The worlds first battery without permanent chemicals

Ateios Systems, a US-based battery component manufacturer, announced the successful development of a new lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) battery that does not contain permanent chemical (PFA) and has 20% higher energy density and is more environmentally friendly.

Ateios Systems has successfully developed the RaiCore high voltage lithium cobalt oxide (HV LCO) electrode, enabling the world's first rechargeable lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) battery that is free of perfluoroalkoxy, a PFA or forever chemical.

PFAs are more than 4,700 widely used man-made chemicals that accumulate in the human body and the environment over time. Because they are extremely persistent, they are called forever chemicals. They can have negative health effects such as liver damage, thyroid disease, obesity, reproductive problems and cancer.

According to test results, battery prototypes using RaiCore electrodes have 15-20% higher energy density than standard LCO batteries, and are capable of maintaining over 80% capacity after 1,000 charge-discharge cycles at 1 degree Celsius and 100% discharge depth.

The new electrode manufacturing process uses PFA-free polymers that can be energy cured, unlike conventional polymers that are heat cured.

Ateios Systems says the new electrode will be competitively priced with other cobalt-based electrodes.

The new LCO battery can be used in place of lithium-ion batteries in consumer durables and other electronic products such as smartphones, wearables, power tools, drones… providing an environmentally friendly option in the battery market.