Our services help you:

• Understand where the lithium-ion market is now and where its headed
• Scout and investigate new technologies and organizations and their intellectual properties
• Develop business and commericalize your products
• Track the complex supply chain and raw materials landscape for lithium-ion batteries and next generation technologies
• Test and characterize materials, batteries, and other electrochemical devices
• Sort fact from fiction in the fast-moving and evolving energy storage landscape

Whatever moves you forward, we're ready to mix it up!

Coverage

Kjell Schroder – Technical

• Lithium-ion & next gen Lithium battery materials and cell designs including:
  • Layered oxides (LCO, NMC, NCA)
  • Spinel (LMO, LNMO)
  • LFP
  • Li-Sulfur
  • Lithium metal
  • Silicon & Silicon oxide
  • Graphite & mesoporous hard carbons
  • LTO and Titania
  • Traditional liquid carbonate electrolytes
  • Polymer electrolytes: PEO/PEG, PAN
  • Solid electrolytes: NASICON, sulfide glasses, garnet, LiPON
• Sodium-ion batteries
• Zn-Mn alkaline primary
• Pb-acid
• Metal air batteries (Iron, Zinc, and Aluminum)
• Manufacturing process scalability & quality
  • Roll-to-roll electrode coating
• Cell and materials testing for performance and safety; data management/quality
• IP landscaping and risk evaluation
• Technical product development (DFSS, FMEA, Phase-gate Dev., V&V testing, Continuous Improvement, DfX)

David Bell – Market & Product

• Market dynamics, pricing, and cost parity
• Battery Cell and Pack Value Modeling – impact of solid-state, silicon, constant volume vs constant energy, and cell to pack / cell to chassis
• Product Lifecycle Management (Compliant with APQP, PPAP, IATF16949, and VDA6.3)
• Compliance and Regulatory
• Quality Functional Deployment, Vendor and Product Qualification
• Functional requirements and specifications for:
  • BEVs
  • Consumer Electronics (Smartphones, power tools, etc...)
  • Data Centers
  • BESS / ESS

Aric Stocks – Commercial & China

• Commercial contracts for supply of battery materials
  • Commercial terms
  • Quality terms
  • Negotiation strategy
• China specific
  • Market entry for foreign companies selling into China
  • Market entry for Chinese companies selling outside China
  • Consumer electronics battery industry