Battery electrode supplier Ateios Systems and materials and chemicals manufacturer Kodak have joined forces in the development of a high-speed, solvent-free production process in the manufacture of high-energy electrodes for electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
The RaiCure™ platform can deliver high energy, lower cost, and near-zero toxic emissions with no forever chemicals to achieve what is being called an unprecedented coating speed at 80 meters per minute, which is nearly three times faster than the industry-standard of 30 meters per minute for fluorine-polymer-based electrodes, making it the fastest solvent-free production process for high-energy electrodes on record.
The system can achieve these record-setting speeds while simultaneously enabling high-voltage stability and coatings greater than five mAh/cm2 thick, which is well-suited to the production of electrodes for synthetic graphite, lithium cobalt oxide (LCO), nickel manganese cobalt (NMC), and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery materials.
“Backed by a resilient supply chain, RaiCure™ delivers high-energy, high-quality, PFA-free electrodes at record-setting speed, giving battery makers the ability to build better batteries for AI, mobility, and the connected world,” said Rajan Kumar, CEO and Founder of Ateios Systems. “With Kodak, we’ve shown that sustainability, scalability, high yields, and speed can coexist without compromising performance. We’ve already secured multiple POs and are shipping electrodes to battery OEMs in Asia and North America.”
This manufacturing achievement builds on Kodak’s century-plus legacy in high-precision coating and materials science and on Ateios’ fabless manufacturing model and its reputation as a leader in the development of next-generation electrode chemistries and integration. Together, the companies will take new battery designs from concept to commercial-scale production in a matter of months.
Kodak’s pilot line supports widths up to 440 millimeters at speeds over 100 meters per minute and is capable of producing more than 500 megawatt hours of high-energy electrodes each year while its full-scale production line handles widths of up to 1.5 meters at a speed over 100 meters per minute, exceeding the equivalent of two gigawatt hours of electrode capacity per year.
“Our work with Ateios demonstrates that RaiCure™ can be deployed as a drop-in solution for faster, environmentally friendly, and more efficient electrode coating at manufacturing scale,” said Terry Taber, Chief Technical Officer and Vice President at Eastman Kodak Company.
