Motor / Mobility

Pouch cell tab leads must provide a hermetically sealed electrical feedthrough between the cell interior (organic electrolyte) and external circuit, while withstanding the cell assembly heat-seal process and long-term exposure to electrolyte. Improper tab lead design causes electrolyte leakage, cell degradation, and fire risk. Standard off-the-shelf tab leads do not accommodate the wide variety of cell capacities, form factors, and current ratings required by custom pouch cell projects.

Conventional lithium recovery from brine requires large solar evaporation ponds (months to years, weather-dependent, high water loss) or solvent extraction with chemical-intensive processes. This adsorbent enables selective lithium capture in a compact DLE process with no added chemicals for elution.

Traditional data center cooling (air conditioning) becomes insufficient for high-density AI GPU racks (>40 kW/rack). Operators need a complete liquid cooling infrastructure — not just cold plates — including heat rejection, pumping, water treatment, and commissioning. Most lack in-house liquid cooling engineering expertise.

The complexity and yield risk of managing separate vendors for TGV drilling, seed layer deposition, copper plating, and finishing in glass core substrate production for AI advanced packaging.

The difficulty of forming high-quality, crack-free TGV micro-vias in glass substrates for advanced semiconductor packaging, particularly the trade-off between positional accuracy, via profile control, and substrate damage.

Eliminates supply-chain and price volatility risk from rare-earth elements (Nd, Dy, Tb) by creating a permanent magnet from iron and nitrogen, the most abundant elements, while targeting magnetic performance comparable to NdFeB magnets.

Enables compact, complex-shaped permanent magnets with tailored multi-pole magnetization patterns (radial, pole-anisotropic, convergent) for high-precision sensors and miniaturized motors, while offering rare-earth-free material options.

Conventional Haber-Bosch economics favor very large centralized plants; lower T/P synthesis reduces vessel and compressor requirements so ammonia can be made onsite at hundreds to tens of thousands of tonnes per year where H2 and N2 (or power for their production) are available.

Industrial and fertilizer users face shrinking domestic ammonia capacity and volatile import prices; onsite modules produce only the needed volume where hydrogen/nitrogen utilities exist, cutting dedicated transport and storage infrastructure.

Users need a stable reducing/protective atmosphere without bulk hydrogen logistics; cracking liquid or vapor NH3 onsite yields a controllable H2-rich mixed gas with low residual ammonia and low dew point after drying.

Overseas buyers of precision CFRP components — especially for semiconductor equipment, wind energy, and medical devices — typically must coordinate separately with a resin formulator, a design house, a molder, and a machinist. This fragmented supply chain multiplies qualification cost, lead time, and IP exposure risk.

Standard prepreg systems from major suppliers (Toray, Hexcel) are optimized for aerospace structural properties but do not address application-specific constraints like flame/smoke/toxicity for public transit, chemical resistance for semiconductor wet processes, or fast-cure cycles for high-volume consumer-electronics production. Customers requiring specialty resin properties must either develop them in-house or work with multiple suppliers.

Conventional amine solution scrubbing requires high energy for regeneration, equipment corrosion management, and pre-drying of gas streams. This solid absorbent operates efficiently under high relative humidity without pre-drying, and its weaker CO2 bond enables desorption at lower temperature, reducing total capture energy and cost.

Enables small-scale, decentralized CO2 capture from point sources without the capital and footprint of large amine scrubbing towers. Suitable for demonstration, R&D, and small industrial, commercial, or agricultural sites needing on-site CO2 recovery.

Enables long-term (>40,000h) SOFC/SOEC stack operation by preventing Cr-poisoning of cathode and limiting contact resistance increase from oxidation on metal interconnectors at high operating temperature.

Metal springs relax and creep at SOFC/SOEC operating temperatures above 600°C, causing loss of stack compression, increased contact resistance, and gas leakage. Ceramic springs maintain elastic force at up to 1000°C in both air and hydrogen atmospheres.

Provides compact, on-site hydrogen generation without alkaline electrolyte handling, enabling direct coupling with renewable power sources for green hydrogen production at laboratory, industrial, or mobility scales.

Enables precision etching of thick (1.0 mm+) stainless steel fuel-cell alloys to form gas distribution channels and flow fields for SOFC/SOEC stacks, maintaining surface flatness critical for stack sealing while allowing custom flow-path geometries.

Conventional rolled copper foil for Li-ion battery anodes is limited to ~8µm minimum thickness before handling becomes impractical (tearing, wrinkling). Thinner foil could reduce battery weight and material cost, but thin copper alone is too fragile. Teikoku Ion's composite approach uses a polymer film substrate for mechanical strength while plating ultra-thin copper layers for conductivity, breaking the thickness barrier.

Conventional Li-ion battery cathode manufacturing uses PVDF binder dissolved in NMP (N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone), a toxic, flammable organic solvent requiring expensive solvent recovery systems and posing worker safety and environmental risks. PowerBinder enables water-based cathode slurry processing, eliminating NMP entirely.

Perovskite solar module manufacturing requires P1/P2/P3 patterning of transparent electrode, charge transport, and perovskite layers with micron precision across large areas. Substrate thermal expansion and layer shrinkage during processing cause misalignment, reducing active area. NITTOKU KYOTO's patented (JP5329505) stretch-compensation and contour-following technology enables <20µm dead-zone patterning, maximizing module efficiency in roll-to-roll production.

Enables solar power generation on curved, lightweight or portable surfaces where traditional silicon panels are too heavy or inflexible.

High-density, low-loss vertical interconnects in glass interposers for integrating optics close to ASICs in CPO, addressing bandwidth, power, and thermal density in AI servers.

Conventional TSV or organic substrates suffer from higher parasitic capacitance, thermal mismatch, or outgassing in miniaturized RF/MEMS and 3D packaged devices for AI edge or sensor modules.

Wafer-scale TGV limits panel-level manufacturing economics and throughput for high-volume advanced packaging in AI servers or high-density interconnects; organic cores lack the flatness and low-loss benefits of glass.

EV battery terminals require intricate non-axisymmetric shapes with zero burrs, high precision, and durability under thermal/vibration stress, which traditional machining or simple stamping cannot achieve cost-effectively at volume.

Conventional interconnects suffer from oxidation, Cr evaporation, and poor thermal cycling performance in high-temperature electrolysis/fuel cell environments, raising reliability and cost barriers for SOEC deployment.

Need for low-carbon alternatives to standard precast retaining walls and barriers in projects with sustainability or net-zero targets, especially in disaster-prone or rural settings.

Manufacturers of sensors, stepping motors, and magnetic couplings face volatile pricing and supply risk for rare-earth magnets (NdFeB, SmCo). Ferrite magnets offer low cost but also low magnetic performance. Alnico magnets avoid rare earths but are expensive (high Ni and Co content) and cannot be rolled into thin shapes. Fe-Cr-Co magnets fill the gap: zero rare earths, zero nickel, higher Br than ferrite, and rollable into sheet as thin as ~0.5 mm.

Global dependence on China-sourced rare earths (Nd, Dy, Tb) for permanent magnets creates supply-chain risk, price volatility, and geopolitical vulnerability for EV, wind turbine, and industrial motor manufacturers. MAGesty reduces or eliminates rare-earth content while remaining compatible with existing bonded-magnet production lines.

Need for lightweight, high-strength, corrosion-resistant structural or functional components in harsh chemical or mechanical environments where metals fail due to weight or corrosion.

High embodied carbon in conventional precast concrete for infrastructure and urban projects; need for drop-in low-carbon alternatives using local industrial byproducts without major process changes.

Embodied carbon from cement in public infrastructure secondary products; requirement for verifiable low-carbon alternatives compatible with existing construction practices and government green procurement.

Large footprint, high infrastructure needs, and centralized nature of conventional DAC plants limit deployment in urban, small-scale, or on-site CO2 supply scenarios.

High-temperature operation and Cr-poisoning/oxidation degradation in conventional SOEC stacks limit durability and increase system costs for decentralized or modular hydrogen production.

Traditional portable storage suffers from long charge times, short lifespan, high self-discharge, and failure in extreme temperatures, making them unreliable for emergency or continuous industrial use.

High capital and energy intensity of conventional large-scale centralized ammonia plants; high logistics costs and boil-off for transporting ammonia or hydrogen over long distances; barriers to using renewables for ammonia production at smaller scales or remote sites.

Metal trays/fixtures deform, oxidize or require frequent replacement under extreme heat and cycling; heavy weight increases energy use and handling costs.

Need for lightweight, high-strength, corrosion-resistant structural or containment components that metal or standard plastics cannot satisfy under weight, strength or chemical constraints.

Need for lightweight, high-strength, corrosion-resistant tubular components in small batches where filament winding equipment is oversized or inflexible.

Requirement for maintenance-free sliding parts in high-temperature, lubricant-free, or chemically aggressive environments where metal or standard plastics fail.

Need for cost-effective, circular-economy CFRTP materials that maintain performance while incorporating recycled content for automotive and industrial lightweighting.

High material cost and supply constraints of silver paste in electrode formation for solar cells and battery-related electronics.

Developers require precise, independent measurement of SOEC efficiency under non-standard gas compositions or with tracer methods to validate reaction mechanisms and durability before scaling.

Developers of modular or decentralized e-methane / green hydrogen systems need small-to-medium scale SOEC stacks that operate at lower temperatures with reduced Cr poisoning and custom form factors without relying on major stack suppliers.

High capital cost and logistics barriers of centralized large-scale ammonia plants prevent local production in resource-limited or remote regions; long supply chains increase fertilizer and energy-carrier costs.

Producing complex busbar assemblies that combine high electrical conductivity with structural lightweighting and thermal management in space-constrained EV or industrial power modules.

Manual layup of UD tape for complex fiber architectures is slow, inconsistent and costly for low-to-medium volume production of high-performance thermoplastic composites.

High energy cost and large footprint of conventional liquid-amine or solid-sorbent DAC systems limit deployment scale for industrial CO2 utilization or storage.

Hard-to-abate sectors need carbon-neutral gaseous fuels compatible with existing natural gas infrastructure without full electrification.

Centralized hydrogen production and long-distance transport create high costs, losses, and supply vulnerabilities for regional decarbonization.

Addresses need for higher-efficiency solar modules at scale by combining perovskite top cell with silicon bottom cell in large-area formats while improving durability for commercial deployment.