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Hard carbon is as vital for SIBs as graphite is for LIBs

Frank Lev discusses SIB and LIB technologies, with an emphasis on the anode materials such as graphite and hard carbon (HC).
Business Insider

Up Catalyst uses captured carbon to make graphite for EV batteries. It just raised $4.3 million with this 14-slide pitch deck.

Estonian company Up Catalyst just raised $4.3 million to make graphite with captured carbon. Graphite is used in lithium-ion batteries but it's currently mined or derived from fossil fuels. Check out ...
TechCrunch

Up Catalyst draws €4M seed round to make battery graphite from carbon dioxide

Lithium might be the new oil, but it’s just one of several materials needed to make the batteries powering today’s electric vehicles. There’s also cobalt, nickel and manganese, all of which have ...