Sprinting towards High-value Anode Roadmap for large-scale UK Production (SHARP)

标准商用电池的充电速度受到负极材料的严重限制，负极材料是用来储存充电后的电能的，称为负极。Echion于2017年从剑桥大学剥离出来，将新一代负极材料商业化，使电池充电速度超过6分钟。随着电池制造商对Echion材料的商业需求不断加快，Echion必须制定雄心勃勃的商业计划，以满足客户需求。夏普项目将为Echion的大批量制造战略提供信息，并准备快速部署的路线图，最终目标是发展英国电池制造供应链，并为确保英国在先进电池材料生产领域的国际竞争力做出贡献。目前英国还没有负极材料的批量生产商，这是英国电动汽车供应链发展的一个重大差距。夏普项目具有为Echion、其客户以及整个英国电池生态系统带来显著提升的潜力。Echion的技术有潜力实现更高效、更具成本效益的电动汽车，并加快电动汽车的采用，这与政府的道路归零战略一致，并将在减少运输部门的二氧化碳排放和有害颗粒物方面提供显著的环境和公共健康好处。

The speed of charge of standard commercial batteries is severely limited by the negative terminal material which is used to store the electricity upon charge, called the anode. Echion spun-out of Cambridge University in 2017 to commercialise a new generation of anode materials enabling faster than 6-min battery charge.As commercial demand from cell manufacturers for Echion's material is accelerating, Echion must develop ambitious business plans to meet customer demand. Project SHARP will inform Echion's high volume manufacturing strategy and prepare a roadmap for rapid deployment, with the ultimate aim to grow the UK battery manufacturing supply chain and contribute to securing the UK's international competitiveness in the field of advanced battery materials production.There are currently no volume producer of anode materials in the UK, which is a significant gap in the development of the UK electric vehicle supply chain. Project SHARP has the potential for significant upside for Echion, its customer, and the UK battery ecosystem at large.Echion's technology has the potential to enable more efficient and cost-effective electric vehicles and to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles, which is in line with the government Road to Zero strategy and will provide significant environmental and public health benefits in terms of reduction of CO2 emissions and harmful particulates from the transport sector.