As a part of the settlement, the 2 events will collaborate for the event and provide of 80 5Ah pouch cells, analysis and potential commercialisation of sodium-ion battery know-how developed by ARCI, DST stated in an announcement.
It additional added that the validation of the know-how will help the commercialisation of sodium-ion batteries, which may be safer and decrease in price than lithium-ion batteries which are extensively used at present for transportable electronics, electrical automobiles (EVs), and renewable vitality storage programs.
The collaboration might be executed in two phases. Phase I contains the provision of 80 pouch cells by ARCI, and efficiency validation with suggestions from Voltasun. Phase II entails the provision of two extra units of 80 pouch cells every via a separate modification settlement.
ARCI has developed Sodium Vanadium Phosphate (NVP) cathode powder materials and demonstrated its efficiency via the fabrication of NVP-based mostly sodium-ion pouch cells below the ANRF, MAHA EV challenge. The cells have been validated at the usual laboratory scale, with testing and validation below discipline circumstances at present in progress, DST stated.
Voltasun Technologies is a materials-to-cells startup specialising in battery lively supplies, cell manufacturing, consultancy, scale-up, and analysis and improvement providers. The firm possesses a longtime industrial buyer community to consider and broaden the applying potential of ARCI’s sodium-ion battery know-how, notably for stationary vitality storage purposes, it stated.
The collaboration displays ARCI’s continued efforts to translate indigenous analysis outcomes into trade-prepared applied sciences, supporting India’s initiatives in the direction of self-reliance in superior vitality storage options, it stated.