SorbiForce, a self-described Arizona-based Ukrainian startup, has announced a metal-free organic battery prototype that it believes will serve as a counter to the environmental effects of conventional batteries.
“We were working for a game-changing technology in the storage market,” the company said, an effort that ended up producing “the optimal system for storing and balancing electric energy.”
The batteries can be used for energy storage systems such as battery-backed EV charging stations.
The company’s battery uses a closed-loop system that relies on four primary materials: carbon, water, salt and agricultural waste. The company’s sorption batteries use physical processes to move electrons through an ultraporous carbon layer containing carbon-based cathodes and anodes, thereby ensuring the battery is nonflammable.
All components can be mined or manufactured in the United States, and production is independent of resource markets and foreign suppliers, the company said.
Like a good wine, with apologies to Orson Welles, ultraporous carbon improves with age. Therefore, with periodic water replenishment and no external interference, a SorbiForce battery could potentially last for 30 years.
Unlike conventional batteries, 95% of the SorbiForce battery decomposes into organic materials, while the remaining 5% is reusable, according to the company.
The company’s products range from 0.12 MW to 1 MW in power output while delivering up to 10 kA in current, 0.5 to 0.7 MWh in capacity and up to 120 kV in voltage. The battery systems measure 20’ (6.1 m) in length; height is 8.6’ (2.6 m) and width is 8’ (2.4 m).
Source: SorbiForce
