X-BATT unveils Glassact™, a spherical anode technology that more
X-BATT unveils Glassact™, a spherical anode technology that more
Publish Date: 2026-05-22 16:16:00
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Domestically produced anode spheres targeting 800 mAh/g and a path to safer, higher-energy lithium-ion cells
Glassact™ changes what’s possible for silicon-based anodes. It delivers higher energy, better stability, and a path to scalable production that the industry has been working toward for years.”
— Bill Easter, CEO of X-BATT
ORLANDO, FL, UNITED STATES, May 22, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Silicon-based anodes have long been viewed as one of the most promising ways to dramatically increase lithium-ion battery capacity, but stability has remained a persistent challenge. X-BATT today unveiled Glassact™, a domestically manufactured silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) anode designed to deliver the high energy capacity associated with silicon batteries in a stable ceramic particle, engineered for safer, higher-energy battery cells that can be produced at scale.
Recognizing the battery industry’s history of overpromised battery breakthroughs, X-BATT is publishing its targets up front. Glassact™ performance targets include greater than 800 mAh/g reversible capacity, greater than 8C charge rates retaining more than 80% of its nominal capacity, less than 8% cyclic swelling, and greater than 8,000 cycles at a greater than 80% depth of discharge.
“This is the kind of materials innovation the U.S. battery supply chain has been waiting for,” said Bill Easter, CEO of X-BATT. “We’re developing an anode powder that will more than double the energy of graphite, made domestically, at a cost structure that scales.”
Glassact™ is designed to solve one of the battery industry’s biggest problems: how to increase energy capacity without sacrificing stability or safety. X-BATT shapes its proprietary pre-ceramic resin into nearly perfect microspheres with tightly controlled size distribution, then converts them to ceramic at high yield. This eliminates most of the costly back-end powder processing competing materials require.
Inside each sphere, a conductive carbon scaffold…
