Graphene Aluminum Ion Battery w/ Craig Nicol | 1,000 Wh/kg?

The Graphene Manufacturing Group is developing Graphene Aluminum-Ion batteries that could be the NEXT BIG STEP CHANGE in battery technology! In this video GMG's CEO Craig Nicol explains a bit about this new battery tech and the their progress in commercializing these new batteries.

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[alanthompson]

I really hope high density, high power, low cost, long life, fire-resistant battery technology becomes a production reality soon. He seems to be projecting a few of those with his tech, but he is vague.

[georgesackinger]

Excellent interview. Your skill in selecting topics to discuss gets better all the time. Interesting tech. It obviously is only in the development stages. Sounds like even if they get the tech dialed in, they have no idea what it would take to scale it up. As with many new battery technologies, scaling is massively important. I also wish he would have talked more about cycle numbers. Energy density is important but cycle length has been a limiter also. They are not even at a point where they know what the end battery design would be. Thanks for shedding light on this technology. Best interview on your part I've seen.

[davidwilkie]

Sounds like a big step up, but we should be accustomed to waiting now.

[christover]

Australia has a lot of tech talent, glad to see a better political environment bringing it out of hiding.

[evolutionschildren]

Excellent coverage. Thamk you.

New stock holder here. Growing my position as GMG proves successful going to market.

As you must all know, Graphene is notoriously difficult to work with, so, expecting things ro take longer than expected.

Been using a graphene additive in my oil and there is a clear difference. 5-10% improvee fuel economy and less noise from my engine. A Prius with nearly 300, 000 miles on it.

GLTA

[Adam-ulpx]

Love the coverage as a long term stockholder of theirs. Im also getting excited about GMG's Thermal XR which should be approved by the EPA this year and has been been validated by the University of Queensland. Hope you will cover ESS inc. next!

[LifeLongLearner-omjx]

It all comes down to commercial viability and scalability. Doesn’t matter how good a technology is if you can’t manufacture it at scale in an affordable process. That being said, with as much money and effort being put toward battery tech we will crack this nut.

[RWBHere]

Thanks guys. Excellent interview. I really hope that these cells make it to market in a big way. The raw materials are abundant, and the technology seems to be safe, giving cells which could handle wider temperature variations than Lithium-based cells. This will eventually lead to lower cost per kWh. Please keep us updated about the progress of GMG's development programme. 🙂

[AdlerMow]

The big reason a battery catches fire is the presence of oxides, because it acts as the oxidizer black powder, without it it relies on air to burn, making it much harder and less intense as well. That's why lfp has lower fire than nmc chemistry.

[cleanitup_pls]

Very interesting approach and it seems like the potential is a significant step up in energy density, therefore more applications where more power is neeeded. Worth following but it seems like patience and persistence are warranted

[richardservatius]

for energy storage - non mobile; first priority ought to be power loss per time stored not in use IMO. so a user can use the battery for backup power.

[Dli]

At 15:55 it's just the series and parallel math. Watts is v*a so Wh also is your final density figure.

For any given application you just use whatever quantity of cells gets you to the needed voltage. If it's twice as many because the vpc (volts per cell) is less, then you just use twice as many.

Again, back to watts and Wh, it doesn't matter which voltage you picked or number of cells in series.

This is all just basic battery pack geometry stuff that already depends on the chemistry, which each have their own vpc.

[ALLORNOTHIN]

As a shareholder I'm very concerned...Craig just described this battery as an Aluminum ion battery with a graphene component, where as this company has been advertising a graphene battery with an aluminum component. I don't believe this is the best use for the wonder material that is graphene, but instead just the simplest way to get a battery working while using a graphene component. I hope someone can challenge my assumptions.

[guitarman]

3.7 volts to 5 volts and 500mA can be accomplished if the graphene is added with a certain additive but then heat can become an issue. But that can also be monitored and controlled with a design that I designed myself.

[JBean_COCR]

AlCl3 Aluminum Trichloride has a health hazard of 3, listed as a hazardous chemical. I bring this up just as a data point, as it would likely require special handling on the production side, and possible later in use/recycling. Think of all the chemicals/materials used in the past which have become pariahs, e.g. asbestos, or firefighting foam. So to me this would be a concern. Thanks for the informative interview. I'd love to see 1kW/kg, for selfish reasons, more mileage in our EV car and a useable EV motorcycle. Likely work great for aviation applications as well.

[anydaynow]

This company has the right idea and is one of the most sustainable ways to develop the graphene for these batteries especially if they use RNG. Definitely will be a massive game changer once they scale up! It would be great for them to partner with a company like Hyliion with their long haul trucking RNG PHEV solutions. I think the two companies have a lot in common in terms of their ultimate goals and how they can mutually help one another.

[joelado]

Why don't these high tech battery companies go after the lead acid car starter battery market? Lead acid batteries use 2 volt cells. The car lead acid batteries are specifically designed to discharge fast and recharge off the alternator. It is something that these batteries could easily do, plus with the high amp hours you won't have the problem of your lead acid battery going dead if you left the lights on, (as long as they are LEDs). If these batteries are able to charge like lead acid batteries and they can match the cost, they have a huge market to sell into. Just think about all the cars, trucks, ATVs, motorcycles, boats, etc. etc. etc. that would have owners and manufacturers willing to swap them out, even if it is just to replace a lead acid battery that is going dead.

[mockingbird]

Whoever gets to 1kw per kg in an affordable battery that's tougher and longer lasting than LFP that can sustain a CONTSTANT 350KW or higher charge rate just basically buried the ICE.
That'd be 0%-100% in 17 minutes in a 100kwh battery.

[peteregan]

Let's hope they are successful, but he gives the impression of being undercapitalised to bring the product to market fast enough to not be left behind by other battery tech

[shmayazuggot]

Interesting though unfortunately a long distance to scale up. Sodium batteries are probably the next wave as scaling is easier. Good to see competition in the energy market.