The Global Graphene Group

GRAPHENE MANUFACTURER CONSOLIDATES BATTERY ORGANIZATIONS, MAKES LEADERSHIP PROMOTIONS

03/12/2020 by The Global Graphene Group Leave a Comment

DAYTON, OHIO, March 12, 2020 – Global Graphene Group (G³) announces the consolidation of Angstron Energy Company (AEC) into Honeycomb Battery Company (HBC), effective February 28, 2020. G³ is the holding company for both organizations, in addition to Taiwan Graphene Company (TGC) and Nanotek Instruments. This structure change brings the world-class energy storage and battery R&D and manufacturing expertise from both AEC and HBC together under one leader, Dr. Aruna Zhamu, G³ co-founder and HBC President.

“The combination of these two businesses will create a powerful energy storage and battery products company with some of the best technology and products in the market,” said John Davis, G³ Chief Operating Officer. “With the good leadership of Dr. Aruna Zhamu as HBC’s Global President, the future is very exciting.”

“We’re primed for rapid development and commercialization of our energy and battery products with the combined resources and expertise under HBC,” said Dr. Aruna Zhamu. “Bringing our Si anode and current collectors to market is a priority for HBC for 2020. I look forward to continuing to lead this team and growing our business.”

G³ is pleased to announce additional leadership changes. Adam Quirk, formerly VP of Business Development, has been promoted to TGC Global President. In this new role, Quirk will manage G³’s TGC organization, which manufacturers graphene raw materials, thermal management products and nanocomposite products. Stuart Blair, formerly Director of Finance, was promoted to Vice President of Finance. Bob Crouch, formerly Director of IP, was promoted to Vice President of Legal Affairs. These promotions round out the company’s executive leadership team.

“These key leadership changes position G³ to accomplish our strategic goal of expanding our manufacturing of battery and thermal management solutions and continuing to grow our market share,” said Dr. Bor Jang, G³ Chief Executive Officer. “We have a strong leadership team in place who will take G³ to the next level.”

About Global Graphene Group

Global Graphene Group, Inc. (G³) is a leading material science technology and product solutions company focused on graphene. It has an award-winning, best-in-class intellectual property portfolio with more than 430 patents and applications. In addition, G³ holds many of the world’s firsts in graphene-related breakthroughs that have resulted in cutting edge products. G³, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, is the holding company for a variety of subsidiaries. Taiwan Graphene Company is the largest volume producer of single-layer graphene globally. It is focused on high volume production of graphene raw materials, enhanced thermal interface materials (films, pastes, inks), and nanocomposite products (both thermoplastics and thermosets). Honeycomb Battery Company is focused on commercializing next generation lithium ion battery electrodes, battery performance solutions enhanced with graphene, and improved battery reliability performance. It produces graphene-wrapped nano silicon particles to improve anode stability, prelithiation to reduce capacity loss, significant cost reduction in cost of goods, and has the world’s largest silicon anode production line in the US.

Media Contact:
Amy Maggart
Communications Leader
Global Graphene Group
937-331-9884, 937-751-6784 (cell)
[email protected]

TOP FEMALE SCIENTIST SURPASSES 475 US PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS

03/08/2020 by The Global Graphene Group Leave a Comment

With International Women’s Day on March 8, 2020, Global Graphene Group (G³) is excited to celebrate our co-founder, Dr. Aruna Zhuma, who recently passed the milestone of 475 US patents issued and applications filed in her career. Dr. Zhamu is recognized as the world’s number 2 graphene inventor. She is the President of Honeycomb Battery Company, a subsidiary of Global Graphene Group, and the VP of New Product / Process Development at G³.Dr. Zhamu’s impact on the scientific community is massive. She has filed more than 215 graphene-related US patents. She now holds over 450 US patents and patent applications focused on graphene – more than any other female scientist. She is one of only a handful of female scientists to hold over 150 US patents. Dr. Zhamu led Global Graphene Group to become the world’s largest manufacturer of single-layer graphene oxide. She co-invented graphene thermal film, graphene-enabled sulfur cathode, high-capacity anodes and graphene supercapacitors.

“Supporting women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) is very important to me,” said Dr. Zhamu, who holds a BS and PhD from Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China. “Being a woman in science, I’ve found you need to be strong and confident in yourself to be successful. Then you can become a leader and truly make an impact.”

“It’s very important to me to support other women in science and support girls pursuing STEM education,” said Zhamu. “Female scientists have so much to offer our chosen fields of study, and we’ll continue to be a big part of the future in technology.”

About Global Graphene Group

Global Graphene Group, Inc. (G³) is a leading material science technology and product solutions company focused on graphene. It has an award-winning, best-in-class intellectual property portfolio with more than 430 patents and applications. In addition, G³ holds many of the world’s firsts in graphene-related breakthroughs that have resulted in cutting edge products. G³, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, is the holding company for a variety of subsidiaries. Taiwan Graphene Company is the largest volume producer of single-layer graphene globally. It is focused on high volume production of graphene raw materials, enhanced thermal interface materials (films, pastes, inks), and nanocomposite products (both thermoplastics and thermosets). Honeycomb Battery is focused on commercializing next generation lithium ion battery electrodes, battery performance solutions enhanced with graphene, and improved battery reliability performance. It produces graphene-wrapped nano silicon particles to improve anode stability, prelithiation to reduce capacity loss, significant cost reduction in cost of goods, and has the world’s largest silicon anode production line in the US.

Media Contact:
Amy Maggart
Communications Leader
Global Graphene Group
937-331-9884, 937-751-6784 (cell)
[email protected]

Changing the EV Battery Game

03/03/2020 by The Global Graphene Group Leave a Comment

Global Graphene Group’s Dr. Evan House, Senior Battery Scientist, will present at this year’s Graphene Automotive Show in Detroit, Michigan, on Thursday, March 5. He will speak about graphene-enhanced current collectors bringing longer life to battery cells and reduced cost for EV batteries. Dr. House will discuss how G³ has developed next-generation battery technologies that address the most pressing problems for consumer electronics and solutions that will enable faster adoption of electric vehicles (“EV”), and how our battery technology solves issues with flammability, high cost, slow charging and low energy density. He will speak about our graphene-enhanced current collectors and how our testing has shown they can:

Lower battery costs and / or extend EV range through greater cycling efficiencies
Lower battery costs through longer cycle lifetime as electrode corrosion is eliminated
Lower application costs via graphene armors allowance for simplified thermal management systems
Improved safety due to reduced heat build-up from un-armored cells continual impedance growth

Interested in learning more about our graphene-enhanced solutions for the EV market? Let’s talk! Call us at 937-331-9884 or email [email protected] to speak with our experts.

How Does G3 Love Graphene…

02/14/2020 by The Global Graphene Group Leave a Comment

Let us count the ways! It’s Valentine’s Day 2020, and the Global Graphene Group team wanted to show graphene some love. Graphene is an amazing material that we are fortunate to be able to manufacturer and experiment with every day in our Dayton, OH, and Asia facilities. Watch this short video of the G3 team sharing what they love about graphene:

Global Graphene Group Named R&D 100 Award Finalist

01/16/2020 by The Global Graphene Group Leave a Comment

DAYTON, OHIO, January 16, 2020 – Global Graphene Group (G³) was honored recently by R&D World, naming G³’s graphene-protected lithium metal anode for rechargeable metal batteries solution (HELiX™) a finalist for the 2019 R&D 100 Award. The R&D 100 Awards recognize the top 100 most technologically significant new products of the year.

HELiX is a single-layer graphene-protected lithium metal technology making high-energy rechargeable metal batteries viable. It allows extremely low anode usage (anode/cathode ratio ≤ 10%), creating an energy density over 350 Wh/kg and 1,000 Wh/L, which yields a 60-80% improvement over current lithium-ion batteries. This offers unprecedented opportunities for advanced portable devices/electric vehicles.

HELiX is a readily available, drop-in, graphene-enabled anode solution for all types of high-energy, lithium metal batteries (e.g. advanced Li-ion, all solid-state batteries, Li-S, Li-Se, and Li-air cells). It adds immediate value to any rechargeable battery, including, but not limited to power drones, renewable energy storage systems, aerospace applications, unmanned vehicles, and electric vehicles (EVs). Additionally, due to its performance, batteries can be reduced in size by 30-40% while still providing the required energy. This provides room for other components or allows for significant reductions in size and weight. The most promising opportunity for HELiX graphene-enabled anode solutions is in EV batteries, where it can replace incumbent (graphite) technology today and drive an accelerated adoption of EVs due to improved cost and performance.

“Rechargeable lithium metal batteries for next-generation portable devices and EVs must meet several challenging requirements: safety, high energy density, long cycle life, and low cost. This is the end-goal laid out by nearly every EV manufacturer for the foreseeable future,” said Dr. Aruna Zhamu, VP of New Product / Process Development at G³.

“Global Graphene Group has developed an enabling anode-protecting technology that is essential to successful operation of safe, high-energy and long-cycle-life lithium metal batteries working with liquid, quasi-solid, or solid electrolytes,” continued Dr. Zhamu. “This HELiX product has overcome the long-standing issues thus far impeding successful commercialization of all the rechargeable batteries that make use of lithium metal as the anode material. Our HELiX technology is available and offers a drop-in, scalable, facile, cost reducing improvement over current solutions. It lowers the battery cost to less than $100 US $/kWh.”

G³ developed and produces the HELiX solution in its Dayton, Ohio, facilities.

G³ was named an R&D 100 winner in 2018 for its graphene-enabled silicon anode (GCA^TM).

About the R&D 100
Since 1963, the R&D 100 Awards program has identified and celebrated the top 100 revolutionary technologies of the past year. Submitting your product or process to be considered by our panel of expert judges could earn it a place among an amazing group of finalists and winners from the last 56 years. Past R&D 100 Awards recipients include established Fortune 500 companies and federally funded research institutions, as well as academic and government labs and smaller companies. Their leading products, technologies and services will make a difference in a wide range of industries and together represent a bright future for science and innovation in the years to come.

About Global Graphene Group
Global Graphene Group, Inc. (G³) is a leading material science technology company focused on graphene. It has an award-winning, best-in-class intellectual property portfolio with more than 430 patents and applications. In addition, G³ holds many of the world’s firsts in graphene-related breakthroughs. G³, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, is the holding company for five subsidiaries: Nanotek Instruments is the Intellectual Property arm of G³ with more than 170 issued U.S. patents. Taiwan Graphene Company is the largest volume producer of graphene globally. It is focused on high volume production of graphene raw materials, enhanced thermal interface materials (films, pastes, inks), and nanocomposite products (both thermoplastics and thermosets). Honeycomb Battery is focused on commercializing next generation lithium ion battery electrodes, batteries enhanced with graphene, and improved battery manufacturing processes. Angstron Materials is the R&D and product application company. Angstron Energy Company produces graphene-wrapped nano silicon particles to improve anode stability, prelithiation to reduce capacity loss, significant cost reduction in cost of goods, and an operational pilot line with 25 TPA capacity in the US.

Media Contact:
Amy Maggart – Corporate Communications Administrator
Global Graphene Group
Tel: (937) 331-9884 ext. 10
[email protected]

Global Graphene Group Achieves First REACH-Certified Product

01/08/2020 by The Global Graphene Group Leave a Comment

Global Graphene Group (G³) has finalized certification for its first product with the European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).

G³’s Gi-SL-B series (N002-PS), a single layer of graphene oxide dispersed in water, has achieved the REACH certification. G³ is registered with REACH to ship one to 10 metric tons of its N002-PS product into the EU annually with C.S.B. GmbH., the only representative for G³ in the EU. The REACH certification for this product secures G³ the right to market the product in Europe.

REACH is a regulation of the European Union, adopted to improve the protection of human health and the environment from the risks that can be posed by chemicals, while enhancing the competitiveness of the EU chemicals industry. It also promotes alternative methods for the hazard assessment of substances in order to reduce the number of tests on animals. REACH establishes procedures for collecting and assessing information on the properties and hazards of substances.

G³ is also a proud member of the REACH graphene consortium, taking an active role in how graphene solutions are handled in Europe.

“This REACH certification is vital as we ramp up production of our single-layer graphene oxide worldwide,” said Adam Quirk, Vice President of Business Development at G³. “Our team has worked towards this REACH certification for the past six months, and we’re working to have additional products certified in the coming months.”

As the leader in the graphene industry, Global Graphene Group adheres to strict environmental, health and safety procedures. G³ has a dedicated internal team focused on environmental, health and safety impacts of our manufacturing for our employees, our customers and our local communities. Read about Global Graphene Group’s Sustainability Policy at https://www.theglobalgraphenegroup.com/sustainability/

About REACH
REACH aims to improve the protection of human health and the environment through the better and earlier identification of the intrinsic properties of chemical substances. This is done by the four processes of REACH, namely the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals. REACH also aims to enhance innovation and competitiveness of the EU chemicals industry. More about REACH: https://echa.europa.eu/regulations/reach/understanding-reach

About Global Graphene Group
Global Graphene Group, Inc. (G³) is a leading material science technology company focused on graphene. It has an award-winning, best-in-class intellectual property portfolio with more than 430 patents (approved and pending). In addition, G³ holds many of the world’s firsts in graphene-related breakthroughs. G³, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, is the holding company for five subsidiaries: Nanotek Instruments is the Intellectual Property arm of G³ with more than 430 issued U.S. patents. Taiwan Graphene Company is the largest volume producer of graphene globally. It is focused on high volume production of graphene raw materials, enhanced thermal interface materials (films, pastes, inks), and nanocomposite products (both thermoplastics and thermosets). Honeycomb Battery is focused on commercializing next generation lithium ion battery electrodes, batteries enhanced with graphene, and improved battery manufacturing processes. Angstron Materials is the R&D and product application company. Angstron Energy Company produces graphene-wrapped nano silicon particles to improve anode stability, prelithiation to reduce capacity loss, significant cost reduction in cost of goods, and an operational pilot line with 25 TPA capacity in the US.

Media Contact:
Amy Maggart – Corporate Communications Administrator
Global Graphene Group
Tel: (937) 331-9884 ext. 10
[email protected]

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