That's cool to have a Commercial scale of Graphite...
The difference here is LWP is not going to produce Graphite.
LWP is instead will hold the rights to license application to mass produce Synthetic Graphene which is one atom thick and is a 2D substance.
Graphite is a 3D substance and not a 2D
The difference here Graphene is 2D and is much more precious. It is what the world will be using in lots of concepts and LWP is aiming to be one of the main licensing supplier of Synthetic Graphene. LWP will give companies the licence to mass producers to produce Graphene in conjunction with other two-dimensional (2D) crystals to create some even more amazing compounds to suit an even wider range of applications. Potential graphene
Applications
include lightweight, thin, flexible, yet durable display screens, electric circuits, and solar cells, as well as various medical, chemical and industrial processes enhanced or enabled by the use of new graphene materials
Battery
One of the practical graphene uses for this material is battery. The battery is a result of wrapping a thin sheet of this material around a novel multifunctional sulfur electrode. This is actually a rechargeable battery and not just a battery alone. These improvements came about because of the interconnected graphene network that is capable of high electrical conductivity. This shows that the composite structure of a porous scaffold with these conductive connections is the basic foundation of rechargeable batteries.
LWP has bought 50% of GraphenEra and they have a research team that works on these Graphene-Oxygen (air) battery technology takes on the challenge to find ways of building protection layers to enhance the performance of these batteries. With Patent pending filed GraphenEra is working on a technique that can provide a simple versatile way of producing electrode materials. These deep fried graphene spheres can potentially be use for devices that will improve its energy and power densities. As of this time GraphenEre observes that graphene in electrodes produce thin films that stack together. This reduces the surface area and is the reason why this material is hard to process.
In terms of batteries for electric cars, with the present studies made on graphene supercapacitors it would not take long before developers can mass produce graphene car batteries that will not take long to charge. LWP Technology's battery is Aluminum-Graphene -Oxygen Battery Technology version that can store enough energy to give these cars the fuel that it needs for city driving and could give upto 3500Km per Charge. Car makers in particular are interested in improving the efficiency of these vehicles. By using graphene batteries the car can recover and reuse the energy that it normally wasted when the brakes slows down. Generally, it will take more than a few seconds to recharge the batteries that is using conventional batteries. The second issue is not about the battery but, about the normal wear and tear effects on a car powered batteries. Clearly, the drawback is when the device can be used for millions of time and will go beyond the car’s lifetime.
Graphite is a good step but its the second step to transform Graphite into Graphene that is where the Big money is at. GraphenEra has been working hard to achieve these results.