Update interview
5 Sep 2025

Tenneco Systems Protection
Tenneco Systems Protection is a global supplier of battery protection products, based in the US. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Show Europe 2025.
Update
5 Sep 2025

Rigetti (qubit fabrication and packaging)
Rigetti is a quantum computing company using the superconducting qubit platform, with quantum chip fabrication and packaging capabilities.
5 Sep 2025

New IDTechEx Report: Biomanufacturing Specialty Chemicals 2026-2036
IDTechEx's new report "Biomanufacturing Specialty Chemicals 2026-2036" examines the role of white biotechnology in producing specialty chemicals, focusing on food additives, cosmetic and personal care ingredients, pigments, and enzymes.
Background
5 Sep 2025

Johnson Energy Storage
Johnson Energy Storage (JES) has emerged by its founder, Dr. Lonnie Johnson, and was founded in 2021 as a spin-out from Johnson R&D, a research company established by Dr. Lonnie Johnson.
Background
5 Sep 2025

Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering (NIMTE), under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has a research team led by Professor Xiaoxiong Xu. The team developed a thin-film composite solid-state electrolyte combining Li₁₀GeP₂S₁₂ (LGPS) and PEO/LiTFSI.
Full profile interview
5 Sep 2025

PolyPlus Battery Company
PolyPlus was founded in 1991 starting with lithium sulphur batteries. The company's early business model was focused on IP development and licensing.
Background
5 Sep 2025

Ohara Corporation
Ohara Corporation, a Japanese company, has a rich history of innovation in advanced materials. Among its most notable contributions is the development of Lithium-Ion Conducting Glass-Ceramics (LICGC™), a cutting-edge solid electrolyte material that has become integral to next-generation lithium-ion and quasi-solid-state batteries.
Full profile interview
5 Sep 2025

Natrion
Natrion is a cutting-edge company specializing in the development of solid-state battery technologies, with a focus on enhancing the performance, safety, and scalability of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), renewable energy storage, and other high-tech applications.
Full profile interview
5 Sep 2025

Ion Storage Systems
Ion Storage Systems LLC, a US-based battery manufacturer, has developed a super-thin solid-state electrolyte. The electrolyte was first reported at the University of Maryland Energy Innovation Institute in 2016, which was made by tape casting, a conventional ceramic-manufacturing technique, followed by sintering at high temperature.
Full profile interview
4 Sep 2025

Parker LORD (Materials for BESS)
Parker LORD offer several materials and products for thermal management for battery packs, which could apply to EV battery packs and BESS. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Show Europe 2025.
Full profile interview
4 Sep 2025

Optinvent
Optinvent has developed an injection molded plastic reflective waveguide. The latest waveguide product will be demoed in an AR device at SPIE in January 2026.
Full profile interview
4 Sep 2025

Ensurge Micropower ASA
Ensurge Micropower ASA, formerly known as Thin Film Electronics ASA, is a Norway-based company specializing in the development and production of ultrathin, flexible, and safe solid-state lithium microbatteries (SSLBs).
4 Sep 2025

New IDTechEx Market Report: Graphene & 2D Materials 2026-2036
This report offers a detailed independent analysis of the technological and commercial progress of graphene and other 2D materials. Coverage across 18 application areas including segmented market forecasts from 2026 to 2036. IDTechEx has over a decade of experience covering the graphene industry, predicting growth to a market value of US$2.7 billion by 2036.
Background
4 Sep 2025

Kanadevia Corporation
Hitachi Zosen, now rebranded as Kanadevia, a Japanese industrial manufacturer, has been actively developing solid-state lithium-ion batteries for over a decade. Hitachi Zosen began its research into solid-state batteries in 2006, focusing on leveraging its expertise in powder compression technologies. Initially, the company developed a low-cost method to create pellet-type cells.
Background
4 Sep 2025

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL)
CATL works on solid-state batteries and it is based on a sulphide system.
Background
4 Sep 2025

Fraunhofer
Fraunhofer's work on solid-state batteries spans multiple institutes.
Background
4 Sep 2025

FDK Corporation
FDK has a long history in battery innovation, starting with the production of carbon-zinc batteries in 1950. Over the years, it has expanded its expertise to include advanced battery technologies such as nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) and lithium-ion batteries. The company began focusing on solid-state batteries as a next-generation energy storage solution to address safety, energy density, and durability challenges inherent in conventional lithium-ion batteries.
Background
4 Sep 2025

CEA-Leti
CEA-Leti, a division of CEA Tech, has developed thin-film solid-state batteries using lithium phosphorus oxynitride (LiPON) as the electrolyte. This technology is part of its TINY platform, which focuses on integrated microbatteries for IoT and medical applications.
Background
4 Sep 2025

Excellatron Solid State LLC
Excellatron Solid State, LLC, a US-based technology company, introduced innovative and enabling energy storage technology. The batteries made possible by this proprietary technology can be used in many applications and processes where other batteries would be inadequate. Later, Excellatron focused on lithium air batteries and the work on solid-state batteries was carried on by Johnson Battery Technologies.
Update
4 Sep 2025

Fisker Inc.
Fisker, a Californian electric vehicle (EV) company, is working on commercialising a solid-state battery-powered version of its luxury car. The founder Henrik Fisker is extremely vocal about solid-state batteries, sharing a picture on LinkedIn where it can be inferred that LLZO is used as electrolyte; given the yellowish disks seen in the picture are semi-transparent, it could be that Fisker is using a composite electrolyte, where LLZO provides the bulk conductivity, and a polymer matrix smooths out any issues related to grain boundaries.