PolyPlus, a startup based on technologies developed at The Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, owns the exclusive, worldwide rights to a novel class of electro-active polymers used in the development of a rechargeable battery that has superior performance at lower cost. Specifically, the company is engages in the development of Protected Lithium Electrodes (PLEs). The firm's products include lithium-sulfur batteries, protected lithium anodes, lithium-air, and aqueous-lithium batteries. Protected Lithium Electrodes safely harness high energy lithium electrode and are completely stable in air, water, aggressive solvents. This allows the pairing of previously incompatible chemistries (i.e. Li/aqueous) and enables Li-sulfur, Li-air, and Li seawater batteries. The company invented and patented the water-stable protected lithium electrode (PLE), has an extensive intellectual property portfolio on advanced Li-air, Li-water, and Li-sulfur batteries, has designed and built the 1st pilot line to produce PLEs, and is coordinating the Corning and JCI efforts.
