Yet Another Listed Company Chooses Songjiang!

Recently, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Shanghai base construction project of Shanghai Emperor of Cleaning Hi-Tech Co., LTD was held in the eastern park of the Economic Development Zone. Upon completion, the facility will be engaged in the R&D and production of core advanced materials technologies for the water treatment and new energy sectors.

After nearly 30 years of exploration and development, ECH has established a leading position in providing integrated specialty chemical solutions in China. Concurrently, focusing on advanced materials and key technologies in the new energy field, with the strategic goal of developing revolutionary, iterative technologies and products, the company has been building its presence in the new materials sector for years. It has conducted extensive research and accumulated significant experience in areas such as anode materials and solid electrolyte powders.

Regarding the development of mesoporous carbon-silicon composite anode materials, building upon the original scientific research achievements of Academician Zhao Dongyuan of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the Department of Chemistry of Fudan University, and his team, ECH is advancing the industrialization of technologies for advanced materials including silicon-carbon and hard carbon anodes for lithium-ion batteries, soft/hard carbon composite anodes for sodium-ion batteries, and lithium-grade carboxymethyl cellulose lithium (CMC-Li) for lithium-ion batteries. The company has optimized the production process for mesoporous carbon, achieving stable preparation of high-quality material. Leveraging the pore confinement effect of mesoporous carbon, a new strategy for interface infusion/deposition has been developed, enabling the controlled filling of ultra-small silicon species within the pores to construct a new high-capacity, near-zero expansion mesoporous carbon-silicon composite anode material. Currently, silicon-carbon anode material is being produced on a 20-kilogram scale. Samples have been sent for testing to leading industry enterprises, and strategic cooperation agreements have been signed with several battery manufacturers for the joint development of new silicon-carbon anode materials.

Solid lithium-ion battery electrolyte powder is a key core advanced material in the solid-state battery industry chain. Presently, ECH, in collaboration with the research team of Professor Zhang Tao from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has established a 10-ton standard industrial production line. "To keep pace with market developments in related fields and meet the capacity demands of growing business scale, ECH will fully accelerate the progress of the Songjiang base construction project. Among the facilities, the over 2,500 square meter Class A industrial plant for solid electrolyte powder is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2024, followed by the installation and commissioning of related production equipment," said Wang Wei, Chairman and General Manager of ECH.

Li Yan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of the Economic Development Group Company, stated that the new ECH project focuses on three key areas: integrated solutions for healthy environment technologies, integrated solutions for healthy living technologies, and carbon science technology. It is expected to make significant contributions to the regional economic development of the Economic Development Zone. Once operational, the project will become another powerful engine driving the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Delta G60 Sci-Tech Innovation Corridor.

Text and Images: Li Yubo
Editor: Zhou Yuwei