BEST Magazine 17 June 2026

Imperial College spinout B-Solv wins venture prize for dry electrode technology

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New technologies may create opportunities or challenges for equipment processing.

An Imperial College London spinout developing solvent-free battery electrode manufacturing technology has won the Armourers & Brasiers’ Venture Prize, securing £25,000 to help demonstrate the commercial scalability of its process. Advanced B-Solv Technology (B-Solv), founded by Imperial battery materials specialist Dr Chun Ann Huang, is developing a dry electrode coating process intended to reduce the…