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Forge Battery begins customer supply of its 21700 cylindrical li-ion battery cells

Source: Forge Battery

Colorado-based Forge Battery has recently begun shipping the company's prototype high-energy 300 Wh/kg 21700 cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells to its existing customers and potential partners.

'Gen. 1.1 Supercell', the company's first commercial product, has received UN 38.3 and UL 1642 certifications verifying the cells meet the most stringent safety requirements, permitting transportation to customer facilities, according to the company. 

Forge Battery expects to ship these cells all through this year to its current customers, who account for multiple GWh/year in confirmed offtake. Since the announcement of the company's Morrisville Gigafactory in November 2023, the company claims to have received LOIs totaling 24 GWh/yr. 

Paul Lichty, CEO of Forge Nano, commented on the development, "Forge Battery has received huge interest from new customers to test our made-in-America Supercells for their high-performance market needs". Forge Battery is the commercial lithium-ion battery production subsidiary of Forge Nano, Inc. 

"We look forward to meeting our current customer's sampling commitments, while building additional growth in new market segments, with the shipment of our A-Sample prototype cells. These cells achieve a leap in all-around Li-ion performance thanks to our Atomic Armor technology", he added. 

As per manufacturer's claims, the 'Gen. 1.1 Supercell' has a confirmed specific energy of 300 Wh/kg without the typical compromise in cycle life. The cells will undergo cycle life testing for various application-specific requirements from current and future customers.

Forge Battery expects that its A-Sample cells will meet or even exceed industry standard lifetimes suitable for its intended target customer markets, which include electric trucks, off-highway vehicles, motorcycles and aerospace and defence applications.

Moreover, the cells are made up of a lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC 811) cathode and silicon oxide (SiOx) graphite composite anode, which are expected to outperform energy density targets set by the United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) with a 20 percent cost reduction per kWh.

The high-performance metrics are attained through enablement of high amounts of active silicon content and greater stability of cathode active materials at high voltage, while cost metrics are a result of the reduction of electrolyte and electrolyte additives, Forge Battery explains.

"With higher silicon content in the anode, a reduction in electrolyte and additives and the ability to cycle at higher voltages, the Forge Battery Supercell is poised to outcompete state-of-the-art Tier 1 suppliers globally and showcase U.S. battery innovation to the world", opined Barbara Hughes, VP of Energy Storage at Forge Nano.

Forge Battery expects to begin commercial production of its 'Supercells' at a newly constructed gigafactory in North Carolina by 2026. With 90 percent of cell contents sourced from U.S entities, the battery cells currently utilize 100 percent of their cathode and anode materials from U.S suppliers, with additional cell materials sourced from South Korea.

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