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The demand for improvements in the specific capacity (milliamp-hours per gram of material) of lithium-ion batteries is being driven by our need for feature-rich consumer electronics, electrified vehicles and smart grid applications. Until now, however, the battery industry has not been able to keep up with this demand. The specific capacity of lithium-ion batteries over the last 30 years has only been doubled on average every 12 years.

Nanosys, Inc. has broken this mold through the use of its proprietary SiNANOde™ lithium-ion anode material -- improving the specific capacity of lithium-ion batteries by more than double in a single step -- while at the same time providing breakthrough charge-discharge cycle life improvements.

This not only means more battery life in our mobile devices or longer range in our electric vehicles but a fundamental shift in the way we use them. Imagine an electric vehicle that only needs to be charged every few days, just like a gasoline powered car. Such a vehicle could change change perceptions and drive EV adoption.

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Science & Technology

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• Nanosys
• EV
• PHEV
• PEV
• Electric Vehicle
• SiNANOde
• anode
• electrolyte
• lithium-ion
• li-ion
• car
• electric
• range
• silicon
• battery
• capacity
• cycle life