Ep5: Ensurge - The Scalable Solid-state Microbattery

It's exciting.

Yeah, maybe making things battery powered that haven't been before.

This is the first time you've had a company like Ensurge on the podcast and even previously in my previous show.

So really interested to hear about the application areas, what technology this is unlocking.

I have an episode coming out tomorrow, which is about how we power data centers.

So we're talking the bigger batteries and the huge demands that is needed to power these data centers and AI factories.

Here we are on the other side of things in terms of integrating AI into the product.

Yeah, let's get into that.

In simple terms, explain to us what NSERC is, the type of battery, what it powers and why it matters.

Yeah, so NSERJ is working on developing an ultra-thin, high-energy, solid-state micro-battery.

It's a mouthful, but I'm going to walk you through what it is.

We're working on a next generation of the batteries that will be enabled by transitioning to the solid-state battery because we can also let the use of lithium metal And as a result of it, improved energy density to above 800 or 1,000 whatever per liter.

We're also making the batteries much safer just because we're operating with a solid-state battery.

So that liquid electrolyte component will be eliminated from the system.

The flammable component is gone.

The leakage problems will be eliminated.

And the micro batteries are going to be the batteries that you can literally, I wish I had a sample, you can hold at the tip of your finger.

So we are working on enabling that next generation of the wearable and connected devices.

Why? Because one, they are all looking into a very compact footprint.

So we are just putting much more energy in a much smaller volume.

And the fact that during integration, they do not have a potential of what we have in EVs of the end place and the covers, the pack design, the module design to contain the cell into that packaging.

and they have to have a much safer system so the integration will be much more simplified and they don't eat through the volume and spaces that they have.

So that is what we're working on, just enabling those devices by transitioning into much higher energy density and improve safety in the battery technology itself.

And you come from a background of more EV and EV batteries, so obviously a refreshing environment, different application areas.