Israeli Battery Technology Could Recharge an Electric Vehicle in 5 Minutes

June 7, 2018 – StoreDot, an Israel-based technology startup, describes its groundbreaking technology as “enabling the future of charging.” First demonstrated at CUBE’s TechFair in Berlin in May of 2017, StoreDot’s flash battery technology makes it possible to charge an electric vehicle (EV) in the same amount of time it takes to fill a car or truck’s gas or diesel tank.

How does it work?

The flash battery technology combines gradient layers of nanomaterial with chemically synthesized proprietary organic molecules of non-biological origin. Unliike conventional lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery packs that use graphite and metal oxides, the organic compounds in the StoreDot battery are far less volatile, and retain recharge cycles far longer. StoreDot battery packs are far more heat tolerant, a challenge that still exists with Li-ion technology. Hence we occasionally read about EVs with Li-Ion battery packs that catch fire.

The ability to fully charge an EV in 5 minutes is a game changer for the industry should StoreDot’s technology become widely adopted. That means an EV with a StoreDot battery pack in a one minute charge can be driven 100 kilometers (60+ miles). Five minutes gets you nearly 500 kilometers (300+ miles). No other battery technology delivers this type of performance.

Optimized charging happens because the solutions and materials in the StoreDot battery enable ions to flow from anode to cathode at unprecedented speeds producing high current and low internal resistance.

And as in those ads on TV that offer you the latest in kitchen appliances, “wait, there’s more” from StoreDot.

These batteries can be shrunk to work in almost any mobile device. So smartphones and laptop battery packs are available.

StoreDot claims its battery technology is also much cheaper to build using readily available components (no cadmium, no indium, and in fact, no metals at all).

And yet here we go again, “wait, there’s more.”

StoreDot has developed an innovative MoleculeLED technology for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) that uses the same secret sauce of proprietary organic compounds found in its flash battery technology. But in this case it is using the chemistry to create luminous screens that exceed the standard currently in use for LCD and OLED displays.

The company has received considerable publicity since the 2017 presentation in Germany. The latest announcement comes from BP, the energy giant. It is investing $20 million because it sees the proliferation of fast charge stations as basic to a global EV infrastructure. At BP’s Advanced Mobility Unit, the company is focusing on a low-carbon future. In its recent announcements, it projects rapid growth in EVs throughout the 2020s and sees the StoreDot investment as a means by which it can become the fuel provider of choice for whatever the technology a customer uses.