[nanoPost] Carbon nanomaterials for energy applications

Company Germany

Our methods for functionalisation are well adapted to our materials and help us to optimise the carbon nanomaterials, depending on the customers’ needs. Upon request we adapt our materials, for instance, to make them suspendable for subsequent production steps.

Material Characterisation and Testing:

We use standard methods to test and characterise CNFs and CNTs.

Applications and Know-How:

Today we focus on the following fields of technology:

Composite materials
Battery technology
Catalysis and Fuel Cells
Gas storage and Sorption

Our in-depth knowledge of the problematic  fields in these technologies help us to identify new applications, where our carbon nanomaterials can drive technological progress. We do, however, not loose sight of other solutions and often combine conventional materials with our nanomaterials. Based on our insight gained in projects conducted in the fields of technology named above, we are able to develop creative ideas to transfer our knowledge to new applications.

Applications

Composite Materials

Carbon nano materials have special electrical, mechanical and thermal properties. As additive in polymers, ceramics, metals and textiles these nanoadditives cause positive influence on the matrix material like electrical and thermal conductivity or mechanical strengthness with low nanomaterial loads.

Battery Technology:

The market for lithim-ion-batteries has a high growth rate. Besides the use of Li-ion-batteries for mobile applications like lap top computers, automotive applications (42 V bord net) are getting more and more important.

The company develops materials for the usage  in these battery systems. Selected carbon nanomaterials can be used for the storage of Lithium and provide higher storage capacities as standard gaphite materials.

Beside the storage of lithium, carbon nanomaterials enhance the mechanical and electrical properties of the anode and cathode standard materials. Therefore the company delivers materials which provides more power and more cycles in your Li-Ion-battery.

Catalysis and fuel cells:

Carbon nanomaterials enhance the properties of fuel cells: As catalyst support material for precious metals (e.g. platinum), carbon nanomaterials help to enhance the power density of fuel cells and help to reduce the amount of platinum.

In bipolar plates carbon nanomaterials help to enhance the electrical conductivity.

The company's materials have been successful tested in fuel cell applications.

Gas storage and Sorption:

The company develops new carbon based nanomaterials for the storage and separation of gases based on sorption technologies. By modifying the material properties during respectively after the production process the characteristics of the carbon nanomaterials are adjusted towards the mixture of gases to be sorbed. Special interest is pointed on the field of hydrogen storage.The target is to develop materials which allow to store hydrogen at moderate pressures and temperatures suitable for automotive applications. Besides to the adaption of the material characteristics, detailed knowledge of material sciences as well as insight into relevant thermodynamics support the development and design of hydrogen storage systems.

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