I saw this on the Syrah...

I saw this on the Syrah website.

https://www.syrahresources.com.au/about/battery-anode-market

These are not Altech's words, but it points to the future where Altech is headed. If Silumina Anodes is proven to work the way we have been told, then Altech Batteries will become a household name.

Alternative Active Anode Materials and Battery Cell Technology

Silicon is considered a potential future alternative to graphite as an active anode material. Silicon has a higher theoretical energy and volumetric density compared with graphite, translating to higher capacity, and may allow for faster charging. Silicon is currently used in small proportions of up to 5% by mass with graphite in battery anodes to take advantage of these benefits. However, silicon swells significantly more than graphite in charge/discharge cycling, causing cell instability, capacity degradation and reduced cycle life when it is used in more significant proportions in a battery anode. Technological solutions have not yet addressed these critical issues for real world application of silicon as a direct substitute for graphite at scale. It is expected that graphite and silicon will continue to be blended in future anode product development.

Even though novel battery anode and battery cell technology (e.g. solid state) are being evaluated, there are myriad technical, manufacturing and market challenges to overcome for these technologies to be commercialised and scaled in a meaningful way in the electric vehicle market. Significant base-load capacity investment has been made and is expected to continue for battery manufacturing facilities that primarily utilise graphite active anode materials in the battery anode, and these large scale, low cost facilities are largely incompatible with novel battery cell technologies.

Graphite is expected to remain the preferred and most widely used active anode material for mass market batteries, particularly for electric vehicles and stationary storage applications.