NASA tech might just spur a major grid battery breakthrough

800 megawatts hours of contracts and delivery Milestones this year sounds promising, but it's always hard to get excited about a company that doesn't publish performance specs on its website. Has anyone seen any literature on the product?

Re: NASA tech might just spur a major grid battery breakthrough

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Post by s1artibartfast » Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 6:32 PM UTC

Valgrim wrote: post #3

Anyone knows what the mystery catalyst might be?

Here's a paper from the CTO about nickel Cobalt phosphate batteries

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=EnerVenue&hl=en&as_sdt=...

Re: NASA tech might just spur a major grid battery breakthrough

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Post by s1artibartfast » Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 9:39 PM UTC

s1artibartfast wrote: post #5

Valgrim wrote: post #3

Anyone knows what the mystery catalyst might be?

Here's a paper from the CTO about nickel Cobalt phosphate batteries https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=EnerVenue&hl=en&as_sdt=...

Update:

It looks like they have filed a few patents with a ruthenium-based electrocatalyst.

https://patents.google.com/?assignee=EnerVenue&oq=EnerVenue&...

Re: NASA tech might just spur a major grid battery breakthrough

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Post by idontwantthis » Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 4:51 PM UTC

s1artibartfast wrote: post #6

s1artibartfast wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's a paper from the CTO about nickel Cobalt phosphate batteries https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=EnerVenue&hl=en&as_sdt=...

Update: It looks like they have filed a few patents with a ruthenium-based electrocatalyst. https://patents.google.com/?assignee=EnerVenue&oq=EnerVenue&...

That doesn’t sound super cheap. Global production is 35.5 tons per year.