Expertise
A Belgian-Japanese team for prelithiation and battery materials
A Belgian-Japanese team: European project handling combined with Japanese materials and process expertise. Our scientific expert is Dr. Masaharu Satoh. Development objectives are stated as objectives, never as guaranteed results.
Dr. Masaharu Satoh
Battery Tech Advisor, 70.energy · CEO, ORLIB (Tokyo)
Dr. Masaharu Satoh is the inventor of the prelithiation technology behind HypSi™ and founder and CEO of ORLIB (Tokyo), a university spin-off from the Japan Science and Technology Agency's START programme. He has around two decades of R&D experience in secondary batteries, from organic radical batteries to silicon anodes, prelithiation and cobalt-free LFP cells.
Hundreds
Publications by Dr. Satoh
Dr. Masaharu Satoh has a confirmed record of hundreds of scientific publications across battery materials and cell research.
EU + JP
Belgian-Japanese team
European project handling and supply chain, combined with Japanese materials and process expertise.
Lab + process
Equipment and process capabilities
Adaptable laboratory equipment combined with material and process development.
Prelithiation technology, equipment and services.
Production
We prelithiate all anode types — and produce prelithiated silicon anodes
Our partner in Japan operates a laboratory roll-to-roll line on which we already produce prelithiated silicon anodes. In parallel, we are scaling manufacturing in Europe with a European supply chain.
- Prelithiation for silicon, graphite and composite anodes
- Silicon-anode production on our partner’s laboratory roll-to-roll line in Japan
- European manufacturing being scaled with a European supply chain
- Enables full-cell first-cycle efficiency up to 99 %
- ~500 cycles at A/C = 2 demonstrated; results depend on cell design
Services
What can be requested
Prices are not published. Scope is defined after the introductory discussion.
Laboratory equipment purchase
Configure and order equipment for a defined development scope.
Technical feasibility assessment
Review materials, targets and process options before larger commitments.
Testing with the client's materials
Evaluate your own material system under defined laboratory conditions.
Prelithiation-process development
Develop a development approach and process sequence for your application.
Materials and chemistry consulting
Discuss material, binder and electrolyte questions with specialists.
Battery-performance improvement projects
Battery-performance improvement is addressed as a project objective, not a promised result.
First step
Free introductory expert call
After you submit the project form, the first step is a free introductory expert call. A potential feasibility phase is then defined.
A feasibility phase can include
- 01Review of materials and target performance
- 02Comparison of prelithiation methods
- 03Preliminary lithium-dosage calculation
- 04Initial laboratory trials
- 05Recommended material-specific process development
- 06Technical feasibility report
- 07Recommended laboratory-equipment configuration
Not every project includes every deliverable. Scope is defined after the introductory discussion.
Related reading
Technical background behind the services.
Discuss your project with a specialist
Share your material system and target performance. The first step is a free introductory expert call.