King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
About
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology conducts R&D and commercialization in battery technologies, including lithium extraction and recycling membranes, the Lihytech startup moving toward production, and research into next-generation chemistries such as aqueous and nylon-enhanced lithium-metal batteries and hydrogen batteries, with a goal of large-scale battery materials production by 2028.
From the Battery Report
Battery Report 2025 · chapterCell Design and Materials: Lithium SulfurVolta Foundation's annual report on this part of the battery industry.Supply Chain Segments
Battery Chemistries
Lithium Sulfur✓
Location Info
- HQ
- Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Sources
Chemistry: Lithium Sulfur
- Stopping the sulfur shuttle for better batteries - KAUST Discovery · Company site · checked Oct 2026“Researchers at KAUST have made an important contribution by modifying lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries to suppress a problem known as polysulfide shuttling.”
Quick Facts
- Founded
- 2009
- Team Size
- 2000+
- Funding
- Private
- Last Updated
- Apr 21, 2026
