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Ford is about to use graphene in its automobiles

Interessanter Artikel über First Graphite (FGR) und die Nutzung von Graphene.
-Ford is about to use graphene in its automobiles. Maybe FGR could be a supplier.
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duke 2,141 posts. Date: 20/11/16 Time: 22:01:23
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"IDTechEx technology Show

The last leg of my trip has been the IDTechEx Show in Santa Clara, which is a convention that covers all sorts on new technologies including 3D printing, electric vehicles, energy harvesting and storage, internet of things, pointed electronics, wearable electronics and graphene. It is a snapshot on the future of industry, and technologies that will be driving it and as such, it is mind boggling. The biggest areas of growth from the last one I went to in mid 2015, has been in wearable electronics and ultra thin batteries.

Strong interest in FGR’s process and product

First Graphite Resources had a booth where it is showcasing its Graphene Cell, and it presented a paper. The interest in FGR’s graphene was astonishing, from existing graphene producers through to developers of applications and industry consumers. There were many requests for samples to test whether the product was suitable for their purposes. One on the more interesting discussions was with an existing 10 tpa graphene producer in Taiwan. The party wants to expand to 100 tpa, but has held back for now while it assesses the optimum production technology. At the moment it uses synthetic graphite to make graphene, but it now thinks that it might be smarter to let FGR supply its lower cost, high quality graphene so that it can concentrate on the applications end of the graphene business. This is pointer to the future. If there is one company in this position there will be more. FGR could find many opportunities at its doorstep over the next few months as these expressions of interest are followed through. Examples of potential buyers that FGR met at the conference were paint and coating manufacturers, ink manufacturers, automotive component manufacturers and even aircraft manufacturers i.e Boeing. Industry is starting to wake up to the opportunity.

Ford is on the cusp of using graphene in its cars

Ford Motor Company gave a paper at the show. The biggest takeaway from that was the statement that it expected to be using graphene extensively in it cars within a couple of years. When questioned by the audience, it said that this will be as early as 2017, when Ford would use it in engine covers for reasons of heat dispersion and mechanical properties. It was also looking at graphene for batteries and energy storage, but that time frame was longer. Ford said that it was getting better than 20% improvements in tensile and flexural strength in body parts with 0.25% w.t. loadings of graphene into nano-composites. It is now investigating graphene uses in smart textiles such as those used for heating and cooling car seats. While the challenge is in the dispersion of graphene, it is obviously a solvable problem. So, there you have an unambiguous statement. Graphene is about to go into Ford automobiles. If one company is at this point in the process you can be sure there are many others on the same cusp. First Graphite is perfectly positioned to supply the graphene, as it told Ford when it came to the FGR booth. Business cards were exchanged".
http://www.fareastcapital.com.au/imagesDB/newsletter/WeeklyC…

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Interview mit Peter Youd von First Graphite von der Edelmetallmesse

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Gab übrigens auch News heute - zur Graphenherstellung!

http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=FGR&E=ASX&N=797802

[brettonwoods]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 53.537.826 von PWKW am 24.10.16 08:37:09

das wäre in der Tat ein Hit! Sollte dann den Graphit/Graphen-Unternehmen eigentlich Auftrieb geben.

Apropos Auftrieb: First Graphite präsentiert sich heute auf der "Invest in Australian Resources"-Konferenz in Frankfurt. Mal schauen, ob das ein wenig Auftrieb bringt.

http://rohstoffkonferenz.miningscout.de/ Um 14 Uhr spricht Craig McGuckin, Managing Director von FGR

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Future batteries, coming soon

Future batteries, coming soon: charge in seconds, last months and power over the air

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/130380-future-batteries-comi…

kleiner Auszug:
Graphene car batteries

Graphene batteries are the future. One company has developed a new battery, called Grabat, that could offer electric cars a driving range of up to 500 miles on a charge.

Graphenano, the company behind the development, says the batteries can be charged to full in just a few minutes. It can charge and discharge 33 times faster than lithium ion. Discharge is also crucial for things like cars that want vast amounts of power in order to pull away quickly.

The capacity of the 2.3V Grabat is huge with around 1000 Wh/kg which compares to lithium ion's current 180 Wh/kg. The best part of all this is that these batteries should be ready to go by mid way through 2016.

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 53.507.568 von PWKW am 19.10.16 13:37:40

Graphen

heißt ein Teil der Zukunft und die Frage ist, wie stark wird First Graphite beteiligt sein

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Graphene supercapacitor or the new super battery

Graphene supercapacitor or the new super battery:
Kleiner Auszug aus dem Artikel aus Auto World
What made graphene supercapacitors, or supercaps great for use as a battery is that it gets charged faster. However, it didn't have enough power density though scientists have worked around that by making changes to the structure of graphene itself.

"We have solved that issue with technology we are working on. Altering the structure of the graphene has allowed them to improve the supercapacitor's energy density," said Jack Kavanaugh who right now heads Fisker Nanotech, the company that would be producing the batteries to be used by the future Fisker electric car. Gas2 claimed.

Kavanaugh had earlier been associated with Nanotech Energy, a group comprising of UCLA researchers known for their pioneering work on the graphene supercap.

The range factor
Henrik Fisker has already gone on record claiming his forthcoming electric car will be better than anything currently available, one that will have a range of more than 400 miles. That no doubt has got the Model S with its 315 miles plus range covered. Tesla achieves that range using a 100 kWh battery pack and it will be interesting to see what the corresponding figure will be for the Henrik Fisker new battery powered car.

Competition:
Fisker has stated he would be launching cars targeted at the two price extremes. So while there would be a luxurious sedan targeting the top-end Model S, there is going to be a model aimed at the mass market. Those no doubt will be aimed at the segment that the likes of the new Chevy Bolt, Tesla Model 3, Nissan Leaf, Renault Zoe are either operating in or aim to do soon.

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Graphene Batterie - Super-Batterie soll Pläne von Elon Musk übertrumpfen

Graphene Batterie - Super-Batterie soll Pläne von Elon Musk übertrumpfen
Einen interessanten Artikel in der Welt.
Hier ein kleiner Auszug:
Neue Hoffnung durch Graphen
Sein Unternehmen Fisker Automotive ging damals pleite, ein chinesischer Zulieferer kaufte 2014 die Überreste. Nun kehrt er unter neuem Namen zurück: Schlicht Fisker heißt die Gründung, die die Ära der Elektromobilität einläuten soll.

Gelingen soll das mit Superkondensatoren, gefertigt aus Graphen, einer hauchdünnen Schicht aus Kohlenstoffatomen. Graphen ist 300 Mal härter als Stahl, sogar härter als Diamant, dabei flexibel und fast durchsichtig, aber vor allem: sehr gut leitend. Die Elektronen bewegen sich darin schneller als in anderen Materialen, deshalb könnte ein Graphen-Stromspeicher in kurzer Zeit aufgeladen werden. Forscher der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft halten die Struktur für sehr bedeutend, wenn es um die Fertigung elektronischer Bauteile wie Solarzellen oder Transistoren geht.
https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article158850953/Super-Batter…

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• First 20 tonne container of high grade graphite shipped from Sri Lanka

Operations Update First Graphite:
First Shipment of Graphite Received
First Graphite (ASX: FGR) is pleased to provide an update on the operations of the graphite and graphene production business units.
Highlights
• First 20 tonne container of high grade graphite shipped from Sri Lanka
• High grade vein graphite ore to be used for;
(i) conversion to graphene, and
(ii) development of a marketing presence for vein graphite
• Development of 100% owned graphite mines continues with shaft sinking and development operating on triple shift program
• Successful commissioning of graphene production unit gives ability.
http://hotcopper.com.au/threads/ann-operations-update-fgr-ax…

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28.09.2016 - First Graphite to Collaborate with Flinders University
http://www.asx.com.au/asx/statistics/displayAnnouncement.do?…

28.09.2016 - Annual Report to shareholders
http://www.asx.com.au/asx/statistics/displayAnnouncement.do?…