About Us
Grounded in Science,
Strengthened by Partnership
Farad Power Inc combines deep electrochemistry expertise, a validated defense contract track record, and a distinguished network of academic and industry partners.
Our Story
About Farad Power
Farad Power Inc was founded by a team of industry veterans with more than 50 years of cumulative experience in electrochemistry, materials science, and commercialization of carbon technologies. We have also assembled a distinguished scientific advisory board with deep experience in cell chemistries of lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries and electrode/cell fabrication technologies.
We have further strengthened our scientific capabilities through strategic partnerships with key universities through our various STTR development projects. These partnerships have not only provided access to world-class research infrastructure, but have also accelerated our material development timelines and validated our technology against the most demanding performance benchmarks in the field.
Our mission is to secure the future of energy storage by engineering the next generation of carbon-based anode materials — domestically produced, renewably sourced, and purpose-built to meet the performance demands of EVs, grid storage, defense, and aviation.
Government Validation
Support for Technology Development
Competitive small business grants from the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force validate the strategic relevance of our unique approach to domestic battery material production.
2020 — 2022
U.S. Air Force
Sourced from mined natural graphite or synthesized from petroleum industry by-products:
❖ Dirty, insecure supply chain and resource intensive
2023 — 2025
U.S. Navy & Air Force
STTR Phase I & Phase II — Graphite for 6T batteries; Hard carbon for sodium-ion batteries
2024 — 2026
U.S. Army & Expansions
SBIR Phase I — High-energy 6T batteries; Scheduled Phase II expansions across multiple programs
Recognition
Awards
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals: Imagine Chemistry Finalists 2018 | IDTechEx Innovation Award Winner 2019 | X-Tech Search 8 Winner (U.S. Army) 2024 | X-Tech Search 7 Finalist (U.S. Army) 2023
Partners & Collaborators
Strategic Partnerships
We partner with world-class academic institutions and industry leaders to accelerate material development, validate performance, and build toward commercial scale.
Research
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Our foundational science is published in leading peer-reviewed journals, providing independent validation of the performance and properties of our bio-synthetic carbon materials.
"Furfuryl alcohol derived high-end carbons for ultrafast dual-carbon lithium-ion capacitors"
Arnaiz, M.; Nair, V.; Mitra, S.; Ajuria, J.
"N-doped activated carbon derived from furfuryl alcohol – porosity, properties, and adsorption behavior"
Zgrzebnicki, M.; Kucińska, A.; Nair, V.; Mitra, S.; Koter, S.; Szymański, G.S. — Chemical Engineering Journal, 427 (2022), 131709.