SuperLattice Power, Inc. (SLAT) is an emerging leader in the development, research and marketing of new generation lithium-powered batteries worldwide, and has partnered with Hybrid Technologies in order to develop their super lattice battery for the highly anticipated electrical vehicle industry sector. Both companies will be demonstrating this revolutionary new product at the xPrize Competition sponsored by Progressive.
SuperLattice Power is intent on developing a paradigm for the lithium ion battery. By utilizing their resources and devoting their time and effort, the company is able to develop and design products with enhanced capacities. SuperLattice hopes that within 6 to 12 months they will be able to develop a battery that will allow their electric vehicles to go 200 miles on a single charge. Although lithium-powered batteries can also be used to store power from alternative energy technologies for later use in homes and businesses, the company has found a way that allows the battery to operate at a much higher voltage range of 4V to 2.3V. Prior to the company’s work in the field, standard storage capacity was limited to 3.6V.
The company is currently focused on the production of a new cathode material that can be successfully integrated into a lithium ion battery to not only increase the battery’s’ range, but enhance its density as well. This material, which is the Superlattice structure, is hexagonal, or six-sided, and this crystalline structure with periodically alternating layers of substances not only accommodates more chemicals, but provides more energy. A combination of special elements and transition metals now make the Superlattice cathode materials safe, environmentally friendly, and affordable.
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