NEO Battery Materials Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Company has appointed Dr. Byeong-Su Kim to the Scientific Advisory Board. His research and expertise are with polymer materials with an emphasis on lithium-ion battery binder technologies, synthesis of functional polyethers and polymeric therapeutics, and smart hybrid nanomaterials. Dr. Kim retains a total of 162 publications with over a total of 10,000 citations [...]
NEO Battery Materials Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Company has received a Notice of Allowance from the Korean Intellectual Property Office regarding a core patent of NEO's silicon anode material technology since the application made in November 2020. The KIPO has determined that the core patent should be registered and will shortly issue the requested patent upon the completion of the necessary documentation. In [...]
NEO Battery Materials Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Company has signed a letter of intent to form a research consortium with the University of Toronto and an undisclosed global OEM for the development and scale-up of lithium-ion battery material technologies for Canada's emerging battery electric vehicle industry. As a part of this LOI, a joint NSERC Alliance Grant Proposal will be developed as a foundation [...]
NEO Battery Materials Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Company has appointed Dr. Dongmok Whang to the Scientific Advisory Board. His research expertise lies in the field of fabrication and manufacturing of low-dimensional nanomaterials, especially graphene, semiconductor nanowires, and porous nanostructures for applications in electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells, and various energy storage solutions [...]
NEO Battery Materials Ltd. is pleased to announce the Company has successfully completed the Silicon Anode Production Capacity Upscaling Project over the past three months. From the initial production rate of several grams per hour for manufacturing silicon anode materials at the lab-scale, NEO's engineering team has accomplished to expand the rate to a level of several kilograms per hour. This is a result of improving [...]
NEO Battery Materials Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Company has appointed Dr. Mohini Sain and Dr. Ning Yan of the University of Toronto to the Scientific Advisory Board. About Dr. Mohini Sain Dr. Mohini Sain is an expert in the field of bionanotechnology, low carbon functional materials and next-generation low carbon transportation. Dr. Sain's reputation for research and development excellence in the automotive [...]
NEO Battery Materials Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Company has successfully completed the conceptual design of its semi-commercial plant facility and is now entering the initial EPC stage for the construction of the facility in South Korea. Mr. Spencer Huh, President and CEO of NEO, commented, "We are extremely pleased to announce that the conceptual design of the semi-commercial plant has been completed over the [...]
NEO Battery Materials Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Company has secured material transfer agreements with working parties for the purpose of upscaled evaluations of NEO's silicon anode active materials applied towards high-power lithium-ion batteries and efficient electrode manufacturing processes. The MTA constitutes the transfer of materials between the parties and provides stringent clauses for the protection of [...]
NEO Battery Materials Ltd. is pleased to provide the following updates on its initial process of incorporating its South Korean subsidiary, NEO Battery Materials Korea. NEO Battery Materials Korea NEO is currently under the process of establishing its South Korean subsidiary, incorporating under the name of NEO Battery Materials Korea . The subsidiary will allow for a wider and aggressive marketability of NEO's [...]
NEO Battery Materials Ltd. is pleased to announce that the third-party engineering consulting firm has completed its due diligence for the selected semi-commercial facility in South Korea. The Company will receive the comprehensive report in the next week to finalize the decision regarding the site. Mr. Spencer Huh, President and CEO of NEO, commented, "As we have successfully completed the due diligence with the [...]
NEO Battery Materials Ltd. is pleased to announce that NEO's metallurgical-grade silicon microparticle anode materials have achieved exceptional stability and breakthrough cycling performance with an all-solid-state electrolyte compared to the cells of conventional liquid electrolytes. NEO's low-cost, metallurgical-grade silicon particles of micron-size were able to sustain its original specific capacity of 3000 mAh/g [...]
NEO Battery Materials Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has received Depository Trust Company eligibility on the common shares of the Company with CUSIP 60908A100. DTC eligibility will enable an accelerated settlement process and NEO's shares to be economically transferred between brokerage accounts electronically within the United States. Mr. Spencer Huh, President and CEO of NEO, commented, "Along with listing to the [...]