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Next-gen batteries

Pilotmomentum 742,240 papers in 3 months (+49% yearly)$5.0B raised in 12 months21 companies

New battery chemistries, like solid electrolytes, sodium or iron-air, that store more energy, cost less or last for days.

Why pilot: Stellantis began road testing a development vehicle with Factorial solid-state cells, the first such integration in North America. Jun 11, 2026

Papers per monthOpenAlex journal and conference papers; January includes papers dated by year only; the last two months are still filling in
06691.3kSep 24Mar 25Sep 25Mar 26

Dots under a month: dated events tracked here that month.

18 events

DateEvent
Sep 2026
Sep 21Form Energy closes $270 million credit facilityformenergy.com· Funding
Sep 17Mitsui Kinzoku partners with Factorial on all-solid-state cellsfactorialenergy.com· Deal
Aug 2026
Aug 12Form Energy raises $750 million Series Gformenergy.com· Funding
Jul 2026
Jul 8Peak picks Sacramento for first US sodium-ion storage factorypeakenergy.com· Announcement
Jun 2026
Jun 27Sion Power deploys Licerion Strike battery in drone testssionpower.com· Product
Jun 18QuantumScape and Honda sign joint research agreementquantumscape.com· Deal
Jun 11Stellantis road tests a car with Factorial solid-state cellsfactorialenergy.com· Milestone
Jun 9Peak Energy and GM partner on sodium-ion storagepeakenergy.com· Deal
Jun 8Factorial Energy lists on Nasdaqfactorialenergy.com· Milestone
Apr 2026
Apr 30ESS Tech and Alsym agree on 8.5 GWh of sodium-ion storagealsym.com· Deal
Mar 2026
Mar 24Form Energy and Crusoe agree on 12 GWh of iron-air batteriesformenergy.com· Deal
Mar 17Form Energy plans Ireland's first iron-air storage projectformenergy.com· Deal
Mar 11Peak and RWE agree to deploy first sodium-ion battery in MISOpeakenergy.com· Deal
Mar 10ION Cornerstone cells pass customer qualificationionstoragesystems.com· Milestone
Jan 2026
Jan 5ProLogium and Darfon partner on solid-state e-bike batteriesprologium.com· Deal
Nov 2025
Nov 12Peak signs 4.75 GWh sodium-ion contract with Jupiter Powerpeakenergy.com· Deal
Aug 2025
Aug 12ION ships Cornerstone solid-state samplesionstoragesystems.com· Product
Jul 2025
Jul 30Peak delivers first US grid-scale sodium-ion storage systempeakenergy.com· Milestone
About next-gen batteries here
Sub-areas
Solid-state electrolytes, Lithium-metal anodes, Sodium-ion, Iron-air long-duration storage, Silicon anodes, Lithium-ceramic cells
Stage evidence
Pilot, Jun 11, 2026: Stellantis began road testing a development vehicle with Factorial solid-state cells, the first such integration in North America. factorialenergy.com
Momentum
74 of 100: the mean of its ranks among the tracked fields for paper growth (88), funding in 12 months (81) and events in 90 days (53). Method
Papers
8,009 in the 12 months ending two months ago, +49% against the 12 before (OpenAlex topics, journal and conference papers).
Tracked here since
Sep 25, 2026

Changes to this field

DateChange
Sep 25, 2026Next-gen batteriesTechnology: Name, Next-gen batteries (was Solid-state and next-generation batteries)
Sep 25, 2026Next-gen batteriesTechnology: Added

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