Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. is an American company specializing in the development and manufacturing of
energy storage
Energy storage is the capture of energy produced at one time for use at a later time to reduce imbalances between energy demand and energy production.
A device that stores energy is generally called an accumulator or battery.
Energy comes in ...
systems for efficient power and
energy management. Altair Nantechnologies designs advanced
lithium-ion energy systems and batteries.
Battery technology
Altairnano's best-known product are their
lithium-ion batteries
A lithium-ion or Li-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery which uses the reversible reduction of lithium ions to store energy. It is the predominant battery type used in portable consumer electronics and electric vehicles. It also se ...
, produced by Altair's Power and Energy division. The batteries have an
anode made of a
lithium titanate oxide formed into a
spinel
Spinel () is the magnesium/aluminium member of the larger spinel group of minerals. It has the formula in the cubic crystal system. Its name comes from the Latin word , which means ''spine'' in reference to its pointed crystals.
Properties
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structure. The titanate replaces the graphite anodes of typical lithium ion batteries. The batteries are not the only batteries to use nanomaterials, but other batteries, like those from
A123 Systems generally replace the
cathode rather than the anode.
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External links
AltairNano
Battery manufacturers
Electric vehicle battery manufacturers