Custom Electrolyte R&D
The Right Electrolyte and the Right Formation Protocol
custom electrolyte R&D for the exact cell project, plus the matched formation protocol
Lithiox designs custom electrolytes for the exact cell project, then prescribes the matched formation protocol.
We control two things: the electrolyte composition and the formation protocol. Both matter, they interact, and they need to be optimized against each other.
A recipe plus a formation protocol, not a catalogue item.
Custom Electrolyte R&D
We focus on electrolytes for the next generation of batteries: lithium-ion, sodium-ion, supercapacitors, etc.
Matched Formation Protocols
Electrolyte and formation protocols are naturally linked in cell development, with the electrolyte providing transport properties and materials for the electronic interfaces, and the protocol guiding the actual SEI formation.
Manufacturing and Supply Support
Our priority is getting the right high purity formulations out the door and into batteries, on time.
Why this matters
A catalogue is the wrong answer for a specific cell.
The big value add comes from understanding the cell parameters and performance requirements. You do not use unleaded petrol station gas for a jet engine; why would you pick from menus with only 5 pre-made choices or an assortment of 500 random formulations?
Most formulations of electrolytes for lithium ion batteries have a countdown until they reach the end of their shelf life, usually informed by the hydrofluoric acid content.
The protocol should be matched to the electrode chemistry, but also needs the electrolyte in its context. A fixed formation protocol, governed by only the electrodes’ properties, will miss electrolyte-formation interactions.
What Lithiox returns
A recipe, a protocol, and the mechanism trail behind both.
Fast inverse-designed de novo electrolyte composition
Species and loadings that best satisfy the envelope for that specific cell, discovered from first principles rather than matched against a catalogue or template.
A matched formation protocol
A schedule of current, voltage, and temperature optimized jointly with the composition against the same envelope. The best protocol for one electrolyte is the wrong protocol for another.
Per-KPI sensitivities decomposed through the physics
A predicted N80 is attributed through SEI thickness, LiF fraction, dead-lithium inventory, LAM, and crack density, so the customer can understand which mechanisms carry the result and which one carries the risk.
Applications
Built for active cell projects.
The electrolyte and the formation schedule are the two remaining levers on energy density, cycle life, fast-charge, and thermal margin, and they are also the two levers where composition-to-cycle-life runs through the longest coupled chain in the cell.
Process control
A lean manufacturing facility and standards for quality and freshness.
Validation
Experimental data and validation, predictive and simulative modeling.
Consistency
High purity formulations out the door and into batteries, on time.
Project-specific design
Custom formulations for specific cell configurations.
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