Metal foils improve rechargeable batteries
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Disruptive Technology for Advanced Battery Development
How Expanded Electrode Materials Enhance Advanced Batteries
Expanded metal mesh used in place of the solid foils provides greater surface area per unit weight of metal in the battery. This results in better adhesion of the electrode layers and higher ion transport rate, thus greater energy density capability.
Dexmet has developed machines that can expand aluminum and copper foils down to 25 microns (.001") providing an opportunity for secondary battery developers to utilize expanded products in their battery designs and realize the performance enhancements an open area product can provide. By incorporating MicroGrid materials, battery developers can enhance battery performance:
- Increase cycle life
- Decrease internal resistance associated with cycling and age
- Improve battery capacity
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Dexmet Corporation
Dexmet Corporation manufactures precision expanded metal foils and polymers with exacting mechanical and electrical properties to meet very tight conductivity, weight and dimensional tolerances. The company maintains a continuous commitment to quality control and process improvement, including SPC implementation. Ongoing innovations include our unique strand annealing furnace as well as a host of other highly specialized proprietary equipment.
Dexmet’s solid customer base is predicated upon its reputation as the premier, quality supplier of precision-expanded metal foils. Many of our customers are among the world’s most recognized brands. When they need quality expanded material for their end products and applications they come to Dexmet. We welcome you to the family of Dexmet customers.
The Dexmet Quality System is joint AS9100:D and ISO 9001:2015 certified. The company subscribes to the standard’s requisite features, including documentation and record-keeping, while it also maintains a flexible stance toward evolving standards and innovative ideas from our customers and employees. Thus, whenever a better way emerges to reduce cost, reduce scrap, improve quality, improve customer service and make it easier for our employees to produce your product with the smallest possible product variation, Dexmet’s Quality System is poised to incorporate these benefits.
The Dexmet Quality System is driven by the needs of our customers. We have adopted many suggestions from our customers and will continue to do so. It is this teamwork that makes us better.
The Dexmet Quality System is driven by the needs of our customers. We have adopted many suggestions from our customers and will continue to do so. It is this teamwork that makes us better.