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The SABERS innovators developed novel lithium-sulfur designs, including sulfur-selenium on graphene cathodes, and lightweight bipolar plate stacking and packaging designs. SABERS is unique in several aspects: it deploys graphene-based manufacturing processes for the cathode and bipolar plates, and it uses a solid-state electrolyte in place of the liquid electrolyte found in other lithium-sulfur battery designs. The team has achieved energy densities over 500 W-hr/kg, and further improvements are expected. SABERS can meet the high-power requirements needed for aircraft take-off. SABERS is lightweight, safe, robust, and reliable. Furthermore, its manufacturing processes are scalable and environmentally friendly. Coin cell and pouch prototypes have been demonstrated to date. Development efforts continue and new portfolio innovations are expected. Major component technologies in SABERS include the following (as listed here and shown in the figure below). <ul> <li>S/Se Cathode – Sulfur/Selenium on graphene scaffold (LAR-19556-1, LEW-20228-1) <li>Solid Electrolyte – Solid-state electrolyte composites (LEW-20445-1) <li>Bipolar Stack – Graphene plates (LAR-20257-1) <li>Li-Metal Anode (Proprietary, under development) <li>Packaging (Proprietary, under development)</ul> Robust computational models have been developed to support the battery materials design and are available to licensees to evaluate and optimize different materials combinations and performance targets.