Circular materials technology company Umicore and clean technology company Nano One Materials have signed a nonexclusive joint development agreement (JDA) on production process technologies for cathode active materials (CAM) for lithium-ion batteries.

Umicore will evaluate Nano One’s patented M2CAM One-Pot process technology with the intention of integrating it with Umicore’s proprietary process technology for the production of high-nickel NMC (nickel, manganese, cobalt) CAM.

The companies report that their purpose in entering into the JDA is “to leverage their respective technologies and know-how to further increase the throughput rate while reducing the costs and environmental footprint of CAM production.”

Source: Umicore