Energy storage battery separator manufacturer

What is Entek's new giga-scale lithium-ion battery separator operation?

The new giga-scale lithium-ion battery separator operations will leverage ENTEK’s pioneering sustainable, state-of-the-art solvent extraction and recovery systems and processing techniques, and the company will work to utilize available renewable energy with a focus on a reduced carbon footprint.

Who is Entek battery separators?

ENTEK aims to become the United States’ first end-to-end, domestic supplier of “wet process” battery separators for the North American lithium-ion EV battery market.

Is Entek a 'wet-process' battery separator?

She... TERRE HAUTE, IN (July 9, 2024) – ENTEK, the only U.S.-owned and U.S.-based producer of ‘wet-process’ lithium-ion battery separator materials, announced today that it has received a conditional commitment of up to $1.2 billion for a direct loan to ENTEK Lithium...

What is a battery separator?

A battery separator is a membrane sandwiched between the anode and cathode of a battery. The principal functions of the battery separator are to prevent electronic conduction (i.e., shorts or direct contact) between the anode and cathode while permitting ionic conduction via the electrolyte.

What are the best battery separators?

With additional benefits including compression resistance, z-direction strength, and low tortuosity, Celgard® Trilayer base films are one of the safest and most durable battery separator solutions for high power performance cells. Celgard® Trilayer PP/PE/PP base films are available in thicknesses ranging from 10 to 38 microns.

Will Entek finance a lithium-ion battery separator facility in Indiana?

In July, the agency’s Loan Programs Office announced a conditional commitment of up to $1.2 billion for a direct loan to battery separator, extruder, and engineering services company ENTEK to finance a lithium-ion battery separator facility in Indiana.