Project Title:
High Capacity Anode in Embedded LIB for Popular Consumer Electronics
Project Reference:
ART/145CP
Project Period:
20130103 - 20140528
Funds Approved (HK$’000):
5910
Project Coordinator:
Dr Enboa Wu
Deputy Project Coordinator:
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Deliverable:
(A) Develop high capacity anode containing ASTRI composite anode material: a. Charge capacity ≥ 500 mAh/g at 0.2C charging rate; and b. Active layer adhesion on Cu substrate comparable to commercial anode (B) Develop three smart phone prototype batteries which contain ASTRI composite anode material: a. High capacity ≥ 500 mAh/g; b. High charging rate ≥ 0.2C; c. Long cycle life ≥ 300 cycles at 80% battery capacity retention; and d. Competitive with commercial available lithium batteries for similar electronics application with battery energy density ≥ 400 Wh/L.
Research Group:
Dr Pau-Yee Lim
Mr Ryan P. C. CHUNG
Ms Y. H. KWAN
Mr Yingkai JIANG
Mr William M.O. FU
Ms Zhao, Fiona WANG
Mr Hon Lung CHEUNG
Dr Changli WU
Dr Linlu LIU
Mr Laiyong, Aaron XIE
Mr Bin WANG
Sponsor:
Advanced Electronics Energy Limited
GP Batteries International Limited [Sponsor]
GP Batteries International Limited (Technology Licensing) [Sponsor]
Hephas Energy Co. Ltd. [Sponsor]
Hephas Energy Co. Ltd. (Technology Licensing) [Sponsor]
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Shenzhen University
Description:
The proposed project aims to develop an advanced high capacity anode for commercial IT-battery (batteries for information technology devices, e.g. laptop, smart phones, iPad, etc.) by utilizing ASTRI high capacity composite anode material that developed in the previous ITF seed project. The novel anode contains a high energy storage new anode material which well dispersed in a conductive porous structure to allow a promising increase in anode charge storage capacity beyond the limit of the existing conventional graphite anode. To establish a commercially applicable high capacity anode, this project will use the industrial process and develop an ink slurry formulation to meet the requirements of the industrial coating process. ASTRI will work closely with battery manufacturers to utilize the industrial infrastructure for battery fabrication to produce an embedded IT-battery prototype for smart phones. The anode parameters will be adjusted to meet the customer's requirments on smart phones battery design and the active layer composition will be optimized to achieve the target battery capacity performance.
