Altairnano

Altair Nanotechnologies is an American company specializing in the development and manufacturing of energy storage systems for efficient power and energy management. Altair Nantechnologies designs advanced lithium-ion energy systems and batteries.^[2]

Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Electronics
Founded	1973; 52 years ago (1973)
Headquarters	Reno, Nevada , United States
Key people	CEO Terry M. Copeland
Products	Nano-structured lithium batteries Specialty chemicals Nanotechnology
Net income	US$ 22.28 million (2010)
Number of employees	106[1] (2010)
Website	www.altairnano.com

Battery technology

Altairnano's best-known product are their lithium-ion batteries, produced by Altair's Power and Energy division. The batteries have an anode made of a lithium titanate oxide formed into a spinel structure. The titanate replaces the graphite anodes of typical lithium-ion batteries. The batteries are not the only batteries to use nanomaterials, but other batteries, like those from A123 Systems generally replace the cathode rather than the anode.