A Spanish company will start producing advanced Graphene Batteries in March (Spanish article)

[Michael Moewes]

http://www.eleconomista.es/ecomotor/motor/noticias/7329608/02/16/Una-empresa-espanola-presenta-una-bateria-de-grafeno-para-coches-electricos-con-800-km-de-autonomia.html

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An Electric car can have a reach of 800km and it can be charged within 5 minutes.
A mobile or cellular phone can last up to 10 days without recharging.
And much more.

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Interesting. It will be exciting when these experimental graphite batteries come to market.

[Wide-Eyed]

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An Electric car can have a reach of 800km and it can be charged within 5 minutes.
A mobile or cellular phone can last up to 10 days without recharging.
And much more.

Gracias! Amigo

[onawah]

Please keep us updated!

[DeDukshyn]

The Spanish company Graphenano submitted today, along with its Chinese partner Chint, a polymer batteries Graphene for different applications that, in the case of electric vehicles, allows a range of 800 kilometers, occupies between 20% and 30% less than a lithium and could recharge in five minutes.



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Graphene is a nanomaterial consisting of pure carbon, atoms arranged in a regular pattern similar to graphite, hexagonal, and whose characteristics are hardness, flexibility and elasticity.

It is clear, has a very high thermal and electrical conductivity, is light and generates electricity after being hit by the light.

Batteries Grabat today presented the President and CEO of Graphenano, Martín Martínez, are aimed at home - to make it self-supporting - electric vehicles (both automobiles and bicycles), drones or even heart pacemakers.

In the case of the automobile has highlighted that the technology used cannot be compared with the current lithium, since while the latter has a 180 Wh/kg energy density "it isn't real".

The Grabat, being manufactured in Yecla (Murcia) from March, has a density of 1,000 Wh/kg, a voltage of 2, 3v and when it has been analyzed by independent agencies TÜV and Dekra has not exploited, as it may happen with a lithium battery. In addition, after be short-circuited it has returned to work with 60% of the load, according to Martinez.

According to the President, it has a "huge" potential, since the speed of loading and unloading is 100 C, while that of a lithium is 3 c, and has no memory effect.

Manufacturing in Spain and China will be possible thanks to the contribution of the Chint group, a multinational Chinese specialized in the automation, power generation and the production of solar panels.

The project of industrialization of batteries has two phases. The first, which invested 30 million euros, will allow the construction of 20 lines of manufacture in Yecla plant that manufactured 80 million cells a year

The first line is ready, will begin in March, and scheduled for June that work 5, which will be increasing up to those 20.

The second phase will lead to an investment of 350 million euros to make the biggest factory, which will make it possible employ 7,000 people and which, in 2019, a turnover of EUR 3,000-4,000 million peak is reached

[Michael Moewes]

They start Production in March with a first production line in Spain
Later follow the chinese patrner with more production lines.

Interesting. It will be exciting when these experimental graphite batteries come to market.

[Violet]

Been catching glimpses of the graphene story here and there. Bits:


The most obvious application is using graphene to replace silicon chips, since that technology is fast reaching its fundamental limits (below 10 nanometers). It is also possible to make graphene using epitaxial growth techniques–growing a single layer on top of crystals with a matching substrate–in order to create graphene wafers for electronics applications. So graphene holds promise for use in high-frequency transistors in the terahertz regime, or to build miniature printed circuit boards at the nanoscale. There are technical barriers: graphene is metallic, so scientists would need to devise a way to make the material semiconducting. They will also need to develop a technique for producing graphene sheets in large quantities if the material is to find application in large-scale industrial sectors.

For now, graphene is being explored as a filler in plastic to make composite materials, in much the same way that carbon nanotubes are used to bolster the strength of concrete materials, for example. Graphene suspensions can also be used to make optically transparent and conductive films suitable for LCD screens. (2004 source (https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200910/physicshistory.cfm))

http://www.iop.org/resources/topic/img_mid_45258.jpg


Like graphite, graphene’s atoms are arranged in a hexagonal lattice. What distinguishes it is that rather than being made of stacked layers, graphene is one single layer just one atom thick.
(...)
What could graphene be used for?
Graphene is one of the strongest materials known. It conducts heat better than diamond, and may conduct electricity better than silver. As it’s two-dimensional, it could be used to detect single molecules of a gas – if a gas molecule were to stick to a sheet of graphene there would be a local change in the electrical resistance. This could also be useful for detecting microbes.

Many of the proposed applications of graphene are in electronics and computing. Its electronic properties mean it could be used to make transistors for high-speed electrical circuits, and ultimately replace silicon in microchips.

At the same time, research in China discovered that graphene has some antibacterial properties and is effective at killing E Coli bacteria, leading to suggestions for its use in hygiene products.
(2010? Source (http://www.physics.org/article-questions.asp?id=67))

How does the battery work?

[Michael Moewes]

They make the Graphene linar and ply these layers many times. This will create a sandwich with multiple layers. This creates a capacitor. easy to understand, isn't it?


Been catching glimpses of the graphene story here and there. Bits:


The most obvious application is using graphene to replace silicon chips, since that technology is fast reaching its fundamental limits (below 10 nanometers). It is also possible to make graphene using epitaxial growth techniques–growing a single layer on top of crystals with a matching substrate–in order to create graphene wafers for electronics applications. So graphene holds promise for use in high-frequency transistors in the terahertz regime, or to build miniature printed circuit boards at the nanoscale. There are technical barriers: graphene is metallic, so scientists would need to devise a way to make the material semiconducting. They will also need to develop a technique for producing graphene sheets in large quantities if the material is to find application in large-scale industrial sectors.

For now, graphene is being explored as a filler in plastic to make composite materials, in much the same way that carbon nanotubes are used to bolster the strength of concrete materials, for example. Graphene suspensions can also be used to make optically transparent and conductive films suitable for LCD screens. (2004 source (https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200910/physicshistory.cfm))

http://www.iop.org/resources/topic/img_mid_45258.jpg


Like graphite, graphene’s atoms are arranged in a hexagonal lattice. What distinguishes it is that rather than being made of stacked layers, graphene is one single layer just one atom thick.
(...)
What could graphene be used for?
Graphene is one of the strongest materials known. It conducts heat better than diamond, and may conduct electricity better than silver. As it’s two-dimensional, it could be used to detect single molecules of a gas – if a gas molecule were to stick to a sheet of graphene there would be a local change in the electrical resistance. This could also be useful for detecting microbes.

Many of the proposed applications of graphene are in electronics and computing. Its electronic properties mean it could be used to make transistors for high-speed electrical circuits, and ultimately replace silicon in microchips.

At the same time, research in China discovered that graphene has some antibacterial properties and is effective at killing E Coli bacteria, leading to suggestions for its use in hygiene products.
(2010? Source (http://www.physics.org/article-questions.asp?id=67))

How does the battery work?

[Violet]

Thank you for your answer, Michael.

No, I don't always find it that easy to understand. But from your reply and now that I looked up capacitator (link (http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/capacitor.htm)) I do have an image of how the car might work.

[Michael Moewes]

You're welcome.
It's revolutionary, because there is only one element. there is no real chemical reaction as it is in litium ion or litium polymere bateries. and it's non toxic. so there is also no risk of fire as we have with li-ion bateries.
As soon the production is out for comercial replacements, I'll buy for all my mobile devices these bateries.

Thank you for your answer, Michael.

No, I don't always find it that easy to understand. But from your reply and now that I looked up capacitator (link (http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/capacitor.htm)) I do have an image of how the car might work.

[TargeT]

They make the Graphene linar and ply these layers many times. This will create a sandwich with multiple layers. This creates a capacitor. easy to understand, isn't it?


creates a usablely dense capacitor, graphene is a capacitor naturally, but at only 1 "atom" thick it's not very useful, this layered approach makes it more usable; an inevitable outcome of the electrical properties that were discovered IMO.


A good battery technology will drastically change the world, this may be it.



You're welcome.
It's revolutionary, because there is only one element. there is no real chemical reaction as it is in litium ion or litium polymere bateries. and it's non toxic. so there is also no risk of fire as we have with li-ion bateries.
As soon the production is out for comercial replacements, I'll buy for all my mobile devices these bateries.

well, we don't know the dangers yet, perhaps this polymer sandwiching will cause issues.. but this is a very promising step in the right direction.