Drs. Lau and Stanzione team up with battery company, HiT Nano, on DOE grant to pursue high performance battery materials

Drs. Ken Lau and Joe Stanzione are partnering with HiT Nano, a battery company located in Bordentown, NJ, to pursue higher capacity and longer lasting battery cathode materials. HiT Nano possesses a unique aerosol spray manufacturing technology that produces cathode materials with lower energy consumption, manufacturing complexity, capital cost, chemical intensity, CO₂ emissions, and environmental impact.

The goal is to scale up the process to commercial volume production while engineering the proper electrode-electrolyte interfacial properties that would enhance cathode capacity and lifetime. The $200k grant, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy over a period of three years, will support the training of undergraduate, graduate, and community college student teams on battery technology and manufacturing.