Blackstone’s Solid-State Battery Project Receives Grant from Innosuisse Blackstone Resources AG (SWX: BLS) is pleased to announce that the
Swiss Innovation Agency Innosuisse has approved its grant application and will fund 50 percent of the CHF 1.3 million development project. The project aims to develop solid-state electrolytes and the grant will be used to co-finance a sophisticated manufacturing simulation of 3D-printed solid-state batteries. A research consortium of Blackstone Resources (
BLS), the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (
Empa) and the Bern University of Applied Sciences (
BFH) will upscale the synthesis of solid-state electrolytes developed by
Empa. A solid-state battery can provide repeated, reliable and safe discharges without the potential risk of thermal runaway, explosion or outgassing during frequent use. This means that it can be used within areas and constructions that were previously unthinkable for other batter