Featured in The Long Game – 02-2023

Can Sensmet crack lithium?

Finnish startup Sensmet Oy says it has attained the lithium manufacturing ‘Holy Grail’ of real-time, continuous monitoring of the battery raw material. This unlocks big savings in time and money, explains Aappo Roos, the company’s chief sales officer.

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pv magazine

08 Feb 2023

Finnish startup Sensmet believes that real-time monitoring can allow for impurities to be identified before they affect product quality. | Photo: Sensmet

As international efforts to fight climate change intensify, the main challenge for battery manufacturers and their supply chains is to find new ways to most efficiently meet soaring demand for electric vehicles.The laborious batch sampling and laboratory analysis typically used by battery metal manufacturers to control their processes usually takes around four to 10 hours. …

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