Aquabattery was launched in 2014 by ChemEng PhD graduate Jiajun Chen (Founder and CEO). The company develops and commercialise a revolutionary technology delivering large-scale energy storage that is affordable, sustainable and completely safe, by storing energy in just table salt and water.
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The winner of numerous awards and with > €30 million equity and non-equity funding, the company has demonstrated the technology at pilot scale and is presently building a large-scale demonstrator in The Netherlands.
Jiajun Chen has been recognised by important awards, including the EU Sustainable Energy Innovation Award 2025.
Media
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/234235/imperial-graduate-awarded-25-million-european/
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/be-inspired/magazine/issue-53/imperial-innovates/
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/253076/aquabattery-raises-6m-seed-funding-deploy/
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/265435/imperial-alumnus-wins-eu-sustainable-energy/
https://www.icheme.org/training-events/awards/global-awards/winners-2025/
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-awards/winners/2026-winners/
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/Stories/alumni-awards-2026-jiajun/