This is not NEAH , the article mentions a collaboration shown below.
"French-US team-mostly involving researchers from the CNRS, Université de Lille, Université de Nantes and Argonne National Laboratory (US) as part of the Research Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage (RS2E)"
Looks like NEAH may be ahead of these guys, if D'Couto is to be believed.
The NEAH battery is not a Lithium Ion it is a Lithium Metal battery.
The NEAH project is a "deconstructive analysis " and on the DOE website does not show as active yet,it shows 12 month on status.
So a competing technology which in a way validates NEAH's idea.
JMHO
Bill