Cabot Broadens Range of Performance Additives for Advanced Lead-Acid Batteries
New PBX™ performance additives improve battery lifetime and performance for telecom, motive power, e-bike and micro-hybrid applications
Advanced lead-acid battery applications are the fastest growing component of the
Cabot’s PBX performance additives are designed to enable lead-acid batteries to last longer under repeated cycling and to accept recharging energy faster at lower cost than the current solution of oversizing the battery. PBX additives prolong battery life by reducing the effects of sulfation on the negative plate, the primary cause of short lifetimes in lead-acid batteries used in demanding applications.
Cabot PBX additives provide designers with application-specific solutions
Cabot now offers a full range of PBX additives that provides manufacturers with a variety of additives with unique properties to address the needs of different applications. These additives are suitable for long lifetime valve-regulated and flooded design advanced batteries, as well as for batteries used in applications requiring normal or improved charge acceptance.
- PBX09 performance additive is designed to balance high charge acceptance and improved cycle life in both valve-regulated and flooded type batteries. PBX09 is a multi-purpose additive suitable for most applications including telecom, electric forklift, e-bike and start-stop applications.
- PBX55 performance additive delivers improved cycle life for flooded batteries that require minimal charge acceptance such as small cars with start-stop functions and without regenerative breaking.
- PBX135 multipurpose performance additive combines improvement in cycle life and dynamic charge acceptance. The additive is designed primarily for flooded design batteries used in applications such as start-stop vehicles and electric forklifts where some fast charge improvement is required.
“Cabot is helping to significantly improve battery performance in all major applications and types of advanced lead-acid batteries. Building on our PBX51 product for valve-regulated designs, we are enabling lead-acid battery manufacturers to improve battery cycle life and performance in both valve-regulated and flooded lead-acid battery types,” said
PBX products are part of a new Cabot family of performance additives for advanced batteries designed specifically to solve customer problems at the fundamental particle materials level. Through the application of Cabot’s deep portfolio of carbon materials and particle technologies, PBX additives can be modified to perform one or more critical functions to promote dramatic performance and durability improvements in lead-acid batteries.
To learn more about Cabot’s advanced battery materials, click here or contact us at Battery.materials@cabotcorp.com
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