造。我们很自豪能够与他们携手合作，实现市场领先的EV电池解决方案的GWh生产和交付。ARPA-E的RANGE计划在2013年发起了这项技术的开发，我们很荣幸能够再次与他们合作，通过SCALEUP扩大我们的技术影响和加速更绿色的能源经济电气化。ION的联合创始人和技术总监Gregory Hitz博士说。
ARPA-E's SCALEUP (Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy Technologies with Untapped Potential) program builds on the agency's "primary research and development focus to support the scaling of ... disruptive new technologies across the full spectrum of energy applications." ION was one of four companies to secure funding from SCALEUP in 2024 as part of its $63.5 million program budget. According to ARPA-E, the program's goal is to help ARPA-E-funded technologies transition from proof-of-concept prototypes to commercially scalable and deployable versions of the technology. ARPA-E's SCALEUP funding and corporate partnerships enable ION to manufacture high performing, EV-scale SSB cells in the US with domestically sourced materials while expanding on what is already among the largest SSB manufacturing facilities in the United States.
ARPA-E的SCALEUP（种子关键性领先能源技术）计划建立在该机构支持跨领域全部能源应用的颠覆性新技术的基础研究和开发重点基础之上。ION是获得了SCALEUP 2024年6300万美元项目预算中的4家公司之一。根据ARPA-E的说法，该项目的目标是帮助ARPA-E资助的技术从概念验证原型转变为可商业化规模化和可部署技术的版本。ARPA-E的SCALEUP资金和企业合作伙伴关系使ION能够在本土材料的支持下在美国生产高性能的EV规模SSB电芯，同时扩大其已经是最大的SSB制造设施之一的能力。宣布ION等4家公司获得了来自SCALEUP资金计划预算6300万美元中的资金。这个项目的目标是帮助ARPA-E资助的技术从概念验证原型转变为可商业化规模化和可部署技术的版本。 ION是获得了资金的4家公司之一。ION最近开设的是美国最大的SSB制造设施之一，ARPA-E的SCALEUP资金和企业合作伙伴关系将使ION能够生产高性能的EV规模SSB电池，并在本土材料的支持下扩大其规模。
"Accelerating the widespread adoption of electric vehicles requires increasing driving range, reducing costs, and improving safety. Ion Storage Systems—through an earlier ARPA-E program—focused on working toward these goals, and now, through SCALEUP, the company will accelerate domestic manufacturing of next generation solid-state, high-power-density lithium-metal batteries, based on ION's proprietary ceramic electrolyte manufacturing technology," said Dr. Evelyn N. Wang, ARPA-E Director.
“加速广泛采用电动汽车需要增加续航里程、降低成本并提高安全性。Ion Storage Systems—通过早期的ARPA-E项目—致力于朝着这些目标努力，现在，通过SCALEUP，该公司将根据ION的专有陶瓷电解质制造技术加快生产下一代固态、高功率密度锂金属电池的国内制造。” ARPA-E负责人Evelyn N. Wang博士说。
"Electrification is one of the critical grand challenges in the global transformation that the world needs to reduce emissions. At Saint-Gobain Ceramics, together with key innovators, we are excited to engineer a better, safer and greener world," said Jeffrey T. Mydlarz, Vice President & General Manager Saint-Gobain.
“电气化是全球转型所需的减少排放的一项重大挑战之一。在圣戈班陶瓷公司，我们与关键创新者一道，为构建一个更好、更安全、更绿色的世界而感到兴奋。”圣戈班公司副总裁兼总经理Jeffrey T. Mydlarz说。
"KLA is pleased to bring industry-leading inspection and metrology equipment and experience to support ION and next-gen battery development," said Oreste Donzella, Executive Vice President, Electronics, Packaging and Components, KLA Corporation. "We are proud to partner with ION as a key supplier of process solutions to enable efficient ramp-up and enhanced manufacturing success of solid-state batteries. KLA is committed to leveraging the established methodologies and standards from the semi-industry to address the challenges associated with the inflection of next-gen batteries."
“KLA很高兴提供业界领先的检测和计量设备和经验，支持ION和下一代电池的开发。” KLA公司电子、封装和元件执行副总裁Oreste Donzella说。 “我们自豪地与ION合作，成为加速固态电池高效提升和增强制造成功的关键过程解决方案供应商。KLA致力于利用半导体行业的成熟方法和标准解决下一代电池的困难。”
The project will include sustainability-focused cell design and manufacturing milestones, with planned innovations offering the opportunity for the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions on the order of tens of thousands of metric tons of CO2 per GWh relative to Li-ion. ION, the only anodeless and compressionless SSB battery to achieve hundreds of cycles, recently opened one of the largest SSB manufacturing facilities in the country and announced a supply agreement with Saint-Gobain in late 2023. In addition to the extensive collaboration with ARPA-E, the company is also working closely with other government agencies on applications related to defense and aerospace.
该项目将包括可持续发展的电池设计和制造里程碑，计划提供创新，为减少几千亿吨CO2排放提供机会，与Li-ion相比。ION是唯一一家无阳极和无压缩的SSB电池，可实现数百个循环，最近开设了该国最大的SSB电池制造设施之一。2ION是唯一一家无阳极和无压缩实现数百个循环循环的SSB电池，最近开设了该国最大的SSB电池制造设施之一。ION是唯一一家无阳极和无压缩实现数百个循环循环的SSB电池，最近开设了该国最大的SSB电池制造设施之一。, 最近开设了该国最大的SSB电池制造设施之一。全国最大的SSB制造业工厂之一和宣布除了与ARPA-E广泛合作外，该公司还与其他政府机构密切合作，开展与国防和航空航天相关的应用程序。该公司将在2023年底与圣戈班签订供应协议。
About ION Storage Systems, Inc.
ION offers a uniquely adaptable solid-state battery solution for a variety of applications including defense and aerospace, consumer, electronics, electric vehicles, and grid storage. The product of a materials-science-based approach, ION's patented solid-state lithium metal technology can offer a battery without cobalt, nickel, and other less sustainable materials offering a variable architecture of revolutionary 3-D, ceramic structure, built with rapidly scalable manufacturing in mind. ION leverages a unique ceramic cell design that supports the use of current and next-gen cathode chemistries, promoting circularity and recycling, avoiding the issues and challenges of mining, and refining rare earth metals.
关于ION储能系统公司。
ION提供一种独特的可适应的固态电池解决方案，适用于包括国防和航空航天、消费品、电子产品、新能源车和电网存储等各种应用领域。ION的专利固态锂金属科技是一种不含钴、镍和其他不够可持续的材料的电池，具有革命性的3D陶瓷结构可变体系，设计时考虑了快速扩展生产规模。ION利用一种独特的陶瓷电池设计，支持使用现有和下一代正极化学体系，促进循环和回收，避免了采矿和提炼稀土金属所带来的问题和挑战。
About Saint-Gobain
Worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and services for the construction and industrial markets. Its integrated solutions for the renovation of public and private buildings, light construction and the decarbonization of construction and industry are developed through a continuous innovation process and provide sustainability and performance. The Group's commitment is guided by its purpose, "MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER HOME."
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圣戈班是轻型和可持续建筑的全球领导者，设计、制造和分销建筑和工业市场的材料和服务。它的综合解决方案为公共和私人建筑、轻型建筑和建筑和工业脱碳的整修提供了不断创新的过程，并提供可持续性和性能。该集团的承诺是由其宗旨指导的，“让世界成为更好的家园”。
About KLA
KLA Corporation ("KLA") develops industry-leading equipment and services that enable innovation throughout the electronics industry. We provide advanced process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging and printed circuit boards. In close collaboration with leading customers across the globe, our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers design solutions that move the world forward. Investors and others should note that KLA announces material financial information including SEC filings, press releases, public earnings calls and conference webcasts using an investor relations website (ir.kla.com). Additional information may be found at: .
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