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Ashley Currie | May. 3, 2022
Knoxville-Based Sparkz Is Re-Engineering The Battery Supply Chain For The Future Of Clean Energy
Read MoreA LaunchTN Portfolio Company: Sparkz is a Knoxville-based startup commercializing the only high energy-density cobalt-free, lithium-ion battery made in America. Sparkz was founded in late 2019 and has completed the transfer of 6 patents from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, while continuing its groundbreaking research and development focused on re-engineering the…
