Sila says silicon anode material now for sale

MOSES LAKE — While it will still be a few months before Sila Nanotechnologies begins doing serious work on its Moses Lake facility, the company announced Tuesday that its flagship product, a silicon anode for rechargeable batteries called Titan Silicon, is now available for sale. “Titan Silicon is the only product on the market that can replace graphite entirely,” said Sila co-founder and CEO Gene Berdichevsky. “Silicon compounds and simple silicon materials have been around for a really long time … but those materials can only be used as additives and are a really small percent, about 5%.” In 2022, Alameda, California-based Sila Nanotechnologies spent $37.5 million to purchase the 600,000-square-foot building and 160 acres on Road N Northeast across from REC Silicon. Berdichesky said the company seeks to ramp up the manufacture of Titan Silicon to power 1 million electric vehicles over the course of five years after production is set to start in Moses Lake, sometime in the second half of 2024.