SUBMERGE LITHIUM BATTERY TECHNOLOGY

Submerge utilizes a specific type of lithium battery technology, unique to Submerge in the DPV marketplace.

Commonly called "LIPO" (Lithium Ion Polymer) cells, which generally refer to cells constructed with a Lithium/Cobalt chemistry, Submerge LIPO cells replace most of the volatile/weakly bonded Lithium/Cobalt with Manganese and Nickel, utilizing what is categorized as a Lithium Manganese Nickel Cobalt (LiMgNiCo) cell.

This retains much of the specific energy, discharge characteristics and voltage of the common LIPO cell, but with much improved safety due to the stronger Lithium Manganese/Nickel bond.

Submerge does not utilize LIFE (Lithium Iron Phosphate) technology due to the lower voltage of the cell (3.2 vs 3.7 volts, requiring packs to have 1 or 2 extra cells to achieve the target voltage) combined with the higher volumetric inefficiency and significant weight disadvantage.  The result is LIFE packs only improve on NiMH packs by 25% capacity, compared to the 100% possible utilizing LiMgNiCo cells.