Evan Erickson
Dr. Evan M. Erickson is the CEO of TexPower, a company commercializing cobalt-free lithium-ion battery technology that is higher in energy than other technologies without sacrifices to safety, cycle life, or compatibility with existing technologies. Evan has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, working first in fuel cells, then transitioning to lithium-ion battery technology in a postdoc at Bar-Ilan University in Israel & later at the University of Texas at Austin, working for Prof. Arumugam Manthiram. Prof. Manthiram is world-renowned in the battery space, even giving the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry lecture for the invention of lithium-ion batteries for his long-time colleague Prof. John Goodenough.
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Evan M. Erickson, CEO of TexPower, to discuss how the company is commercializing cobalt-free lithium-ion battery technology that delivers higher energy density without sacrificing safety, cycle life, or compatibility with existing systems. Evan shares his journey from fuel cells to battery chemistry through UT Austin and world-renowned researcher Prof. Arumugam Manthiram, and how SBIR funding helped TexPower spin out of the university. We dive into why cobalt-free cathodes are so challenging and important, how the team managed technical, market, and funding risk, the role of Houston’s Techbridge in accelerating development, the impact of the IRA on U.S. battery deployment, and the realities of building a deep-tech startup while raising a young family.
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