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Originally posted by semi retired: ↑

Wrong , there will be a lot more silicone in future batteries , keep it real Blackfrost , Silicon holds 10 times the energy than graphite and charges much faster , silicon is made from sand , very abundant and cheap , see Tesla they are increasing the % of silicon in their battery for more energy and faster charging , your Ecograph project is stuffed if it can't remove the silicone and molecular glue self healing binder from batteries , can't believe EGR's done no testing on that ? done no costings transporting old batteries from around the globe ? its my opinion your graphite project has no margins and is dead , the $50 million in the bank will be used to find another project ,probably in WA , EGR ? when does the option expire ?

Tesla Silicon Anode Will Be the Key to Next-Level Fast Charging

by Eva Fox December 11, 2020

Tesla Tesla Battery

In a Q3 2020 Earnings Call, Tesla SVP Drew Baglino said that the fundamental limiting factor for high charge rates is lithium plating, which can be eliminated with proper electrode design and material choice. Tesla Silicon is the right material to provide the right electrode design.

Panasonic introduced 2170 nickel-cobalt-aluminum (NCA) cathode chemistry in 2017 for Tesla Model 3. But the company said it has been developing the technology, resulting in an increase in specific energy of more than 5%, and a reduction in cobalt content to at most 5%. Panasonic also plans to increase the power density of its batteries that it supplies to Tesla by 20% in five years, and to commercialize a cobalt-free version "in two to three years."

In early November, Celina Mikolajczak, vice president of battery technology at Panasonic Energy of North America (PENA), revealed that the company is working on a new battery pack that will be based on the recently unveiled Tesla 4680 battery, and will feature fast-charging capability.

Jordan explains that the 5-20% increase in energy density is most likely to be largely driven by the higher silicon content. This gradual increase in silicon will over time lead to faster battery charging rates.

Jim Cushing of Applied Materials is developing a 30% silicon anode battery that provides a 4C charge rate (0-100% in 15 minutes). This means that, in the first five minutes, the battery can be charged from 0 to 50% if the charger is powerful enough to deliver that amount of energy.

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-silicon-fast-charge-is-on-the-way

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HiSemi, re “done no costings transporting old batteries from around the globe”.

You don’t seem to understand (or likely don’t want to) that we are not recycling batteries, we are recycling the “black mass” after the battery recyclers have already extracted it from the batteries.

As such, no need to worry about those costing (and associated fire risk) to transport old batteries around the globe as it’s not required.

I would suggest it’s likely we would set up our process in conjunction with the battery recyclers (such as SunGeel from Sth Korea). With the results from “Production Scrap” announced the other day I can see our process being adopted quite quickly as manufacturers will want to “close the loop” on as many materials as possible.

What’s your thoughts, could we potentially see our recycling process in operation in 100’s location around the globe?

All in my very humble opinion as always

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