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We partner with industry to de-risk development & discovery, accelerate innovation, optimise manufacturing, and deliver safe, high-performance batteries and energy storage solutions

Our expertise spans both the legacy chemistries that dominate today’s market and the emerging systems shaping the next frontier of energy storage.

• NMC (Nickel Manganese Cobalt)
• NMCA (Nickel Manganese Cobalt Aluminium)
• NCA (Nickel Cobalt Aluminium)
• LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate)
• LCO (Lithium Cobalt Oxide)
• LMO (Lithium Manganese Oxide)

• LMFP (Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate)
• LNMO (High-voltage spinel)
• LTO (Lithium Titanate)
• Silicon-dominant anodes including nano-Si, Si-C composites)
• Anode-free lithium metal cells
• Solid-state batteries (sulfide, oxide, polymer)
• Sodium-ion (Prussian Blue Analogues, hard carbon)
• Zinc-ion, Potassium ion & aqueous chemistries
• Flow batteries (vanadium, organic, iron)
• Lithium–Sulfur
• Advanced supercapacitor hybrids

These chemistries inform every phase of Lab C’s engineering—from materials synthesis and cell design to pack integration, safety modelling, and circular materials recovery.

Lab C enables battery manufacturers to innovate, design, validate, and scale best-in-class cells through materials engineering, cell design, electrochemical testing, battery intelligence, and manufacturing optimisation.

We:

• Develop CAM/AAM materials and electrode formulations, electrolytes, blends, coatings, dopants and binders, optimised for loading, thickness, porosity, and tortuosity.
• Engineer cylindrical, prismatic, and pouch cells for high energy density, long cycle life, fast-charge capability, safety, and extreme-temperature performance.
• Design efficient modules and packs with advanced thermal management and electrical architecture and structural integrity.
• Deploy full-stack battery analytics intelligence for lifetime prediction, degradation modelling, anomaly detection, safety diagnostics, real-time SOH tracking, and performance optimisation. to deliver smart batteries
• Enhance manufacturing yield, quality, throughput, and cost-per-kWh through process optimisation and factory engineering.

Lab C supports EV OEMs in designing and manufacturing high-performance battery systems that meet the demands of modern electric mobility.

We:

• Engineer complete EV battery packs across multiple chemistries, integrating mechanical, thermal, and electrical architectures with structural and crashworthiness modelling, high-energy-density optimisation, and fast-charging safety logic.
• Develop EV charging infrastructure, including on-board charging systems (OBC), high-power interfaces, V2X functionality, load-management optimisation, and standards-based interoperability.
• Rapidly prototype EV battery systems and establish custom pilot-scale manufacturing lines for fleet deployments and specialised vehicle platforms.

We design, test, and optimise stationary Battery Energy Storage Systems (2–4 h, 6–12 h, and 24+ h durations), with a focus on safety, reliability, and long-term performance.

Our capabilities include:

• Cell and chemistry selection tailored for stationary duty cycles.
• System-level optimisation for round-trip efficiency and reduced degradation.
• Thermal-runaway prevention, fire-suppression design, and enclosure engineering.
• Advanced diagnostics: SOH evaluation, degradation mapping under grid profiles, root-cause failure analysis, and thermal-runaway risk quantification.
• Comprehensive second-life battery repurposing and system modelling, including full lifecycle assessments and suitability reviews for repurposed EV batteries in grid-scale storage.

Lab C delivers next-generation recycling and circular-materials engineering to recover high-purity critical minerals and enable closed-loop battery manufacturing.

We:

• Design and optimise hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical recovery pathways to produce battery-grade materials with tight impurity control.
• Engineer safe and efficient recycling processes that manage thermal, mechanical, and chemical risks.
• Integrate advanced gas-treatment, leachate-management, and wastewater-treatment systems to minimise environmental impact and ensure regulatory compliance.