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The Next Frontier for EV Batteries: Nanoscale Coatings

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Several companies are applying chemical technique called atomic layer deposition ( ALD ) to coat battery electrodes with metal oxides or nitrides.

The technique was originally developed in the 1960s .

Forge Nano , Picosun , Beneq , and Beneq hope to gain a toehold in markets for EV and smartphone batteries dominated by such giants as CATL , Panasonic , and Samsung .

Forge Battery is building a 25,700 square meter gigafactory in North Carolina that it says will turn out 1 gigawatt-hour of its Atomic Armorenhanced lithium-ion cells and finished batteries when it becomes operational in 2026 . - Organic Thin-Film Transistors' New Gate Dielectric Opens Door to Future Electronics - Coming Soon to a Processor Near You: Atom-Thick Transistors.

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