OneD Battery Sciences (Palo Alto, Calif.) announced the successful completion and commissioning of its SINANODE pilot production line in Moses Lake, Washington. This milestone marks an important step forward in scaling up the production of OneD’s silicon-graphite anode materials for the global battery market.
Over the past 12 months, the SINANODE Pilot construction project progressed through initial hires and start of construction design, to breaking ground in October 2023, equipment installation in April 2-24, and startup and commissioning in July ’24. This was achieved through intense collaboration between the OneD team, general contractor, Dahlgren Industrial, and various partners, including Advanced Material Solutions, Meier Architecture • Engineering, Royal HaskoningDHV, Grant County PUD, and CVD Equipment Corporation. Additionally, REC Silicon, our key silane supplier, has inspected and approved our bulk Silane off-loading station, which is critical for safe operation.
SINANODE Pilot Manufacturing Plant in Moses Lake, WA (Source: OneD Battery Science)
“Today’s milestone showcases the result of excellent teamwork between our Operations team and our general contractor and its many subcontractors, and the training and support provided by the OneD R&D team from our Palo Alto headquarters,” said Jan-Marc Luchies, Chief Operating Officer at OneD.
Initial production runs of SINANODE have demonstrated matching performance with the anode materials produced at OneD’s R&D facility in Palo Alto, California.
“We have spent many years perfecting the SINANODE process steps to ensure that these steps can be transferred and scaled-up efficiently at other locations. Our customers are demanding that the process parameters that are optimized in Palo Alto can be used to produce larger quantities with documented consistent quality to support the stringent qualification program required by EV cell makers,” said Yimin Zhu, Co-Founder, and Chief Technology Officer.
“Customers also want to verify the exceptionally attractive cost structure of our SINANODE process in a manufacturing environment, when applied to several types of EV-grade graphite anode materials from several suppliers. We are now scheduling visits to our Moses Lake plant with customers and partners and collecting data to showcase the key metrics,” added Vincent Pluvinage, Co-Founder, and Chief Executive Officer.