Massachusetts-based startup with support from Harvard A battery for electric vehicles created by Adden Energy can be fully charged in three minutes and has a lifespan of roughly 20 years, which is more than twice as long as the batteries used in EVs today.
The Harvard Office of Technology Development has an exclusive licence for the technology utilised in EV batteries. Along with Rhapsody Venture Partners and MassVentures, Primavera Capital Group has also invested $5.15 million in the firm.
The new battery has a lithium metal core as opposed to the lithium-ion used in EVs. Researchers claim that the battery’s complicated BLT sandwich-inspired architecture tends to inhibit the development of dendrites, which shorten the life of lithium-metal batteries. By confining and managing them, this BLT design stops lithium dendrites from penetrating.
The battery can backfill holes left by dendrites since it is self-healing in both design and chemistry.
With 5,000 to 10,000 charge cycles per battery, as opposed to the 2,000 to 3,000 charge cycles of conventional EV batteries, Adden Energy will now enhance the technology.
