YONKERS, N.Y. August 29, 2017 – alpha-En Corporation (OTC: ALPE), an innovative clean technology company that has developed a patent pending process to produce high purity thin film lithium metal anodes and associated products at room temperature, announced today the commencement of a joint research program with Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America and Princeton University. This joint research program’s investigation of alpha-En’s pure lithium metal thin films in advanced battery systems will be conducted at Princeton University under the direction of Daniel Steingart, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.