A New Zealand-based startup just got $18 million to commercialize graphite made of wood chips for EV batteries in Europe and the US. CarbonScape explains that biographite is a “sustainable alternative ...

Yesterday's polluting fuel could be transformed into a valuable material for tomorrow's electric vehicle batteries, thanks to a wide-ranging research project that utilizes expertise spanning the ...

Soft, dark-gray graphite is not just useful in pencils: The highly conductive and heat-resistant mineral is uniquely suited ...

The outlook for the graphite market is promising due to its usage in the battery industry and energy storage applications, as well as steel-making. With China dominating the natural graphite market, ...

High-purity graphite to be produced from methane gas.

Why it matters: Graphite is the largest component in lithium-ion batteries by weight. Accounting for losses during the manufacturing process, it takes over 30 times more graphite than lithium to make ...

Lithium might be the new oil, but it’s just one of several materials needed to make the batteries powering today’s electric vehicles. There’s also cobalt, nickel and manganese, all of which have ...

An Estonian startup using captured carbon to create sustainable alternatives to materials needed for batteries has just raised 4 million euros, $4.3 million. Tallinn-based Up Catalyst, founded in 2019 ...