Anchored in work undertaken at - and licensed from - Princeton by the principals on novel high-temperature nanotechnologies, HiT Nano Inc is working on development of next-generation, low-cost, high-performance lithum-ion batteries and energy storage. Employing a new method for making high-nickel and cobalt-free lithium-ion battery materials could increase performance in various markets- electric vehicles and grid energy storage - while increasing battery density and battery life, all at lower cost, HiT Nano uses a novel, patented mechanism invented in the Princeton Labs of one of the Firn's founders - a method called micro-aerosol controlled high temperature (MACHT) - a synthesis to generate nickel-cobalt-magnesium and other high-nickel nanoparticles for battery cathodes, the positively charged side of the battery that supplies current. Curren cathode manufacturing methods produce particles using a long, multi-step co-precipitation process involving mixing, precipitation, washing, drying and annealing, and it is difficult to achieve homogeneous ion implantation or doping. In contrast, MACHT is a single-step flame synthesis process generating a controlled particle size distribution, enabling precise and homogenous ion doping and concentration-gradient formation. The resulting higher yield, lower cost and improved performance offer the potential of dramatic boosts in battery storage capacity and reductions in recharging times.
