Ilika invents tests and selects materials in the laboratory that can be scaled-up for everyday commercial use.

Ilika’s unique process is far quicker and more efficient than traditional materials discovery processes. Ilika uses high-throughput, or combinatorial, techniques which involve the rapid synthesis of a large number of different structurally-related materials in a few automated steps.  Ilika focuses on the Energy and Opto /Electronics sectors.  In the Energy sector, Ilika assesses materials for their greater capacity for energy storage and conversion efficiency, for example in batteries and fuel cells.

Ilika’s proposition is all about speed and efficiency: speed of materials discovery, enabling rapid commercialization and efficient production. Ilika is involved in the development of materials for large, global markets addressing clear societal needs.

Ilika has recently received notification that its patent application covering the use of lower cost metal alloys as electro-catalysts in PEM fuel cells has been granted in the USA.