UNIGRID Battery

🎉 Milestone Achieved: Scaling Sodium ion Battery Materials! One of the biggest challenges in scaling new battery technologies has commonly been securing a reliable material supply chain. In 2024, the UNIGRID team set out to overcome this hurdle—and we’re proud to share that we’ve achieved pilot-scale production of our innovative sodium cathode materials, exceeding 100 kg per day. UNIGRID’s energy-dense sodium-ion batteries, are free of nickel, cobalt, lithium, and copper, paving the way for a more resilient, scalable, and cost-effective battery supply chain. As we enter 2025, we continue to scale production toward exceeding 1 metric ton per day, marking a pivotal step toward high-volume sodium-ion cell manufacturing! #SodiumIonBatteries #EnergyStorage #BatteryInnovation #Sustainability

Sodium ion batteries made with dry electrode technology! We are extremely excited to be working with AM Batteries and Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion on this award, and am grateful for the support from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to further develop innovative manufacturing technologies for next generation Sodium ion batteries. #sodiumion #manufacturing #AMMTO

💡 𝗦𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗜𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲? 🔋 We’re proud to share some milestones in battery safety metrics here at UNIGRID 🚀. As energy storage systems have become integral to our daily lives—from powering EVs to enabling renewable energy storage—the need for batteries that achieve both safety and performance standards has never been more critical. Although nail penetration tests here offer a glimpse into what we can expect during cell abuse, it’s not an ideal method of quantifying safety. Instead, Accelerated Rate Calorimetry (ARC) is a more robust technique for evaluating the thermal stability and safety characteristics of batteries. We like to think of it as a 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵! ARC tests are used as part of the evaluation process for UL 9540A, the Test Method for Evaluating Thermal Runaway Fire Propagation in Battery Energy Storage Systems, representing one of the most robust and well recognized methods to measure safety. 📊 Click the link below to view our battery safety white paper, which reports ARC safety testing of various commercial Li-ion and Na-ion batteries. https://lnkd.in/gKZNDxVB #BatterySafety #Innovation #SodiumIon #SafetyTesting

Its like the Comic-Con for Sodium Ion batteries! UNIGRID will be speaking at the International Conference on Sodium Batteries hosted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory from Nov 11-14th. Its amazing to see the progress made in the field over the last few years, and exciting to know that this is only the beginning. https://lnkd.in/gx43-9Zn

We are excited to have LG Technology Ventures join our group of incredible investors! 🚀🎉 With this most recent investment, we are more committed than ever to pushing the boundaries of Sodium-Ion Battery technology and accelerating our commercialization goals. 🔋🌍 #Innovation #SodiumIon #Batteries #EnergyStorage https://lnkd.in/gpsmZi2A

Sodium ion for EVs are coming! We are thankful for the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO)'s recent award as part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The grant will allow us to develop advanced sodium ion batteries with energy densities higher than conventional LFP for electric mobility, eliminating reliance on critical materials used in electric vehicles, while achieving greater range with cost effective materials. To learn more about the program, click here: https://lnkd.in/ew6wT7pe #sodiumion #electricvehicles #batteries #innovation

We are grateful to be a part of the latest #CalTestBed Award Cohort by New Energy Nexus California ! 🎉 This exciting program will put our safe, sodium-ion batteries through rigorous testing to demonstrate our tech and bring it closer to commercialization! #CalTestBed #Innovation #CaliforniaEnergyCommission https://lnkd.in/gGjBDSTW

🎉 We’ve Raised Our Series A! 🎉 We are extremely excited to announce our Series A funding round, a $12 Million raise! This milestone is a testament to the hard work, dedication, and innovation of our incredible team and the unwavering support from our partners, advisors and investors. A huge thank you to our lead investors, Transition and Ritz Venture Capital, our new investor Union Square Ventures and existing investor Foothill Ventures. Your faith in our team and mission has made this possible. With this new capital, we are positioned to expand and scale up production of our advanced sodium-ion batteries to fulfill MWh-scale customer orders across various markets such as electric mobility and stationary storage. To our amazing team: this achievement reflects your hard work and relentless pursuit of innovation. We’re also thankful for our amazing co-founding advisors, Profs. Shirley Meng and Zheng Chen, and look forward to keep pushing boundaries on new storage chemistries and further the energy transition efforts. Visit www.unigridbattery.com to join us as we take UNIGRID Battery to new heights! #ClimateTech #Innovation #Sustainability #Batteries #Sodiumion #Energy https://lnkd.in/gYyBbqeu https://lnkd.in/ghwH48eq

Interview with Professor Shirley Meng: A deep dive on sodium-ion https://lnkd.in/gjksvMM5