Meta Materials Inc. announced it has signed a Master Service Agreement with Coulometrics, LLC battery assembly and testing services, and toll coating and battery contract manufacturing, to independently validate META's platform technologies related to battery applications. Metal-coated polymer current collectors produced by PLASMAfusionTM have been designed by META to isolate internal short circuits by using a proprietary thermal-isolation technology. In addition to having lower mass (up to 95% less copper or aluminum) and manufacturing costs, cells with metal-coated polymer current collectors demonstrate a reduced risk of thermal runaway during nail penetration.

META's new copper current collectors in Li-ion batteries allows to reliably benchmark the safety improvements and increased gravimetric energy density that technology provides relative to alternatives. In combination with META's second-generation, NPORE® nanocomposite ceramic separators, META is working with large OEMs and Tier 1 material companies to provide technologies that will protect Li-ion batteries in many applications. The goals for the collaboration with Coulometrics include: Roll-to-roll anode manufacturing with META's proprietary PLASMAfusionTM film-based, coated copper current collector products, designed to deliver the performance of solid copper foil while significantly reducing the component weight; Cell assembly and characterization testing with META's proprietary NPORE® ceramic nanoporous separator products, which provide superior functionality and outstanding heat resistance for improved battery safety; Safety testing including nail penetration, hot box testing, and crush testing, to independently validate the improved safety profile of batteries made with NPORE® separators and coated copper current collectors.