Hi,
I wrote to the UTR CEO about the possibility of UTR's using the solid electrolyte by Ionic Materials, USA couple of months ago. He replied that he will discuss the same with his technical team and get back to me if he had any questions.
Within a week, coincidentally UTR cancelled the research agreement with the Singapore university and declared that they are going forward with its internal potential to develop a complete battery technology. Following that they acquired the Cathode IP from Israel and now the electrolyte IP as well. I did not write this here before because that would be breach of confidence if they indeed were going to make a deal with Ionic Materials. Now that it is not going to happen, let me share my thoughts here.
We have hit an even better deal with Coorstek liquid electrolyte IP. I will explain why. This electrolyte is suitable for high voltage batteries. Works well in a range of high and low temperatures. It's non-combustible. Very high conductivity as eveything in the electrolyte is just ion, nothing but ion.
It's better than a solid electrolyte. Works well in both freezing cold and hot environments, making it ideal for EV mass adoption.
When the battery is out, I am sure it is going to be disruptive.
