en.Wedoany.com Reported - UK sulfur battery company Gelion PLC announced a three-year collaboration with Nissan and the University of Oxford to develop next-generation solid-state electric vehicle batteries. Following the announcement, the company's shares rose 16% to 20.52 pence.

The project, named CoRe-SoLiS, is valued at a total of £3.4 million and has received a joint grant of £2.4 million from Innovate UK, funded through its Battery Innovation Concept Development First Round Competition. Of this amount, £1.6 million is directly awarded to Gelion's UK subsidiary.

The project focuses on integrating Gelion's Nano-Encapsulated Sulfur cathode technology into solid-state batteries, replacing nickel and cobalt with sulfur. The company states that sulfur is an abundant material not subject to supply chain constraints.

Solid-state batteries replace the liquid electrolyte in traditional lithium-ion batteries with a solid electrolyte, offering potential advantages in safety, energy density, and durability.

Gelion says its NES technology overcomes the historical limitations of sulfur-based batteries, such as short cycle life and low power output, which have previously hindered commercial applications.

The University of Oxford will provide advanced anode materials and cell-level expertise for the project. Nissan Technical Centre Europe will contribute solid-state battery development capabilities aligned with its automotive performance and safety requirements.

This collaboration aligns with Nissan's EV36Zero initiative centered around its Sunderland manufacturing hub. Gelion stated that the project's results will inform future scale-up and commercialization efforts.

CEO John Wood said the project combines two major opportunities to push battery performance limits: solid-state architecture and sulfur cathode materials.

Gelion also maintains research partnerships with Japan's TDK, QinetiQ, the German Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, and Nissan Technical Centre Europe.

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