Revolutionizing Materials Research Wasn't Easy.

Founded in 2014, Eonix originally spun out of the College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering to commercialize two cations for electric double-layer capacitors. After years of development and substantial funding, we were left with an unscalable innovation and a realization that the real impediment to next-gen energy storage is the tedious and costly nature of traditional materials discovery processes.

Eonix was founded by 4 graduate students at the College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering to commercialize 2 prospective cations for ultracapacitors.

After 2 grueling years of R&D focused on only 2 molecules, we improved the performance of ultra-capacitors by over 30%. That means we are successful right... Right?

As we began scaling this breakthrough electrolyte, we found that the new molecule was 600X more expensive than the incumbent and likely not commercially viable.

Conventional approaches achieve conventional results. We could not rely on the conventional, antiquated electrochemical techniques that have been in use for over a century to accelerate materials discovery. We needed a modernized approach that would provide us with direct insights into the complex interactions in a battery. In 2018, Eonix developed a new, stable electrochemical sensor capable of explicitly measuring reactions inside a fully functional battery in real-time, without changing cell behavior.

Frustrated that after 2 years & half a million dollars in funding we were left with an unscalable innovation, we realized the real problem was the time & cost of materials science. We started working on a methods to accelerate materials discovery to create commercially viable materials for a greener future.

We successfully developed a new electrochemical sensor to explicitly measure electrode reactions in ultra-capacitors, but this unintentionally worked in lithium-ion batteries as well. With the proliferation of electrification, we decided to focus on accelerating materials discovery for batteries.

In 2020, we leveraged our accelerated materials discovery platform (ATLAS) to design a high flash point electrolyte that was compatible with batteries manufactured today... in only 4 months. Now partnered with Schrodinger, we are leveraging our ATLAS platform with the most advanced computational chemistry platform to design materials that enable affordable EVs, faster charging electronics, and a green future.

Armed with our new sensor and a research contract to develop a safer battery for the military, we designed and demonstrated a non-flammable lithium-ion battery in only four months. Yes, we went from idea to 1Ah prototype in FOUR months.

In 2022, we partnered with the leader in computational chemistry, Schrodinger, and opened a robotically assisted laboratory in Knoxville, TN to discover energy storage materials that enable affordable EVs, safe grid storage, and a green future decades ahead of their time.