QED Battery Corp.
Absolute Energy, Absolute Safety.Non-combustible energy storage · 100% North American
Cannot enter thermal runawayWater-based electrolyte
210+ Wh/kgSpecific energy · coin cell
8×Reviewed by government scientists since 2020
Gen 1 · pre-pilot phase
Grid, BESS & residential
Container-scale, appliance-sized and wall-mounted storage. The lead product.
The breakthrough
Three limiting mechanisms, controlled at once.
Dendrites controlled · Gassing suppressed · Shape change constrained
Cell · module · BMS
Cells into storage
QED makes the rechargeable alkaline zinc cell, and the module and battery management that turn cells into storage.
Safe
Cannot enter thermal runaway
A water-based electrolyte · Non-combustible and non-toxic
Module & BMS · in development
Built around the cell
The module and battery management are in development.
Secure
All raw materials sourced from Canada and the US
Measured
Electrode cycles · half-cell, anode isolated
Sited where lithium can’t
Nothing to design around
No cooling, fire suppression or exclusion zones to design around. Local codes still apply.
Concept visualisation · illustrative only
Why QED
Safe. Secure. Sustainable.
Non-combustible energy storage, a 100% North American supply chain with no lithium and no cobalt, and rechargeable cells made from materials that can be fully recycled.
Safe
Cannot enter thermal runaway
A water-based electrolyte. Non-combustible and non-toxic.
Secure
No lithium. No cobalt.
All raw materials sourced from Canada and the US.
Sustainable
Rechargeable & recyclable
Built to be recharged, and fully recyclable at end of life.
Fast to charge
Charges to 90% in under ~3 minutes (per cell).
Ships as ordinary freight
Non-hazardous, so no dangerous-goods packaging, carriers or paperwork.
Sited where lithium can’t
No cooling, fire suppression or exclusion zones to design around. Local codes still apply.
Grid & BESS · concept image
The product
We make the cell
QED makes the rechargeable alkaline zinc cell — and the module and battery management that turn cells into storage. Integrators and manufacturers build them into their own systems.
- CellCoin cell proven · prismatic in validation
- ModuleIn development
- BMSBattery management · in development
Absolute Safety, Absolute Energy.
The market today
What storage buyers live with
Most stationary storage today is lithium-ion, and lithium-ion systems are generally safe and work well. Accidents can and do happen, though. Beyond the safety risk, lithium-ion brings a concentrated supply chain that every project has to plan for.
76%
of the world’s mined cobalt came from one country, the DR Congo, in 2024.
2/3+
of the world’s lithium processing capacity belonged to Chinese companies (2022 data).
95%+
of the world’s planned 2030 sodium-ion battery manufacturing capacity is in China, counting plants built and announced.
Source: IEA, 2026
1,200
residents were evacuated when a 300 MW lithium-ion battery facility caught fire at Moss Landing, California, in January 2025.
Source: County of Monterey
~1/mo
grid-scale battery failure incident worldwide since 2021, on average — even as the failure rate per GWh installed has fallen sharply.
Third-party public figures, cited as published. They describe the market, not QED’s products.
- Active cooling Manages thermal risk.
- Fire suppression Contains a fire if one starts.
- Steel armor and barriers Protects what sits nearby.
- Exclusion zones Set-back distance from anything that matters.
- Dangerous-goods shipping Hazmat packaging, restricted carriers, extra paperwork.
- Fire-code permitting Studies, sign-offs, and sometimes refusal.
- Insurance exposure Premiums that price in the fire.
Milestones achieved
What QED has already done
Each result is stated at the scale it was measured, so you can judge it the way an engineer would.
3of 3
limiting mechanisms controlled at the same time: rechargeable alkaline zinc that lasts
~2,500+
cycles at 0–100% depth of discharge
Coin cell
50,000+
electrode cycles
Electrode (half-cell)
6+ mo
of continuous operation — still running
Coin cell · ongoing
8×
reviewed by government scientists since 2020
On record
Gen 1
now in the pre-pilot phase, for grid, BESS and residential storage
Prismatic cell · in validation
The figures above are measured in coin cells. Prismatic-cell results are being measured now, and will be published here as they are validated.
Every measurement and its scope
Partners, program reviewers and the team behind QED are shared on the Investors page.
Gen 1 · pre-pilot phase
Grid, BESS & residential
Gen 2 · in the lab
Power banks, e-scooters & devices
Gen 3 · in development
EVs & military
Who it’s for
Find your way in
Gen 1 · pre-pilot
Utilities, BESS developers & homes
Container-scale, appliance-sized and wall-mounted storage. The lead product.
Gen 2 · in the lab
Device makers & OEMs
Compact rechargeable cells for power banks, e-scooters and other electronic devices.
Gen 3 · in development
EV & defense programs
Energy density equivalent to solid-state batteries (targets).
Partners, reviews & team
Investors
Program reviews, partners, the team and the data room are shared privately.
Are QED products available yet?
QED products are in development and are not yet available for purchase, and there is no public pricing. If you have a project in mind, send a commercial inquiry and a person will reply.
What is the energy density?
210+ Wh/kg specific energy A small, button-shaped test cell used to measure a chemistry at laboratory scale.. Where another chemistry does better on raw energy density today — NMC lithium-ion, for example — we say so. Prismatic energy density is in validation.
How does QED compare with other battery chemistries?
We compare chemistries, not companies — LFP, NMC, sodium-ion and lead-acid are different classes with different strengths. QED’s advantage is at the system level: safety, durability, supply security and total cost of ownership. Where another chemistry does better — NMC on raw energy density today — we say so. Any comparison figure will carry a dated source.
Can QED be installed indoors?
Because the chemistry is non-combustible, a QED system does not need the fire-suppression, exclusion-zone and armouring measures that flammable chemistries require. That widens where storage can go — inside buildings, next to people, in dense areas. Local building and fire codes still apply, and QED system designs are still in development.
“We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel, when we should be using Nature’s inexhaustible sources of energy — sun, wind and tide.”
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Utilities, developers, installers and distributors: register interest and a person on the team will reply.