Project: Breakthrough Cathode Materials for Next-generation Lithium-ion Batteries

Professor Liu Qi, from the Department of Physics, leads a project titled “Breakthrough Cathode Materials for Next-generation Lithium-ion Batteries”, which has achieved significant breakthroughs in enhancing the performance of core lithium battery materials. Professor Liu and his team have successfully addressed the voltage-decay problem in lithium-rich layered oxides (LLOs) for the first time.
This groundbreaking achievement, realised in 2023, has attracted over HK$15 million in funding, demonstrating its strong commercialisation potential. To build on this innovative technology, Professor Liu and the technical team founded a start-up, named SuFang New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., dedicated to the production of high-performance LLOs. The company has already established a production line with an annual capacity of 100 tons, and is planning to set up a 1,000-ton production line in Southeast Asia or South Korea, specifically for the production of high-performance LLOs.