“We are absolutely delighted to announce the launch of the world’s first commercial XNO Li-ion cell,” said Leclanché CEO Pierre Blanc. “XNO is set to displace the use of LTO within our product line and it will complement our current G/NMC offering as the go-to fast charging battery solution for heavy-duty applications.” – LTO is lithium titanate oxide, and G/NMC is graphite/lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide.
Named XN50, the company is estimating the cell’s life to be “more than 10,000 cycles when used in heavy-duty applications, with studies showing less than 3% capacity loss and less than 15% resistance growth after 1,000 2C/2C charge/discharge cycles at 45°C”.
It is also making energy and power density claims, for which Electronics Weekly has requested hard numbers, along with delivery lead times – so watch this space. At the time of writing there does not appear to be any specification on Leclanché’s website.
Established in 1909, Leclanché is still based in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, and has production facilities in Germany. It has 350 people in eight countries.
Echion is headquartered in Cambridge, UK.
