B. Willner, D. O'Carroll
CarbonDots, New Jersey, United States
Keywords: graphite, waste feedstock, battery anodes, domestic production
CarbonDots provides battery manufacturers with a reliable domestic graphite supply chain, produced from waste plastic. Demand for graphite has soared due to the growth in lithium-ion battery production, driven by EV adoption and battery energy storage. But there is currently no US production of battery-grade graphite in the US. Our talented team has developed a novel low temperature process to convert plastic into graphite. By using waste plastic and the lower energy costs of our methods, our domestic graphite production method will be competitive with traditional overseas graphite production. We are committed to using domestically sourced feedstocks and maintaining a fully domestic supply chain for the lithium-ion battery industry. This ensures a stable, reliable product that grows with our customers while strengthening local industries and supply resilience. In this poster, we will present our process approach and data on the structure, phase and purity of our graphitic carbon materials.