This grant delivers $439,664 (USD 300,971) in funding from the Department of Education to fund scale up research and development.
With matching cash and in-kind contributions from collaborators Curtin University, Out The Back Ventures and ourselves, the total project value exceeds $1 million.
This is a major milestone in our mission to establish a green supply of synthetic graphite – a critical material that makes up 25% of every lithium-ion battery.
Our world-first RapidPulse technology transforms stainable feedstocks into high-quality synthetic graphite, slashing both cost and production time while eliminating the ESG concerns of traditional manufacturing.
Through this project, we’ll scale our technology to produce Australia’s first synthetic graphite battery anode material at the pre-pilot scale – enabling extensive industry validation and bringing us closer to domestic battery manufacturing independence.
A huge thank you to the Department of Education and our collaborators at Curtin Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences (EECMS). We can’t wait to get cracking!
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