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Submission declined on 28 July 2026 by Sulfurboy (talk). This draft is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Wikipedia's verifiability policy requires that all content be supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources include: reputable newspapers, magazines, academic journals, and books from respected publishers. Unacceptable sources include: personal blogs, social media, predatory publishers, most tabloids, and websites where anyone can contribute. Replace any unreliable sources with high-quality sources. If you cannot find a reliable source for the material, it should be removed. This draft is not written from a neutral point of view. Wikipedia articles must be written neutrally in a formal, impersonal, and dispassionate way. They should not read like a blog post, advertisement, or fan page. Rewrite the draft to remove: promotional language: see Words to watch; personal commentary: opinions or direct addresses to the reader; informal language. Instead, only summarize in your own words a range of independent, reliable, published sources that discuss the subject. Declined by Sulfurboy 15 days ago.

• Comment: Non-notable. COI still not disclosed either. Sulfurboy (talk) 10:02, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

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Skellium is a German battery technology start-up based in Aachen, Germany, developing manufacturing processes for lithium-metal anodes. The company is a spin-off from the Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) chair at RWTH Aachen University.^[1][2][3][4]

The technology underlying the company originated in 2024 as part of the EXIST Transfer of Research project "LIMA" (Lithium Metal Anode) at the PEM Chair of RWTH Aachen University. The manufacturing process was developed during the doctoral research of Gerrit Bockey, who founded the company together with Jonas Gorsch, Junia Dietert, and Hendrik Minis Pai.^[3][4]

The EXIST Transfer of Research program supports the commercialization of scientific research with entrepreneurial potential.^[5] The company also completed the RWTH Incubation Program, an accelerator for deep-tech start-ups.^[6]

In October 2025, the industry publications Electrive and Battery-News reported on the coating technology developed at RWTH Aachen and its potential significance for industrial battery manufacturing. In early 2026, Skellium participated in the Partner Dialogue on Battery Technology with Start-ups, organized by the German Federal Government. The company's participation was documented in an official response by the Federal Government to a parliamentary inquiry in the German Bundestag.^[7]

In 2026, the project was spun off into an independent company under the name Skellium, headquartered in Aachen. The company was subsequently registered with the Aachen District Court under commercial register number HRB 30070.^[8]

In March 2026, the battery industry newsletter Intercalation Station included Skellium in its market overview of companies developing lithium-metal anodes, alongside firms such as Blue Solutions, Pure Lithium, Elevated Materials, and Sigma Lithium.^[2]

Skellium develops a melt-coating process for manufacturing ultra-thin lithium-metal anodes. In this process, molten lithium is deposited onto a current collector, typically copper foil, under a controlled argon atmosphere.

According to industry reporting, the process differs from established manufacturing methods such as rolling, vapor deposition, or evaporation, which are generally considered more complex, expensive, and more limited in achievable coating thickness. The Skellium process allows precise control of the lithium layer thickness without requiring mechanical post-processing. A three-dimensional porous copper current collector is intended to reduce dendrite formation during battery operation.^[2][3][4][9]

Ultra-thin lithium-metal anodes are regarded as a key enabling technology for next-generation batteries, particularly solid-state batteries, due to their significantly higher energy density. ^[3][4][9]

Members of the founding team presented the technology on the battery industry podcast Geladen, where Gerrit Bockey and Jonas Gorsch explained the technical principles of the melt-coating process.

Industry publications including Electrive , Battery-News and Intercalation Station have each described the technology as a potential contribution to establishing industrial-scale lithium-metal anode manufacturing in Europe.^[2][3][4]