Cutting costs and carbon in EV batteries
Unlock cleaner, faster and more efficient battery production with Anaphite’s Dry Coating Precursor (DCP®) technology.
Our mission is to decarbonise battery production by accelerating the industry's shift to dry electrode coating. We help optimise the process, enabling better, more sustainable batteries at lower cost.
The Anaphite technology platform solves the dry material mixing and processing challenges to unlock the full potential of dry coating for battery manufacturers. We:
Design
We use our proprietary chemistry-based approach to produce composite powders designed for dry coating of battery electrodes. We call this the Dry Coating Precursor (DCP®). The structure of our DCP® powders is optimised for electrode film formation and electrochemical performance.
Formulate
DCP® powders contain active material, binder and conductive additives. Our technology platform enables greater flexibility in the bill-of-materials. This means we can formulate our DCP® powders to meet customer performance, cost and sustainability goals.
Manufacture
DCP® powders are manufactured using scalable, energy efficient and well-established chemical engineering approaches. Our DCP® powders are ready to be applied directly into the dry coating process.
So cell makers reduce the cost and energy consumption of battery manufacturing.
Driving progress together
Making dry coating work at scale
Global mass-production of EV batteries will consume energy equivalent to the UK’s entire electricity production, so the way electrodes are manufactured needs to change.
Compared to traditional wet coating methods, dry coating electrodes removes 30% of the energy required to make cells.
Dry coating cuts the huge capex and environmental costs of battery manufacture, creating cheaper cells with a smaller carbon footprint. But dry coating at industrial scales is yet to be adopted, because mixing complex, dry powders is incredibly hard.
Until now.
How we work
The Chemistry team sits at the heart of Anaphite’s business, gathering feedback from the Market, Scale-up Engineering and Cell & Electrodes teams, to design new DCP® products. The Chemistry Team performs small-scale chemistry work to develop and understand processes and materials and is involved from discovery to kilogram scale.
We rigorously test our DCP® composites in-house, validating their suitability for electrode manufacture and electrochemical performance in cells. It ensures our DCP® products enable high quality electrodes at scale, that meet (or exceed) our customers' expectations.
We have multiple setups for flexible, pilot scale manufacturing. Our equipment can handle multiple products and formulations, allowing us to rapidly scale-up new composites from the lab, from grams to kilos. We are preparing for GWh scale manufacture of our DCP® products.
Maximum gain, minimum trade-off
Rigorously tested, dry coated electrodes made with Anaphite’s DCP® enable:
Energy to produce
Up to
0%
less energy required
Production cost
Up to
0%
lower cell production cost
Cell factory footprint
Up to
0%
reduction in space required
Work with us
Looking for solutions for your dry coating challenges, or do you want to collaborate on world-changing battery R&D? We want to hear from you.
Get in touch
Team Anaphite
We’re scientists and engineers united by the belief that creative chemistry can accelerate the energy transition.
"Anaphite offers a chance to learn new battery industry processes and encourages using your ideas and expertise to grow your skills. I enjoy the spirit of collaboration we have here."
Nadeem Khan
Senior Process Development Engineer
"Working here is a new world where scientists can express themselves in a professional and respectful environment."
Dr Francesco Cuda
Principal Formulation Scientist
"I work collaboratively with our science teams to help with Anaphite’s R&D efforts. From customer projects to fundamental research, it's cool to see theory turned into real-world applications."
Saru Gurung
Junior Chemist
"I am a part of the electrodes team responsible for testing Anaphite’s DCP composites. Dry coating is an exciting field and Anaphite is a great gateway into the industry."
Sakshi Sachin Bhise
Battery Scientist
"Anaphite is fast-paced and the company is growing quickly. There are tons of fresh theories being discussed and Anaphite provides a great platform for you to explore ideas."
Juliusz Michalski
Battery Scientist
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Anthony Glover
Chairman
Joe Stevenson
CEO
Alex Hewitt
COO & Co-Founder
Sam Burrow
CTO & Co-Founder
Dr Jennifer Channell
Commercial and Partnerships Lead
Dr Alex Madsen
Head of Cells and Electrodes
Dr Gary Baker
Head of Manufacturing & Quality
Gabrielle Bugeja
HR Manager
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