Nexeon, empresa brit\u00e1nica dedicada al desarrollo de materiales an\u00f3dicos a base de silicio para bater\u00edas de iones de litio, ha anunciado la ubicaci\u00f3n de su primera planta de producci\u00f3n comercial en la ciudad industrial surcoreana de Gunsan.<\/p>\n
Se espera que la construcci\u00f3n comience este a\u00f1o y que la producci\u00f3n se inicie en 2025. Se espera que la planta suministre \"decenas de miles de toneladas\" de material de \u00e1nodos de silicio al a\u00f1o, pero la empresa a\u00fan no ha revelado su capacidad de producci\u00f3n prevista.<\/p>\n
La planta de Nexeon estar\u00e1 situada en Gunsan, justo al lado de un emplazamiento propiedad de la empresa qu\u00edmica surcoreana OCI, con la que Nexeon tiene un acuerdo vinculante de suministro a largo plazo del monosilano necesario para producir sus materiales de \u00e1nodos de silicio. OCI suministrar\u00e1 la materia prima cr\u00edtica a la nueva l\u00ednea de producci\u00f3n de Nexeon a trav\u00e9s de \"tuber\u00edas directas y dedicadas entre las instalaciones\".<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nexeon, empresa brit\u00e1nica dedicada al desarrollo de materiales de \u00e1nodo a base de silicio para bater\u00edas de iones de litio, ha anunciado la ubicaci\u00f3n de su primera planta de producci\u00f3n comercial en la ciudad industrial de Corea del Sur<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":204677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9933],"tags":[10230,17303,3049,28659,14617,10221,2158],"class_list":["post-204653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-infrastructure","tag-batteries","tag-gunsan","tag-nexeon","tag-oci","tag-silicon","tag-south-korea","tag-uk"],"acf":{"inhalt_teil2":"
Nexeon and OCI have not disclosed the amounts in the supply agreement but have noted that Nexeon expects enormous cost advantages from the immediate vicinity. One such advantage is that the two companies are using a byproduct gas that is generated in the production of polysilicon for semiconductors at the Gunsan plant. This should enable both companies to avoid “complex and expensive logistics operations and equipment for the transport of gas chemicals.”<\/p>\n
Another deal recently undertaken in Germany similarly illustrates how important monosilane is for the production of silicon<\/a>-containing anodes: To secure its supply of the gas, Nexeon competitor Group14 recently acquired German company Schmid Silicon and its plant in the German state of Saxony.<\/p>\n Nexeon just announced Panasonic<\/a> as its first prominent buyer a few days ago. The anode material from Nexeon will be used in the lithium-ion batteries that Panasonic will produce in its new plant in De Soto<\/a> in the US state of Kansas from 2025 onwards.<\/p>\n “The collaboration with OCI is a significant milestone that will help rapidly scale our operations,” said Scott Brown, CEO of Nexeon. “Between securing a strong supply chain of raw material and our supply agreement with Panasonic,we are one step closer to delivering the best performing and cost-efficient silicon anode materials \u2013 a vital enabler of more energy-dense batteries.”<\/p>\n