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From the popularization of new energy vehicles and drones to the rise of industries such as embodied intelligence and eVTOL, as the core component providing energy and power, battery technology breakthroughs have always been the focus of industry attention.

Due to frequent safety accidents and the peak of energy density of liquid batteries, solid-state batteries are considered the core technological direction for the next generation of power batteries. In its 2026 work plan, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China has clearly identified all-solid-state batteries as the core task for enhancing the independent and controllable capabilities of the industrial chain.

Data from Aiqicha shows that as of the end of 2025, there were 14,400 patents related to solid-state batteries in China. Issues such as the solid-solid interface and mass production costs are common challenges faced by different solid-state battery technologies in the industrialization process.

In response to industry challenges, "Angaote Battery" proposed a unique technological solution - using semiconductor thinking to develop all-solid-state batteries. It has developed high-entropy composite solid-state batteries with an energy density exceeding 700 Wh/kg, with the ultimate goal of achieving wafer all-solid-state batteries with an energy density exceeding 1000 Wh/kg.

Why was Angaote Battery, founded at the end of 2022, able to achieve such technological breakthroughs?

Wu Zhuzhi, the CEO of Angaote Battery, told us that the company's R & D team has long been engaged in the research and development of special batteries with high safety and energy density, which is also the origin of the company's name "Angaote Battery" (meaning "Safe, High-energy, Special Battery"). The core scientific team consists of high-level overseas returnees from well-known universities such as Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, and Carnegie Mellon. They have previously worked at well-known institutions such as Intel, Samsung, Huawei, Tsinghua University, Beihang University, and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and have long been engaged in cutting - edge technology research in semiconductors, microelectronics, supramolecules, two-dimensional devices, and material genomics.

This interdisciplinary research perspective allows the Angaote Battery team to break out of the traditional battery R & D framework, return to the underlying physical principles, and design a new form of solid-state battery.

Recently, Angaote Battery announced that it has completed its Series A financing, invested by funds such as Hanhai Xingyun and Huixin Equity. The funds will be mainly used for mass production and delivery operations and fixed asset investment. Driven by orders and supported by multiple parties, Angaote Battery will focus on breaking through the production capacity bottleneck and achieve a leap - forward growth in revenue in 2026.

1. Innovation in battery architecture, material system, and research paradigm

The power battery industry has long faced the "impossible triangle" of safety, energy density, and cost. Although traditional liquid batteries have low costs, their energy density is difficult to exceed 350 Wh/kg, and due to the flammable electrolyte, there is a risk of thermal runaway.

Currently, the mainstream solid-state batteries focus on the innovation of solid electrolyte materials in their technological routes. The positive and negative electrodes basically follow the active material system and powder electrode structure of liquid batteries. There are many defects inside the electrodes, the solid-solid interface contact is poor, and the active material particles will expand and contract during the charging and discharging process, destroying the interface with the solid electrolyte and causing cracks, leading to the attenuation of battery performance.

Wu Zhuzhi introduced that from an engineering practice perspective, solid-state batteries generally require a small amount of electrolyte to fill pores and interfaces, and external pressure is needed to maintain micro - interface contact. Therefore, they appear in a semi - solid or quasi - solid form. Although their performance indicators and safety levels are improved compared to liquid batteries, the degree of improvement is limited.

"So we start from the first - principles and rethink what the physical mechanism and transmission principle of solid-state batteries should be." The Angaote Battery team proposed to draw on the idea of wafer semiconductors, design the positive and negative electrodes of the battery in a wafer form, and design a completely dense device structure to ensure the continuity of carrier transmission. The electrolyte is in the form of a thin film made by atomic deposition (PVD/CVD) vacuum coating technology.

In other words, through the all - solid architecture of "wafer electrode + thin - film electrolyte", the solid-state battery of Angaote Battery enables lithium ions to be transmitted in a continuous, pore - free solid, fundamentally solving the problems of poor powder interface contact and interface damage during cycling.

"After more than a decade of exploration and technological accumulation, we have gradually formed a relatively clear technological route in this direction. There are also related studies in the academic circles of the United States and Japan, but so far, no one has clearly proposed the concept of wafer solid-state batteries." Wu Zhuzhi introduced. "Of course, while avoiding the problems of traditional technological routes, wafer solid-state batteries also face challenges in key materials and process technologies. For example, efficient solid - phase ion transmission and lattice distortion control in wafer electrodes."

To achieve the wafer battery architecture, Angaote Battery has achieved three original technological breakthroughs at the material level:

Firstly, high - entropy electrode materials. Drawing on the successful experience of high - entropy alloys, the idea of high - entropy design for electrode materials is introduced. Through multi - element combination, the lattice stability and electrochemical activity of electrode materials are synergistically improved. While achieving high ionic conductivity, the problems of lattice distortion and volume expansion of electrode materials during the lithium ion de - intercalation process are solved, and the structural stability of wafer electrodes during charging and discharging is improved, ensuring that the positive electrode does not release oxygen and the negative electrode does not deposit lithium, supporting the realization of safe and high - energy solid-state batteries.

Secondly, ion - superconducting materials. Since the thickness of the wafer electrode affects the ion transmission speed, Angaote Battery has developed a new solid - state ion - conducting material with an ionic conductivity as high as 350 mS/cm (millisiemens per centimeter), far higher than the current mainstream solid electrolytes, and even 1 - 2 orders of magnitude higher than the comprehensive conduction efficiency of traditional liquid electrolytes with separators. This can support the manufacture of thick electrodes and further increase the battery energy. In addition, this material can still operate normally in an ultra - low - temperature environment of minus 60 degrees Celsius.

Thirdly, supramolecular interface materials. This material is like a special "molecular - level glue", enabling molecular - level tight bonding between wafer electrodes, forming a complete and continuous solid - solid interface and ion transmission channel, and having self - adaptive and self - repair functions.

The R & D of new materials often requires a lot of time for trial - and - error. Therefore, more than a decade ago, the Angaote Battery team introduced a new research paradigm of material genomics engineering. Through high - throughput combinatorial preparation technology (such as combinatorial sputtering), thousands of samples with different compositions are generated at once on a "material chip". Then, combined with automated characterization and AI big - data analysis, the optimal material formula is quickly screened out, thus changing the inefficient "one - by - one trial - and - error" mode of traditional material R & D and greatly improving the R & D efficiency.

Based on a series of innovations in wafer architecture, high - entropy electrodes, ion - superconducting materials, and material research paradigms, the solid-state battery technology of Angaote Battery challenges, to a certain extent, the "impossible triangle" that has long troubled the development of power batteries.

In terms of safety, multiple high - entropy solid-state battery products developed by the team have passed safety tests such as needle penetration, gunfire, hot - box, and over - charging. The latest generation of special battery samples developed by the team have achieved an energy density of over 800 Wh/kg under laboratory conditions.

In terms of cost, by improving the material formula and core process and cooperating with existing liquid battery production lines, Angaote Battery's investment cost in fixed assets is lower than that of most solid - state and semi - solid battery manufacturers. Currently, the first - generation high - entropy composite solid-state battery products use an in - situ solidification process, with a solidification degree reaching up to 99%, which can meet the requirements of needle - penetration safety tests. The production line yield rate reaches up to 94%, comparable to that of liquid batteries, which can further reduce the actual production cost.

2. The industrialization and commercialization advancement of scientist - led entrepreneurship

However, having top - notch technology does not equal business success. As a typical "scientist - led entrepreneurship" company, Angaote Battery shared with us the three "inevitable" stages of the team from technological breakthrough to industrialization and then to commercialization.

The first stage is "technology - thinking - dominated", which Angaote Battery is most proficient in. That is, through original technological breakthroughs, high - performance, safe, and high - energy special batteries are developed in the laboratory, and application verification work is carried out through various channels.

After entering the industrialization stage, the team found that the ideal process conditions in the laboratory could not be achieved on the production line. They had to shift to "industrialization - thinking - dominated", readjust the product design, improve the material formula, and adapt to the actual process on the production line to meet the requirements of actual production rate, yield rate, and safety performance.

"Making good products is not enough; someone has to buy them. We had a lesson before. Because the size information of customer requirements we received was inaccurate, the products we made couldn't be used by customers, and we couldn't ask customers to change their product designs. Later, we required R & D backbones to go to the market and communicate face - to - face with customers to jointly define products." Wu Zhuzhi summarized this stage as "market - thinking - dominated".

He said, "In the past year, our chief technology expert has been on the front line of business with R & D personnel. The company internally learned from Huawei and formed 'iron triangles' of 'technology manager - product manager - customer manager'. We redesigned products with customer needs as the origin to ensure accurate matching with market demand. After strict testing and evaluation, the products have finally been recognized by customers, and the order volume has started to climb steadily since the end of last year."

Currently, Angaote Battery has reached a cooperation agreement with a two - wheeled vehicle battery - swapping enterprise. The first batch of 3,100 sets has been put into production and started delivery. The procurement scale is expected to reach hundreds of thousands of sets in the next three years. The special battery products for unmanned equipment developed for a central enterprise have been sent for samples, and the total order volume is expected to be about hundreds of thousands of sets.

In addition, a 1.5 GWh high - safety energy - storage battery order from a country along the "Belt and Road" is about to be finalized. Angaote Battery is discussing cooperation with several leading enterprises in the battery industry, providing them with key material and process solutions, and is in negotiation for on - vehicle testing cooperation with several passenger car manufacturers.

Wu Zhuzhi is quite optimistic about the development of Angaote Battery in 2026, expecting the total value of various orders to exceed one billion yuan. "The technology and products have been verified by the market. Once the delivery capacity is improved, the revenue can achieve a leap - forward growth. So the next goal is to go all out to sign orders and make deliveries."

To solve the contradiction between order demand and limited production capacity, Angaote Battery has formulated a production capacity expansion strategy of "cooperate for the first generation, co - build for the second generation". Currently, it has cooperated with several production lines in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, etc., and realized product manufacturing and delivery through contract manufacturing or production line contracting.

Specifically, the first - generation high - entropy composite solid-state battery uses an in - situ solidification process and cooperates with existing liquid battery production lines to achieve rapid product delivery. The second - generation dry - process laminated solid-state battery uses a roll - forming process. It has built a benchmark pilot production line and co - builds production capacity with local governments or industrial partners to realize the manufacturing and delivery of dry - process battery products, further improving battery energy density and reducing costs.

In August 2025, the pilot production line for the second - generation solid-state battery of Angaote Battery held a groundbreaking ceremony in Tonglu, Zhejiang. Based on the second - generation battery, Angaote Battery is developing an engineering prototype of the third - generation wafer solid-state battery and is cooperating with semiconductor equipment enterprises to develop special equipment for wafer batteries. The core is to break through the large - scale manufacturing of large - size wafer electrodes.

Currently, the R & D teams for the third - generation technology are advancing in parallel, aiming to ensure continuous leadership in technological gap while breaking through the production capacity constraint at a faster speed and transforming technological leadership into commercial advantages.

"Mastering core technologies, integrating industry resources, and embracing future development are the three experiences we have summarized." Wu Zhuzhi said. To give full play to its technological and product advantages, Angaote Battery prefers to cooperate with customers who have high requirements for battery safety and quality, small - scale orders, and a relatively high price acceptance in the early stage. "In the future, we also hope to expand the cooperation scope to emerging scenarios such as embodied intelligence and low - altitude economy, which have a strong demand for high - safety and high - energy batteries."

The vision of the Angaote Battery team is not just to become a battery manufacturer. Instead, with the innovative spirit of "first - principles", it aims to develop a new generation of low - power integrated devices with "computation - energy integration" to solve the ultimate problem of energy consumption bottlenecks caused by the surge in future computing power demand.

"The new direction we are exploring is to reduce the power consumption of supercomputers to the level of the human brain, from the current 20 megawatts to 20 watts of the human brain." Wu Zhuzhi said.