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NEO Battery Materials (TSXV:NBM) appoints University of Toronto professors to scientific advisory board

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TSXV:NBM
29 October 2021 12:45 (EDT)
NEO Battery Materials - CEO, Spencer Huh.

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NEO Battery Materials (NBM) has appointed Dr. Mohini Sain and Dr. Ning Yan to its scientific advisory board.

Dr. Sain and Dr. Yan will work with NEO to optimize its process for creating silicon anode materials.

Dr. Mohini Sain is an expert in the field of bionanotechnology, low carbon functional materials, and next-generation low carbon transportation.

With an extensive patent portfolio, he is world-renowned for his expertise in transforming research ideas into commercialization, establishing more than 50 technology transfers to industries, and patenting new technologies in collaboration with multiple top-tier industry partners.

“I am pleased to have joined NEO’s Scientific Advisory Board and to push the company into the next stage of commercialization through research and testing of the silicon anode materials,” said Dr. Sain.

Dr. Ning Yan specializes in the field of biobased chemicals and products from renewable biomass.

She is an international expert on forest biomaterial science, bio-based products and polymer adhesives and has won numerous prestigious awards for her teaching and research excellence.

Dr. Yan’s research is directed towards renewable carbon and biochemicals with potential applications for a wide range of industries including energy storage and automotive.

“Time is of the essence for the industry, and we will be helping the company with high-performance functional materials for both coating and electrode fabrication,” said Dr. Yan.

Dr. Sain and Dr. Yan will help the company as it intends to become a silicon anode active materials supplier to the electric vehicle industry.

“With sustainability throughout NEO’s production and supply chain being a core value, the company will cooperate with Dr. Sain and Dr. Yan to optimize renewable materials that can be implemented as low-cost nanocoating materials, binders, and conductive additives to NEO’s silicon anode materials,” said NEO’s president and CEO Spencer Huh.

NEO Battery Materials is a Vancouver-based company focused on battery metals and materials.

Shares in NEO Battery Materials (NBM) are currently down 1.02 per cent, trading at $0.485 per share as of 12:25 pm ET.

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