R&D

Reliance Energy focuses on research and development, as well as manufacturing of high-rate, high-energy tabless cylindrical cells.

Our R&D team is led by top-tier scientists, and currently comprises seven Ph.D from leading domestic and international institutions, who specialize in cutting-edge technology research, material development, mechanism studies & failure analysis, battery technology platform, big data & simulation, and IP management. For mass production technology development, our engineering team is composed of experts who have received solid training and have accumulated comprehensive experience intop Japanese battery companies, covering professional areas such as product development, process development, mechanical design, and intelligent equipment.

Additionally, we have established a comprehensive capability encompassing physicochemical testing, half cell & full cell pilot lines, as well as battery performance and safety testing. This capability provides a full-spectrum and high-quality support, spanning from conceptual design to mass production transformation.

Keeping pace with industry development trends, focusing on key technological breakthroughs

Advanced Research & Development

Cutting-Edge Technology Research Material Development Mechanism Studies & Failure Analysis Battery Technology Platform Big Data & Simulation Product Development

Industry development Foresight， Technology Innovation Radar，Strategic Technology Reserves, Technology Incubation& Commercialization

The Reliance New Energy Frontier Technology Research Team, led by a U.S.-trained postdoctoral researcher, consistently positions itself at the industry's forefront. We anticipate technological trends, scan global innovations, deeply analyze and accurately assess their value, conduct pre-research, and build technical reserves. At strategic junctures, we collaborate with technical teams to incubate and develop practical core technologies, enhancing the company's enduring competitiveness.

The team navigates industry conferences, tech expos, and investment forums with acuity and rationality. We continuously monitor academic publications and patent developments, precisely identify promising technologies from vast information streams, conduct systematic vetting and validation, and collaborate with universities and research institutes for pre-research initiatives.

The team has completed in-depth research and screening in solid-state batteries, dry electrode processes, AI-integrated battery systems, and lithium battery recycling. We have finalized technological pre-research and reserves, maintaining readiness for commercialization. This ensures a continuous pipeline of innovative resources for the company's long-term development.

Atomic-Level Ab Initio Design, Full-Spectrum Industrial Chain Integration, Systematic Material Knowledge Database, Scientific Talent Development System

The Reliance New Energy Materials R&D Team, led by a Tsinghua University postdoctoral expert, executes strategic material technology planning aligned with corporate objectives. We implement atomic-level ab initio material design, synergize multi-tiered modification strategies, and conduct full-spectrum industrial chain integration to ensure accelerated innovation cycles and mass production readiness

Through deep understanding of product requirements, we collaborate with suppliers across the value chain to co-develop precision solutions encompassing raw material selection, modification strategy formulation, critical equipment specification, and process parameter optimization. Concurrently, we have established an in-house rapid material evaluation and screening protocol to efficiently drive iterative R&D advancements.

Furthermore, the team has systematically compiled an extensive material knowledge database and implemented a structured engineer development framework. This ecosystem enables continuous professional growth through rigorous theory-practice integration for all team members.

Full lifecycle, all application scenarios, functional decoupling, multi-dimensional in-depth analysis

Reliance Energy's mechanism studies and failure analysis team is led by a Ph.D. from Beijing University. The team's mechanism studies are grounded in the practical functions of Li-ion cells. It disassembles the forward-looking mechanism research into fundamental dimensions, such as capacity, impedance, and interface stability, throughout the full lifecycle of the battery and across various application scenarios. Each of these dimensions is further analyzed at multiple QFD (Quality Function Deployment) levels, such as the entire battery, electrodes, materials and formulations, and material processes. This approach helps establish a functional matrix for the battery cell, achieving functional decoupling across the entire battery. Through functional analysis, the necessary conditions for each function are quantified, and a traceable link is established across all levels, allowing for scientific decoupling and functional analysis in areas such as materials, formulations, electrodes, and structural design. Based on this systematic functional analysis, a high-efficiency failure analysis method has been developed. The method decouples functional analysis across materials and inspection processes during cell manufacturing. By integrating individual routine testing data and reconstructing corresponding functional models, the team can predict the performance and failure of the battery cells. This enables quick and accurate identification of failure causes and the implementation of corresponding corrective actions.

Multi-dimensional performance interaction, digital application window, advanced system construction

Using electrode sheets as the technical platform, guided by mechanistic studies and structure-property relationships, and accelerated through simulation and data mining, we explore multi-dimensional synergistic innovation that integrates chemical systems, electrode design, and manufacturing processes. This approach establishes the technological foundation for developing next-generation high-performance batteries..

Leading energy innovation, driving the future

Reliance Energy integrates multi-scale simulation technology with cutting-edge AI and big data, applying it to battery R&D and design. This approach covers multiple research layers, including materials, electrodes, processes, and entire battery systems.

Using first-principles calculations, the team delves into the atomic level to accurately simulate the electronic structure of materials, providing a solid theoretical foundation for the design and optimization of battery materials. Quantum chemistry is used to reveal chemical reactions at the molecular level, optimizing the chemical stability and electrochemical activity of the system.

Molecular simulations and discrete element simulations are applied to model intermolecular interactions and the dynamic behavior of particles, predicting material performance under working conditions and optimizing the microscopic structure of battery materials. Finite element simulations are used to model the thermoelectric coupling reactions of batteries, predicting long-term stability and safety.

Additionally, AI and big data technology are used to intelligently analyze vast amounts of data, enabling both short-term and long-term performance predictions and fine management throughout the battery's entire lifecycle. The advanced AI big data and simulation technologies significantly reduce manual workloads, enhance design efficiency and accuracy, and allow for precise performance forecasting. This accelerates the iteration of technology and products, continuously moving toward the ultimate goal of automating cell design, while driving the development of battery technology toward greater efficiency, safety, and environmental sustainability.

Build a full mapping of development process, explore operating condition boundaries, balance possibility and feasibility

Using the QFD (Quality Function Deployment) model, customer performance requirements are accurately identified, and technical specifications are standardized as inputs for product development. A full mapping of development process is built, from factor screening and solution design to integration and performance evaluation, ensuring the effectiveness of factor evaluation and validation during the DOE (Design of Experiment) process. This also facilitates the precise selection and balancing of performance and design in a visualized manner. The team focuses on investigating the boundaries to achieve optimal performance design within operating conditions, as well as to ensure sufficient safety margin under abuse conditions outside the operating conditions.

Additionally, relying on mechanism studies, the team integrates material combination and formulation design to optimize the functionality of individual components. During the R&D design phase, the 6 Sigma engineering philosophy and scientific methodologies are incorporated, balancing both the possibility and feasibility of product realization.

Intellectual Property Management

High-quality IP moat

Strategy One

Build a “high-quality IP moat” to ensure that unique designs and core technologies are not infringed upon

intelligent IP risk management strategy

Strategy Two

Implement an “intelligent IP risk management strategy” to respect existing intellectual property, avoid risks through innovative designs, and drive company growth

Proactive IP firewall

Strategy Three

Establish a “proactive IP firewall” by leveraging intellectual property advantages to support long-term business development. This integrates defense, respect, and innovation, laying a solid foundation for the company’s continuous growth and global competitiveness.

Advance technology process

Process Development

Japanese battery company veteran, full-process multi-dimensional planning

Reliance Energy's process development team consists of dozens of seasoned professionals with extensive experience from leading Japanese cylindrical battery manufacturing companies. The team adheres to a rigorous and pragmatic work philosophy, collaborating across materials development, mechanism studies, product development, and structural design teams. We analyze, develop, and validate corresponding process solutions for different systems and designs, ultimately achieving the customization and optimization of -manufacturing processes. In collaboration with the operations center, the team further dissects the production process of battery cells into finer steps, while limiting production process variables in multiple dimensions. This reduces the degrees of freedom in the manufacturing process. Through advanced process development and control, we ensure stable, safe, and efficient mass production, providing customers with high-quality, high-safety, and high-consistency products.

Mechanism development

Independent, professional, precise, reliable

A Li-ion cell is a combination of macro-scale structure and chemical systems. Mechanical design team deeply interacts with product development, processes, equipment, and other functional teams. Reliance Energy has established an independent, professional mechanical design team, with core members from leading Japanese cylindrical battery manufacturing companies. The mechanical design team starts with meeting product performance requirements and focuses on structural design, component development, and assembly process development to ensure the reliability, stability, and safety of the battery structure.

Using simulation technology, the team establishes data models and combines Design of Experiments (DOE) for precise design. Design deviations are corrected through practical implementation, and a comprehensive structural design manual is developed. Through dimensional chain analysis, tolerance design, and statistical analysis, along with rigorous validation under harsh operating conditions, the team sets specification standards for mechanical components and processes. They also independently develop specialized components, such as caps and steel casings, ensuring the feasibility of the components and related processes.

Intelligent Equipment

Targeted development, intelligence, high precision, efficient stability

Reliance Energy's intelligent equipment team is led by experts from top Japanese cylindrical battery manufacturing companies. This professional team comprises mechanical, electrical, and software engineers with extensive industry experience, interdisciplinary knowledge, and innovative thinking. Targeting the process development phase, the team conducts specialized equipment development, utilizing advanced computer-aided design (CAD) and engineering software for virtual modeling and simulation analysis. In collaboration with leading equipment manufacturers in the industry, the team integrates high-precision sensors and advanced control systems into its equipment. Efforts are also focused on intelligent upgrades and remote monitoring functionalities. By leveraging IoT technology, the equipment is connected to cloud servers in real-time, enabling continuous monitoring of operational status, synchronized data collection, and remote fault diagnosis. This ensures highly efficient and stable production processes.

Experimental Test

Physicochemical Characterization Pilot Lines Battery Testing

The physicochemical laboratory at Reliance Energy specializes in the characterization and analysis of lithium-ion battery materials and is equipped with high-precision, high-performance equipment provided by top-tier industry manufacturers. The laboratory features a wide range of instruments, including industrial CT, field-emission scanning electron microscopes (SEM), spectrometers, BET surface area analyzers, particle size analyzers, GC/GC-MS, DTG, fluorescence spectrometers, electrochemical workstations, rheometers, oil absorption meters, metal coating testers, fusible temperature testers, and high-rate 3D digital microscopes. These tools allow for the characterization of physical and chemical properties of various lithium battery materials, including electrodes, electrolytes, mechanical components, and polymers. The laboratory can detect the microscopic morphology and macroscopic composition of materials, covering analysis across thermodynamics, mechanics, electrochemistry, and other fields. The multi-dimensional intrinsic analysis of materials provides comprehensive and systematic data support for a wide range of functionalities such as material development, process engineering, failure analysis, and simulation modeling.

The pilot lines serve as a critical platform for materials, product, process, and equipment development. Reliance Energy boasts six fully functional and advanced experimental lines for half-cell and full-cell testing, including coin cells, pouch cells, and pilot lines for various cylindrical cells in the 21700 and 46 series. These lines are closely aligned with the principles of mass production, enabling early validation of production processes and rapid transformation from prototype to mass production. The complete system supports high-quality development across the entire process, from concept design to mass production. In addition to R&D, the experimental line functions as a training ground for onboarding and skill enhancement of new team members across departments. It provides robust support for research activities, production transitions, and talent cultivation, serving as a foundation for the company’s stable and efficient growth.

The battery testing laboratory at Reliance Energy is equipped with hundreds of state-of-the-art lithium battery testing devices from global and domestic leaders such as Arbin, Neware, and Bell. The lab adheres to international standards like ISO/IEC 17025, establishing a scientific and standardized quality management system. It conducts rapid, precise, accurate, and comprehensive evaluations of product performance based on international, national, industry, and corporate standards. The laboratory employs an advanced Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), enabling full-process online management of testing operations. This system ensures efficient resource allocation, precise assessment of personnel capabilities, real-time data collection, analysis, and secure data storage, guaranteeing traceability, accuracy, and completeness of test results. Continuously innovating testing methodologies, the lab operates in a more standardized, scientific, and efficient manner. It serves as a critical platform for supporting product development and client application research, underpinning the company’s innovation and quality assurance efforts.

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