Chemistry & Cell Components

Chemistry & Cell Components

Silicon Anode | Industry Players & Investments

Silicon Anode | Industry Players & Investments

Silicon Startups Continue Raising and Building Partnership with Industry Players Company

Sila Nano

Enevate

Enovix

Amprius

Group14

IONBLOX

Nexeon

OneD

Storedot

Advano

Leydenjar

Coreshell

Ionic Mineral

HQ / Date

CA, USA 2011

CA, USA 2005

CA, USA 2007

CA, USA 2008

WA, USA 2015

CA, USA 2017

UK 2006

CA, USA 2013

Israel 2012

LA, USA 2016

Netherlands 2016

CA, USA 2018

UT, USA 2020

Employees*

Money Raised/Valuation

$40/Unknown

$43M/Unknown

$30M/Unknown

$20M/Unknown

Company Stage

Series F

Series E

PIPE, IPO

PIPE, IPO

Series C

Series B

Series D

Series C

Series D

Series A

Series A

Series A

Series B

Si %

5% to 50%

Si nanowires

Elemental Si impregnated in an activated porous carbon scaffold

Si nanoparticles wrapped in silicon oxide, silicon carbide shells

Si nanowires grown inside graphite using Cu catalyst to control size

Si nanoparticles with functionalized surfaces produced from scrap silicon.

Porous Si anode grown on the Cu substrate via PECVD

Technology Route

Si particles coated in Si dominant porous Silicon microparticles thin microparticles with a up to 40um with a metal-semiconducto rigid carbon shell SiC/carbon shell r layer, 3D cell architecture

Elemental Si and SiOx nanoparticles wrapped in carbon matrix, with metal coating

Metal coated Si nanoparticles with conductive matrix materials

Continuous Metallothermic Micron-sized Reduction of Silica to Metallurgical Silicon. Si nanotubes starting No Silane. with Halloysite Feedstock All Si electrode 3200 mAh/g, 85% ICE 2500 mAh/g stable, Si/Gr Blend 15% Si substitution of Gr 750mAh/g 91% ICE 700 mAh/g Stable capacity

Claimed Performance

800 Wh/L

350 Wh/kg, charge in 5min to 75%

900 Wh/L 297 Wh/kg

435 Wh/kg, 1200 Wh/L, 1000 cycles

305 Wh/kg 640 Wh/L

400-450mAh/g

3250 mAh/g of Si Nanowires

5-min extreme fast charge

350 Wh/kg at $90/kWh

450 Wh/kg 1350 Wh/L

30% GED and VED Gain, 750+ cycles

Targeted Application

EV, Consumer Electronics

EV, Consumer Electronics

Consumer electronics

Defense, EVTOL

Consumer electronics

EVTOL

EV, Consumer electronics

EV

EV

EV, Consumer, ESS

Defense, EVTOL

EV, Mobility

EV, Consumer Electronics, Military

Partnership/ Investment

Mercedes, Whoop, CATL, TDK, Samsung, Panasonic

RNM Alliance; LGES, Samsung

Intel, Qualcomm

Airbus, US Army

Porsche, ATL(TDK), BASF, Showa Denko, SK

Applied Materials, Lilium

WACKER, SK Chemicals

GM Ventures, Volta Energy Technologies

BP, EVE, Daimler, Vinfast,Samsung, TDK

Mitsui Kinzoku

EIB

Zeon, Meyers Manx

Soon to be public

Source: Pitchbook, Intercalation Station Silicon Series (1, 2, 3, 4), Battery Talk Case Study on Group14

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