{"id":55580,"date":"2025-02-18T15:15:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=55580"},"modified":"2025-02-18T15:15:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:15:44","slug":"cambridge-universitys-impulse-leads-the-charge-in-the-battery-technology-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/cambridge-universitys-impulse-leads-the-charge-in-the-battery-technology-revolution\/55580\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge University\u2019s impulse leads the charge in the battery revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
From powering electric vehicles and the next generation of consumer electronics to enabling renewable energy storage, battery technology is at the heart of modern technology and the transition to a cleaner, more energy-efficient future energy grid, reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and accelerating the adoption of renewable energy sources.<\/p>\n
The quest for ever smaller, lighter, safer batteries is driving constant innovation across the field \u2013 and the need for efficient, longer-lasting, faster-charging reliable batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) has become even more critical.<\/p>\n
In response, impulse<\/a><\/em>, the University of Cambridge\u2019s entrepreneurship programme, has helped a raft of pioneering battery innovators commercialise their critical advancements in battery technology, and they are now changing the world.<\/p>\n Sanzhar Taizhan, founder and CEO of TaiSan and Emma Antonio, who aims to spin out of Imperial College London this Summer, are just some of the most recent impulse<\/em> graduates pushing the boundaries of what the humble battery can do, and bringing the chemistry to the next level.<\/p>\n They follow in the super-charged footsteps of impulse<\/em> alumni Jean de La Verpilliere, co-founder and CEO of Echion Technologies and Kieran O\u2019Regan, co-founder and CGO of About:Energy.<\/p>\n Last June, Echion \u2013 whose revolutionary XNO\u00ae niobium-based anode material enables lithium-ion batteries to fast-charge safely in less than 10 minutes \u2013 raised \u00a329m in a Series B investment round and, five months later, landed a further \u00a310m to power commercial growth.<\/p>\n They recently opened a niobium-based anode production facility, capable of producing 2000 t\/year of XNO\u00ae, equivalent to 1 GWh of Li-ion cells.<\/p>\n Battery technology company About:Energy has raised over \u00a34m to scale its hardware-integrated software solutions, enabling advanced digital twins for the automotive and industrial sectors.<\/p>\n Sanzhar\u00a0Taizhan – who\u00a0was\u00a0awarded an\u00a0impulse\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>fellowship\u00a0sponsored by automobile parts manufacturer MAGNA International\u00a0\u2013 is similarly progressing\u00a0with his quasi-solid state sodium technology for battery-powered electric vehicles<\/a> (BEVs).\u00a0TaiSan\u00a0has developed a novel polymer electrolyte and anode material\u00a0that is able to\u00a0boost the energy density of sodium while\u00a0keeping costs low.<\/p>\nCommercial growth in the battery industry<\/h3>\n
Graduate success stories<\/h3>\n