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Great article from the interview with Michael Kraft the #1 CEO in America last July !!! GREAT INSIGHT INTO THE GREATNESS THAT AWAITS US FROM CORETECS NEW MATERIALS !!!
Tell us about The Coretec Group and its mission.
The Coretec Group’s mission is to commercialize innovations and disruptive technologies in silicon (Si) and 3D visualization, serving advanced technology markets in support of global challenges in energy, electronics, semiconductor, solar, health, environment, and security.
The Coretec Group has really focused on CHS technology? Tell us about CHS Technology.
CHS, or cyclohexasilane (Si6H12), is an excellent Si precursor, many say the best source for the atom Si. The silicon atom has wide ranging chemical characteristics; from semiconductor chips to silicone caulk to Si oxide (glass). We have many critical materials today that owe their material performance to the silicon atom. Coretec is committed to supplying the best Si precursors for next generation advanced materials and systems, primarily focused on technology markets that need a step function in innovation to reach tomorrow’s solutions.
What benefits can this form of CHS bring to alternative energy markets?
CHS is a liquid up to 175F, which means it can enable room temperature liquid silicon precursor processing; thereby reducing processing costs. In some applications, it can enable unique material properties not achievable with other silicon precursors; which means CHS can deliver unique performance characteristics in the customers application. It starts with this: CHS is a ring of six Si atoms, all six Si atoms have two Si bonds, and the other two bonds to each Si atom are hydrogens. The silicon-hydrogen bonds in this molecular structure are weaker compared to conventional Si precursors due to the molecule’s geometry, which means it is easy to remove the hydrogen and all that is left is PURE Si. Moreover, the unique CHS structure enables preferential formation of Si structures compared to traditional materials such as silane, SiH4. A liquid Si precursor at room temperature, with an easier transformation to pure silicon are some of key advantages of CHS with the added bonus of a lower transition temperature to amorphous Si (a-Si) and crystalline Si (c-Si).
This means CHS-derived Si nanoparticles have many advantages over other Si nanoparticles, AND CHS is more easily functionalized (combined with other atoms, like boron) leading to unique chemical compounds that can deliver tailored Si-materials. Better Si nanoparticles and better Si quantum dots (QDots) make better Si anode batteries, better solar cells, better LEDs, better QDots for drug delivery, and many other uses.
Tell us about the cost savings of CHS as related to energy storage.
The Energy Storage Market needs better batteries. Lithium-ion batteries can realize significant improvements in storage capacity by using Si anodes, and CHS can enable that in two ways. First in process ability; CHS can coat carbon nanoparticles as a liquid, making the coating process faster and cheaper. Second, with some unique processing, CHS can readily form Si nanoparticles which can address the issue of expansion and contraction experienced in charging and discharging Si anode lithium-ion batteries. A lithium-ion battery, however, with a Si anode has the potential to achieve a 300% increase in power density (300% more power output in same size/weight battery). We could also reduce battery weight and attain a significant increase in power. Think of an electric car battery half the size but with a 150% increase in power & distance. All other things being equal, that 200-mile EV range just turned into 500 miles.
How is The Coretec Group working to leverage this technology?
We are working with leading energy storage companies to help them take advantage of the CHS material characteristics mentioned above, as well as other innovators in the other markets mentioned that span a number of applications.
I would like to make a key point here: Coretec is not betting on which product design will win a majority of the market, as we are not a one-product, nor one-market participant. For example: there are dozens of Si anode battery designs out there, however, we are working with several of them, and anticipate there are more that will realize they need a better Si precursor. This increases our chances of being a part of the winning Si anode battery. We anticipate doing this in a similar manner for all markets which need a better Si precursor.
What can this mean for the future of energy storage?
In energy storage, there is a tremendous demand for improved performance in a multi-billion-dollar market. When one combines EVs, distributed renewables, and personal electronics, it reaches the tens of billions. That demand for increased performance has resulted in billions being spent right now on innovation.
We believe CHS will catalyze new performance innovations in energy storage, and several of our customers think this as well. Our stated goal is to achieve approximately 200% improvement in performance, however, we expect these increases to be incremental, such as 30% improvements, then another 30% more, and so on. Cost will be determined by the markets, as there will be higher prices paid for larger performance initially (likely EV), and then filter into distributed renewables, and finally into commodity electronics. Of course, that changes if consumers are willing to pay $200 more for a smartphone that lasts several days on a single charge.
What other industries and uses are there for CHS?
There are many, and probably a few we have not thought of yet.
Semiconductor. Purity and yield are key performance criteria in semiconductors. Our molecule can deliver best-in-class purity based on Si6H12, and with six Si atoms per molecule, it can also deliver superior yield and productivity (meaning lower cost). There are other advantages in some semiconductor processing where there are needs for lower temperature conversion to pure silicon.
Solar: Performance can be improved using QDots (5-50nm Si nanoparticles). Si QDots have tunable bandgaps across a wide range of energy levels where light is captured or expelled by changing the dots' size. This property makes quantum dots attractive for multi-junction solar cells, where a variety of materials are used to improve efficiency by harvesting multiple portions of the solar spectrum, hence can improve a solar cell’s performance by as much as 10%.
Drug Delivery: Si QDots can carry pharmaceuticals / drugs and act as the delivery vehicle into the body. Their optical properties can be used to trace the accumulation of the drug in the specific areas of the body. This is of particular value in tracking the efficacy of the drugs used and can aid in the management of dosage.
LED: When an LED backlight hits a quantum dot, it glows. The size of the dot dictates the color—the biggest, at 5.5 nanometers, handle pure reds, smaller dots handle pure green, and the LED backlights handle the blues. In new TVs (Samsung's Q-Series), the quantum dots are arranged in a film that fills the screen. Once the backlight activates them, their light passes through the filters that render the colors you see watching the TV. This improves efficiency—instead of having to divide white light, which represents all the wavelengths of light, into precise colors, the filters in a quantum-dot set work with pristine colors and color hues. No light is wasted, resulting in brighter, more accurate colors. This is expanded to LED displays, dashboards, computer screens, and signs. Innovation to sharper colors, brighter colored LEDs, and with less power – that is what is happening.
Agree !! Should be some big announcements coming soon with the Chemical manufacturer to be named at some point and with Coretec cementing plans to work with several companies !!
From a recent CEO Blog , Great stuff !!! Coretec is going to be a VERY SUCCESSFUL COMPANY WITH APPLICATIONS FOR THIER MATERIALS IN MANY DIFFERENT BILLION DOLLAR MARKETS !!
Billions (with a B!) of dollars are spent annually improving battery density to improve weight per kilowatt hour (kWh) and cost. The need spans consumer electronics as well as many industrial applications, many of which are high growth. A great example is the electric vehicle (EV) sector, one that many believe is the future of the automotive industry. Coretec also believes EVs are the car of the future, and more specifically that Si anode batteries are the future of EVs.
As we have mentioned, we have continued to host discussions with several Si anode customers in consumer electronics and EV and they agree that based on several unique and novel methods to impart Si into the graphite anode, the path to higher energy density is silicon. To that effect, we are confident CHS (Si6H12) is the superior silicon precursor and can form Si nanomaterials and thin films at lower energy/temperatures and with higher purity. CHS represents a far better precursor choice over ANY other material. New materials development requires patience to commercialize, but knowing that other methods are failing, we firmly believe the future for battery design is high energy density batteries with Silicon anodes that have replaced conventional precursors with CHS.
CRTG BIG NEWS PARTNERSHIPS SOON $$$$$ LOW FLOAT THE CORETEC GROUP ON THE VERGE OF A BIG MOVE !!! http://www.thecoretecgroup.com/
Feedback from The Battery Power Show
Sep 24, 2018
The Battery Show in Novi Michigan, the largest battery show in America, was attended by over 8000 industry professionals, and 600 vendors. One clear take-away -- the electric vehicle trend is large and gaining momentum. Countries including France, Norway, Netherlands, Germany, India and others have put in place regulations to ban combustion vehicles, spurring rapid growth.
The overall theme of The Battery Show was improving battery technology, and a clear example of this was the prevalent discussion for how to use silicon to get the most gain in Power Capacity (Watt Hours). Coretec met with several companies eager to evaluate and leverage CHS’ value in making their own advanced Li Ion batteries. As a logical next step, Coretec will work with them to cement plans to evaluate CHS as a premier Si precursor to improve the performance of their next generation Li Ion battery.
The Technical Conference was also well attended, including Dr. Elgammal’s presentation entitled “Tunable Syntheses of Advanced Silicon Anodes Using Cyclohexasilane,“ which was very well received by attendees. In fact, many of those in the room had immediate follow-up questions for Dr. Elgammal and Michael Kraft. Overall, the experience expanded Coretec’s potential customer base, positioned the technology very well as a premier Si precursor, and identified several strategic partners to help Coretec with R&D as well as distribution and customer service.
The growth of the EV sector as noted above, combined with the extensive growth of electronic mobility, drives huge demand for lithium ion batteries. According to some market reports, the lithium ion battery market will reach $100-140B by 2026-2027 with a 17% CAGR, making it one of the largest and fastest growing markets worldwide.
Billions of dollars are invested annually to improve the current Li Ion battery which has reached 90% of theoretical energy storage capacity. With the largest improvement in energy capacity reached by adding silicon, the potential exists for a 300% improvement.
CRTG BIG NEWS PARTNERSHIPS SOON $$$$$ LOW FLOAT THE CORETEC GROUP ON THE VERGE OF A BIG MOVE !!! http://www.thecoretecgroup.com/
Feedback from The Battery Power Show
Sep 24, 2018
The Battery Show in Novi Michigan, the largest battery show in America, was attended by over 8000 industry professionals, and 600 vendors. One clear take-away -- the electric vehicle trend is large and gaining momentum. Countries including France, Norway, Netherlands, Germany, India and others have put in place regulations to ban combustion vehicles, spurring rapid growth.
The overall theme of The Battery Show was improving battery technology, and a clear example of this was the prevalent discussion for how to use silicon to get the most gain in Power Capacity (Watt Hours). Coretec met with several companies eager to evaluate and leverage CHS’ value in making their own advanced Li Ion batteries. As a logical next step, Coretec will work with them to cement plans to evaluate CHS as a premier Si precursor to improve the performance of their next generation Li Ion battery.
The Technical Conference was also well attended, including Dr. Elgammal’s presentation entitled “Tunable Syntheses of Advanced Silicon Anodes Using Cyclohexasilane,“ which was very well received by attendees. In fact, many of those in the room had immediate follow-up questions for Dr. Elgammal and Michael Kraft. Overall, the experience expanded Coretec’s potential customer base, positioned the technology very well as a premier Si precursor, and identified several strategic partners to help Coretec with R&D as well as distribution and customer service.
The growth of the EV sector as noted above, combined with the extensive growth of electronic mobility, drives huge demand for lithium ion batteries. According to some market reports, the lithium ion battery market will reach $100-140B by 2026-2027 with a 17% CAGR, making it one of the largest and fastest growing markets worldwide.
Billions of dollars are invested annually to improve the current Li Ion battery which has reached 90% of theoretical energy storage capacity. With the largest improvement in energy capacity reached by adding silicon, the potential exists for a 300% improvement.
As we can now see Coretec is on the cusp of great things. The wheels for greatness are turning as Coretecs management team lead by the #1 CEO in the country Michael Kraft and the countries #1 VP of technology Ramez Elgammel are building very successful relationships with many companies who will help Coretec take their new materials , Si6H12 , to the next level and successfully commercialize CHS and become a leader worldwide in the materials business. Coretec I believe will become the #1 new materials company in the world BY offering the materials many companies have been looking for in several billion dollar markets to help them move their technologies to the next level. GREAT UPDATES COMING FOR SURE AS THE BEST IS YET TO COME !!!
SEPT 24TH CEO BLOG
The overall theme of The Battery Show was improving battery technology, and a clear example of this was the prevalent discussion for how to use silicon to get the most gain in Power Capacity (Watt Hours). Coretec met with several companies eager to evaluate and leverage CHS’ value in making their own advanced Li Ion batteries. As a logical next step, Coretec will work with them to cement plans to evaluate CHS as a premier Si precursor to improve the performance of their next generation Li Ion battery.
The Technical Conference was also well attended, including Dr. Elgammal’s presentation entitled “Tunable Syntheses of Advanced Silicon Anodes Using Cyclohexasilane,“ which was very well received by attendees. In fact, many of those in the room had immediate follow-up questions for Dr. Elgammal and Michael Kraft. Overall, the experience expanded Coretec’s potential customer base, positioned the technology very well as a premier Si precursor, and identified several strategic partners to help Coretec with R&D as well as distribution and customer service.
GREAT THINGS COMING FOR CORETEC GROUP INC ...VERY EASY TO SEE GREAT THINGS ON THE WAY FOR CHS AND CORETEC !!!!
Turning Potential to Reality
The development of silicon anodes for lithium ion batteries has also been hampered by commercially scalable methods to produce nanostructured materials with well-defined size and morphology, with characteristic sizes below 150 nm. Traditional top-down methods, including ball milling, are inexpensive and yield silicon materials with high degrees of agglomeration, relatively large particle sizes, and poorly defined morphologies and surfaces. Metal assisted chemical etching is an alternative method that has been explored to synthesize silicon nanomaterials. Control over the morphology, etching direction, mass transfer issues, and the requirement for highly toxic reagents such as hydrofluoric acid limit the commercialization of that method. Meanwhile, bottom-up methods such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) methods have also been the subject of intense exploration. CVD-based synthesis yields well-defined particle sizes and a diverse array of nanostructured architectures including nanoparticles (NPs), nanowires (NWs), and thin films. A major hindrance to using CVD methods has been high capital cost, low yields, and the use of hazardous and pyrophoric gaseous silicon feedstocks such as silane, SiH4.
The solution may lie in a silicon-carbon hybrid anode, made with nanostructures that store more lithium ions, while reducing the potential for damage as the silicon expands. These hybrid nanostructures include silicon-coated carbon nanotubes, core-shell nanostructures, and carbon coated silicon nanowires grown by electrospinning or by the vapor-liquid-process. Cyclohexasilane, CHS, enables commercially viable approaches to manufacture these nanostructures due to its ability to be readily functionalized, more ideal handling conditions, and more favorable reaction conditions. All of these merits could result in single-step processing and roll-to-roll manufacturing. This “drop-in” replacement to existing manufacturing processes would offer a means to reduce costs and avoid using CVD methods that have high capital costs.
I agree with you that we will know soon enough , expecting great updates in the near term . I believe Coretec has some great things going on that we will hear about soon !!!! It takes time but each update is showing the company making excellent progress !
CHS and Coretec on the verge of GREAT THINGS !! EXPECTING A GREAT NEWS UPDATE FOR CORETEC PARTNERSHIPS NEAR TERM !!!! THE BEST IS YET TO COME !!!!
Coretec CHS is here at the right time to become part of the lithium ion batteries in many different applications including Electric Cars !!!!! Great article !!!
LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES ARE FAST-BECOMING THE WORLD’S ‘NEW OIL’
As Elon Musk alludes to battery breakthroughs at Tesla, a larger question arises: will batteries really “fuel” our automotive future? According to Bloomberg, “For an energy source that’s been around for three decades, the lithium-ion battery is only just hitting its stride.”
*This article comes to us courtesy of EVANNEX (which also makes aftermarket Tesla accessories). Authored by Matt Pressman. The opinions expressed in these articles are not necessarily our own at InsideEVs.
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Above: Tesla’s Model S (Image: Tesla)
“We are at an inflection point. Each year will beat the previous year,” explains Ravi Manghani, a Boston-based storage analyst at GTM Research. “It’s definitely an ‘oh wow’ moment.”
Bloomberg reports, “The future of the battery is going to be driven by the car. Surging demand for lithium-ion batteries, boosted by uptake from automakers, has created efficiencies of scale that have sent prices plummeting. Last year alone, the price of battery packs fell 24 percent, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. These cost declines, in turn, are encouraging the continued expansion of battery power… that will only accelerate.”
Above: Electric vehicles dominate demand for lithium-ion batteries (Source: Bloomberg)
Looking back, “batteries first began appearing in electric vehicles in 2006. But it took until 2014, when automobiles accounted for nearly 15,000 megawatt-hours, for vehicles to exceed a 25 percent share of the world’s total lithium-ion supply, according to Avicenne data. Between 2014 and 2017, electric vehicles’ use of lithium-ion more than quadrupled to more than 71,000 megawatt-hours, with a similar jolt forecast by 2023.”
Furthermore, “Electric vehicles reached 50 percent of lithium-ion demand in 2016, although it inched past consumer electronics for the first time the year prior, according to Avicenne data. With electric-vehicle sales rising and demand for smartphones slowing, the gap will only grow wider.”
Above: Electric vehicles have quickly outpaced all other products/use cases for batteries (Source: Bloomberg)
Christophe Pillot, a partner and director at Paris-based Avicenne Energy, puts this all into perspective: “One million cars consume the same amount of lithium-ion batteries as everything else.”
And, accelerating this change is “some governments, mindful of climate change and carbon-dioxide emissions, [which] are taking steps to boost demand. California wants five million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, and the state is essentially mandating that automakers either sell EVs or pay for zero-emission credits. China wants 7 million electric cars onto the road by 2025 and modeled its electric-car mandate on California’s program; BNEF expects China to account for nearly half of the global EV market by then.”
Above: Countries around the world are planning to ban gas and diesel powered internal combustion engine vehicles (Chart: Seeking Alpha)
Could batteries become the world’s new oil? According to Bloomberg, “the rise of electric vehicles and renewable-energy sources may mean that some crude may stay in the ground. BP last year said battery-powered vehicles could flatten projected oil-demand growth from cars in the next 20 years.”
AGREED GREAT UPDATES SHEAD FOR CORETEC WHO WILL HAVE A GREAT NEXT 12 MONTHS !!!!!
Expect great things ahead and partnership announcements near term for The Coretec Group as the company is moving a warp speed !!!!!
Billions (with a B!) of dollars are spent annually improving battery density to improve weight per kilowatt hour (kWh) and cost. The need spans consumer electronics as well as many industrial applications, many of which are high growth. A great example is the electric vehicle (EV) sector, one that many believe is the future of the automotive industry. Coretec also believes EVs are the car of the future, and more specifically that Si anode batteries are the future of EVs.
As we have mentioned, we have continued to host discussions with several Si anode customers in consumer electronics and EV and they agree that based on several unique and novel methods to impart Si into the graphite anode, the path to higher energy density is silicon. To that effect, we are confident CHS (Si6H12) is the superior silicon precursor and can form Si nanomaterials and thin films at lower energy/temperatures and with higher purity. CHS represents a far better precursor choice over ANY other material. New materials development requires patience to commercialize, but knowing that other methods are failing, we firmly believe the future for battery design is high energy density batteries with Silicon anodes that have replaced conventional precursors with CHS.
Cant wait to here who Coretecs partners are !!! Things are moving along very quickly for sure. Stock cheap at these prices. Michael Kraft and Mr. Elgammel are doing a GREAT JOB !!!
Michael Kraft and Coretecs Ramez Elgammel have been working extremely hard and have Coretec now in a position for partnership announcements which I anticipate soon as Coretec moves forward with the commercialization of CHS, Si6H12 !!!! The Best in Yet to come !!
From the may update Coretec :
Coretec’s new supplier of CHS is a major, highly respected chemical manufacturer. Terms of
that partnership will soon be announced, and Coretec is confident our new CHS suppler will
provide us with high quality, high purity CHS quickly, and we will attain superior application
results in our customer partnering efforts.
July 10th
Led by its VP of technology, Dr. Ramez Elgammal, the Coretec Group has continued to establish strong relationships with partners and customers, including both original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and the product support value chain in key industries such as electric cars, personal electronics, semiconductor, solar, and LEDs. In May, Dr. Elgammal attended The Battery Show Europe where he observed strong interest in new anode materials to deliver greater energy density, and longer lasting and faster charging batteries, especially silicon-based ones. Many groups he spoke with expressed interest in integrated technologies that use silicon-based anodes to design next generation solid-state batteries, and view Coretec’s CHS as a potential key to reaching that objective.
We are excited about the progress made to convert ongoing high level conversations with partners and customers into agreements that we believe will commercialize and scale our silicon-based material technologies.”
July 30th
It is for this reason we continue to seek out joint development agreements with companies developing next generation technologies in the semiconductor space. This is a separate initiative from our battery component development, but one we believe possesses significant market upside.
Aug 24th
As we have mentioned, we have continued to host discussions with several Si anode customers in consumer electronics and EV and they agree that based on several unique and novel methods to impart Si into the graphite anode, the path to higher energy density is silicon. To that effect, we are confident CHS (Si6H12) is the superior silicon precursor and can form Si nanomaterials and thin films at lower energy/temperatures and with higher purity. CHS represents a far better precursor choice over ANY other material.
Sept 4th
In addition to Dr. Elgammal’s presentation, he and Kraft will continue to pursue introductions to global manufacturing partners and companies with end-user applications that have a growing need for a better silicon precursor, such as electric vehicle and portable electronics. With over 8,000 in attendance, this event is a significant opportunity to form relationships that represent value throughout the battery supply chain.
We will also continue to strengthen our industry relationships and advance discussions, hopefully resulting in a not-too-distant joint development venture between Coretec and an ideal partner to help us test and scale the technology.”
Sept 5th
Two, we are laser-focused on continuing to build new relationships and advance current discussions with potential joint development partners who we believe would be ideal fits to help scale our technology in a number of high growth publications.
Sept 24th
Coretec met with several companies eager to evaluate and leverage CHS’ value in making their own advanced Li Ion batteries. As a logical next step, Coretec will work with them to cement plans to evaluate CHS as a premier Si precursor to improve the performance of their next generation Li Ion battery.
Overall, the experience expanded Coretec’s potential customer base, positioned the technology very well as a premier Si precursor, and identified several strategic partners to help Coretec with R&D as well as distribution and customer service.
Coretec CEO update from a few months ago shows Coretec has a Partnership with a major Chemical Manufacturer to be announced soon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIG TIME THINGS AHEAD FOR CORETEC !!!!
Coretec’s new supplier of CHS is a major, highly respected chemical manufacturer. Terms of
that partnership will soon be announced, and Coretec is confident our new CHS suppler will
provide us with high quality, high purity CHS quickly, and we will attain superior application
results in our customer partnering efforts.
Coretec announced that they partnered with a Major Chemical Manufacturer with terms being announced soon a few months ago , I expect that to be announced just as they said . Many other great things are taking place with several potential announcements of other partners being announced near term . GREAT THINGS AHEAD FOR CORETEC WHO HAS THE #1 MANAGEMENT TEAM IN THE MATERIALS BUSINESS !!!!
July 30th
It is for this reason we continue to seek out joint development agreements with companies developing next generation technologies in the semiconductor space. This is a separate initiative from our battery component development, but one we believe possesses significant market upside.
Aug 24th
As we have mentioned, we have continued to host discussions with several Si anode customers in consumer electronics and EV and they agree that based on several unique and novel methods to impart Si into the graphite anode, the path to higher energy density is silicon. To that effect, we are confident CHS (Si6H12) is the superior silicon precursor and can form Si nanomaterials and thin films at lower energy/temperatures and with higher purity. CHS represents a far better precursor choice over ANY other material.
Sept 4th
In addition to Dr. Elgammal’s presentation, he and Kraft will continue to pursue introductions to global manufacturing partners and companies with end-user applications that have a growing need for a better silicon precursor, such as electric vehicle and portable electronics. With over 8,000 in attendance, this event is a significant opportunity to form relationships that represent value throughout the battery supply chain.
We will also continue to strengthen our industry relationships and advance discussions, hopefully resulting in a not-too-distant joint development venture between Coretec and an ideal partner to help us test and scale the technology.”
Sept 5th
Two, we are laser-focused on continuing to build new relationships and advance current discussions with potential joint development partners who we believe would be ideal fits to help scale our technology in a number of high growth publications.
Sept 24th
Coretec met with several companies eager to evaluate and leverage CHS’ value in making their own advanced Li Ion batteries. As a logical next step, Coretec will work with them to cement plans to evaluate CHS as a premier Si precursor to improve the performance of their next generation Li Ion battery.
Overall, the experience expanded Coretec’s potential customer base, positioned the technology very well as a premier Si precursor, and identified several strategic partners to help Coretec with R&D as well as distribution and customer service.
Coretecs management has done an excellent job at formimg relationships with many companies based on the update and I anticipate many partnerships comping out of those which is a testament to how hard management is working .Coretecs Michael Kraft and Mr. Elgammel have done as awesome job moving this commercialization process along more quickly than could ever anticipate.
Great update the other day form Michael Kraft as we can see things are moving along very quickly !!!
From the update !!!
The overall theme of The Battery Show was improving battery technology, and a clear example of this was the prevalent discussion for how to use silicon to get the most gain in Power Capacity (Watt Hours). Coretec met with several companies eager to evaluate and leverage CHS’ value in making their own advanced Li Ion batteries. As a logical next step, Coretec will work with them to cement plans to evaluate CHS as a premier Si precursor to improve the performance of their next generation Li Ion battery.
The Technical Conference was also well attended, including Dr. Elgammal’s presentation entitled “Tunable Syntheses of Advanced Silicon Anodes Using Cyclohexasilane,“ which was very well received by attendees. In fact, many of those in the room had immediate follow-up questions for Dr. Elgammal and Michael Kraft. Overall, the experience expanded Coretec’s potential customer base, positioned the technology very well as a premier Si precursor, and identified several strategic partners to help Coretec with R&D as well as distribution and customer service.
Coretecs CHS is a far superior Si Precusor than ANY other material out there !!! Great CEO blog from Aug 24th !!! THE BEST IS YET TO COME , THINGS JUST KEEP LOOKING BETTER ALL THE TIME , CORETECS CHS IS RIGHT ON TIME AS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT SILICON BASED PRECURSOR TO ADD TO THE ANODE TO CREATE A SILICON BASED ANODE TO GIVE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES MUCH MORE RANGE WHICH IS JUST WHAT CHS WILL DO THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG VERY QUICKLY AS CORETEC IS POSITIONING ITSELF TO DO GREAT THINGS WITH CHS !!!!
[/b]The Secret is Silicon and Nanoengineering
Aug 24, 2018
A recent article from Business Insider entitled “Norwegian nanoscientists reveal a battery boasting five times conventional energy capacity – pushing EV range over 1000 km” - has generated very real interest and attention in the battery manufacturing industry.
Parts of the article tell you what you already know – there is an increased global need for better batteries. It is front page news with technology and financial media alike, and likely affects you on a daily basis (check your phone – is your phone battery dead AGAIN?).
Billions (with a B!) of dollars are spent annually improving battery density to improve weight per kilowatt hour (kWh) and cost. The need spans consumer electronics as well as many industrial applications, many of which are high growth. A great example is the electric vehicle (EV) sector, one that many believe is the future of the automotive industry. Coretec also believes EVs are the car of the future, and more specifically that Si anode batteries are the future of EVs.
As we have mentioned, we have continued to host discussions with several Si anode customers in consumer electronics and EV and they agree that based on several unique and novel methods to impart Si into the graphite anode, the path to higher energy density is silicon. To that effect, we are confident CHS (Si6H12) is the superior silicon precursor and can form Si nanomaterials and thin films at lower energy/temperatures and with higher purity. CHS represents a far better precursor choice over ANY other material. New materials development requires patience to commercialize, but knowing that other methods are failing, we firmly believe the future for battery design is high energy density batteries with Silicon anodes that have replaced conventional precursors with CHS.
Patience Pegs , Coretec management is the BEST !!!!
The market going forward for lithium ion batteries is strong , very strong, and i believe CHS is going to be a BIG PART IT AS WELL AS BE A BIG PART OF THE OTHER APPLICATION S IN VARIOUS OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT CHS APPLIES TO AS WELL LIKE THE SEMICONDUCTOR MARKET , SOLAR ENERGY , FLEXIBLE AND PRINTABLE ELECTRONICS AND OTHERS .BIG TIME STUFF HERE THE BEST IS YET TO COME FOR CORETEC !!!!
The global lithium-ion battery market is expected to reach USD 93.1 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 17.0%, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Increased usage of lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles, portable consumer electronics and grid storage systems owing to its high energy density and high safety level is expected to drive market demand.
Lithium-ion batteries are used in applications that require lightweight and high-energy density solutions. These batteries provide the highest energy density per weight and are mostly used in cellular phones, notebook computers, and hybrid automobiles.
Technological advancements to reduce the weight of batteries, cost and increase their power output, is expected to augment industry expansion. In addition, competent distribution channels are likely to be an important way to gain a competitive advantage.
Energy storage system is expected to witness the fastest growth over the forecast period at a CAGR of 21% from 2017 to 2025 owing to the developments in wind and solar PV in countries including Germany, China and U.S.
Asia Pacific was the dominant market and accounted for 48.3% of the global share in 2016. The region is expected to show substantial rise on account of implementation of government policies to promote electric vehicles in India & China.
Moreover, presence of key energy generation companies in China including China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group, China National Nuclear Corporation, Shenergy Group, and Shenhua Group is expected to propel industry growth.
Pegs things are looking fantastic with partnerships coming soon for Coretec . This new company will be hugely successful. The Blog today shows partnerships and many other things taking place soon enough .Coretec is in the right place at the right time with their new Materials !!!!! Great news today !!!The stock is cheap anywhere its trading right now WOW , we should get a lot of great news soon !!!!
Sep 24, 2018
The overall theme of The Battery Show was improving battery technology, and a clear example of this was the prevalent discussion for how to use silicon to get the most gain in Power Capacity (Watt Hours). Coretec met with several companies eager to evaluate and leverage CHS’ value in making their own advanced Li Ion batteries. As a logical next step, Coretec will work with them to cement plans to evaluate CHS as a premier Si precursor to improve the performance of their next generation Li Ion battery.
The Technical Conference was also well attended, including Dr. Elgammal’s presentation entitled “Tunable Syntheses of Advanced Silicon Anodes Using Cyclohexasilane,“ which was very well received by attendees. In fact, many of those in the room had immediate follow-up questions for Dr. Elgammal and Michael Kraft. Overall, the experience expanded Coretec’s potential customer base, positioned the technology very well as a premier Si precursor, and identified several strategic partners to help Coretec with R&D as well as distribution and customer service.
Great news Blog from Michael Kraft the #1 CEO in America !! Stock cheap you gotta love it with great things on the horizon and great partnerships and revenue coming for Coretec !!!!!
Feedback from The Battery Power Show
Sep 24, 2018
The Battery Show in Novi Michigan, the largest battery show in America, was attended by over 8000 industry professionals, and 600 vendors. One clear take-away -- the electric vehicle trend is large and gaining momentum. Countries including France, Norway, Netherlands, Germany, India and others have put in place regulations to ban combustion vehicles, spurring rapid growth.
The overall theme of The Battery Show was improving battery technology, and a clear example of this was the prevalent discussion for how to use silicon to get the most gain in Power Capacity (Watt Hours). Coretec met with several companies eager to evaluate and leverage CHS’ value in making their own advanced Li Ion batteries. As a logical next step, Coretec will work with them to cement plans to evaluate CHS as a premier Si precursor to improve the performance of their next generation Li Ion battery.
The Technical Conference was also well attended, including Dr. Elgammal’s presentation entitled “Tunable Syntheses of Advanced Silicon Anodes Using Cyclohexasilane,“ which was very well received by attendees. In fact, many of those in the room had immediate follow-up questions for Dr. Elgammal and Michael Kraft. Overall, the experience expanded Coretec’s potential customer base, positioned the technology very well as a premier Si precursor, and identified several strategic partners to help Coretec with R&D as well as distribution and customer service.
The growth of the EV sector as noted above, combined with the extensive growth of electronic mobility, drives huge demand for lithium ion batteries. According to some market reports, the lithium ion battery market will reach $100-140B by 2026-2027 with a 17% CAGR, making it one of the largest and fastest growing markets worldwide.
Billions of dollars are invested annually to improve the current Li Ion battery which has reached 90% of theoretical energy storage capacity. With the largest improvement in energy capacity reached by adding silicon, the potential exists for a 300% improvement.
Big Things ahead for CHS , Si6H12 ,the future is going to be a bright one for Coretec and the New materials that have application in many different markets. Coretec is a leader in new innovative next generation materials and is on the verge of GREAT THINGS !!!!
Tunable Syntheses of Advanced Silicon Anodes Using Cyclohexasilane
The ability to develop fast charging lithium-ion batteries with high-energy density is being pursued intensively due to increasing demands of portable electronics and electric vehicles. Replacing the conventional graphite anode with a silicon-based one offers several advantages, namely the roughly 10 times higher gravimetric capacity and the safer lithium alloying potential. However, full scale realization of replacing graphite with silicon has been hampered due to the large volumetric expansion silicon typically suffers which causes mechanical degradation, low electrical conductivity, and multiple-step syntheses from a traditional silicon precursor which leads to higher cost. Here we present a silicon precursor, cyclohexasilane, that can offer solutions to all three of those limitations. Cyclohexasilane exists as a liquid at room temperature and is relatively low boiling (~ 200 °C) relatively facile synthesis of nanostructured silicon materials, significantly reducing the volumetric expansion typically observed. Cyclohexasilane can be readily used to manufacture silicon/carbon composite materials and is readily chemically functionalized allowing the development of tailored materials with improved electrical conductivity. Moreover, cyclohexasilane is relatively inexpensive and its physical properties allow for roll-to-roll manufacturing with significantly reduced capital costs. Relevant comparisons of this technology compared to incumbent technologies will be given.
Coretec has the #1 CEO and management team in America for sure !!! Things are looking good for Coretecs first partnership to be announced with someone that signs a JDA to test and commercialize CHS !!!! The name of Coretecs new Chemical Manufacturer should be announced soon enogh along with the terms of that agreement !! Coretec has a a great new material in Si6H12 and revenue coming !!!!
Pegs its obvious great things are on the horizon for CRTG and its shareholders !! Coretec has top of the line management , the best around , and has a great new technology that I believe is getting ready to be a GAME CHANGER FOR several different technologies !!! THE BEST IS YET TO COME !!!!
Sep 05, 2018 CEO blog has some great comments!!!
As we have shared previously, there are multiple reasons why we have increased efforts to demonstrate our expertise and forward-thinking with respect to battery design and how it relates to our own product development.
One, our current and perspective shareholders deserve every opportunity to read about the trends we’re seeing in the industries we strive to serve, as well as our own efforts in making that vision a reality.
Two, we are laser-focused on continuing to build new relationships and advance current discussions with potential joint development partners who we believe would be ideal fits to help scale our technology in a number of high growth publications.
Coretec has a great new technology in CHS which very well could be a big game changer for the many technologies it can be applied to !!! Mr Kraft the #1 CEO in the country makes some fancinating points about the potential CHS has which I believe will be successful in commercializing !!
During his presentation, Dr. Elgammal will discuss the potential for replacing conventional graphite anodes with a silicon containing anode. Acknowledging the challenges that often occur, all of which ultimately raise the cost, he will make the case for a superior silicon precursor, cyclohexasilane, that can offer solutions to many if not all of these limitations, and is relatively inexpensive with physical properties that allow for roll-to-roll manufacturing and significantly reduced capital costs.
In addition to Dr. Elgammal’s presentation, he and Kraft will continue to pursue introductions to global manufacturing partners and companies with end-user applications that have a growing need for a better silicon precursor, such as electric vehicle and portable electronics. With over 8,000 in attendance, this event is a significant opportunity to form relationships that represent value throughout the battery supply chain.
“We are confident that battery manufacturers and end-use customers alike will continue to pursue integrated technologies for next generation battery design that does not disrupt the current manufacturing process,” said Michael Kraft, CEO of The Coretec Group. “The Battery Show is an ideal venue for us to showcase our vision for commercializing silicon-based anodes capable of delivering greater energy density and longer life while charging faster. We will also continue to strengthen our industry relationships and advance discussions, hopefully resulting in a not-too-distant joint development venture between Coretec and an ideal partner to help us test and scale the technology.”
Coretec’s lead product candidate is cyclohexasilane or Si6H12 (CHS), a liquid at room temperatures (and up to 175 °F), which when exposed to heat or UV irradiation, converts to amorphous silicon and, if desired, crystalline silicon. The Coretec Group believes further development and eventual commercialization of the product will result in improved performance, reduced cost, simplified manufacturing, and safer handling when compared to the more traditionally used mono-silane.
From Sept 4th CEO update this is talking about Battery manufacturers , hopefully we get the name of the Chemical manufacturer soon
In addition to Dr. Elgammal’s presentation, he and Kraft will continue to pursue introductions to global manufacturing partners and companies with end-user applications that have a growing need for a better silicon precursor, such as electric vehicle and portable electronics. With over 8,000 in attendance, this event is a significant opportunity to form relationships that represent value throughout the battery supply chain.
“We are confident that battery manufacturers and end-use customers alike will continue to pursue integrated technologies for next generation battery design that does not disrupt the current manufacturing process,” said Michael Kraft, CEO of The Coretec Group. “The Battery Show is an ideal venue for us to showcase our vision for commercializing silicon-based anodes capable of delivering greater energy density and longer life while charging faster. We will also continue to strengthen our industry relationships and advance discussions, hopefully resulting in a not-too-distant joint development venture between Coretec and an ideal partner to help us test and scale the technology.”
Pegs from the recent CEO update we can see they are close to a JDA !!!
“We are confident that battery manufacturers and end-use customers alike will continue to pursue integrated technologies for next generation battery design that does not disrupt the current manufacturing process,” said Michael Kraft, CEO of The Coretec Group. “The Battery Show is an ideal venue for us to showcase our vision for commercializing silicon-based anodes capable of delivering greater energy density and longer life while charging faster. We will also continue to strengthen our industry relationships and advance discussions, hopefully resulting in a not-too-distant joint development venture between Coretec and an ideal partner to help us test and scale the technology.”
From the recent Blog by CEO Michael Kraft !!!! BIG TIME STUFF !!!
As we have mentioned, we have continued to host discussions with several Si anode customers in consumer electronics and EV and they agree that based on several unique and novel methods to impart Si into the graphite anode, the path to higher energy density is silicon. To that effect, we are confident CHS (Si6H12) is the superior silicon precursor and can form Si nanomaterials and thin films at lower energy/temperatures and with higher purity. CHS represents a far better precursor choice over ANY other material. New materials development requires patience to commercialize, but knowing that other methods are failing, we firmly believe the future for battery design is high energy density batteries with Silicon anodes that have replaced conventional precursors with CHS.
News from 2015 on silicon being used in the anodes of EV batteries Coretec( silicon Si6H12 CHS )which is to used in the anode of lithium ion batteries is on time for the next generation of batteries ...Interesting article .. CHS solves the problems associated with high amounts silicon in the anode !!!
Tesla tweaks its battery chemistry: a closer look at silicon anode development
Posted September 23, 2015 by Christian Ruoff & filed under Features, Tech Features.
In mid-July, Tesla Motors made a trio of Model S update announcements. The new options included a 70 kWh rear-wheel-drive base model, an upgrade for the high-end battery pack from 85 to 90 kWh (providing about a 6% increase in range), and Ludicrous mode, which offers a 10% improvement in the car’s 0 to 60 mph time, to 2.8 seconds.
The media was most enamored with the extra fraction of a second of acceleration in Model S’s new Ludicrous mode, and they should be. As many outlets pointed out, the new top of the line P90D accelerates from 0 to 60 mph faster than many gas-powered “supercars” that cost more than $1 million from the likes of Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pagani, McLaren, and Porsche. Very few cars are faster than the newest Model S, and none of them are 4-door sedans.
In addition to the awesome engineering achievements that push the power limits to new heights, CEO Elon Musk revealed a bit more about the increase in energy density of the cells in the new 90 kWh pack. During a conference call, Musk told reporters that “it is, actually, as a result of improved cell chemistry. We’re shifting the cell chemistry for the upgraded pack to partially use silicon in the anode. This is just sort of a baby step in the direction of using silicon in the anode. We’re still primarily using synthetic graphite, but over time we’ll be using increasing amounts of silicon in the anode.”
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Introducing silicon into automotive-grade lithium-ion cells represents a huge milestone for the EV industry. Silicon is widely considered to be the next big thing in anode technology, because it has a theoretical charge capacity ten times higher than that of typical graphite anodes. “It’s a race among the battery makers to get more and more silicon in,” Jeff Dahn, the prominent battery researcher who will begin an exclusive partnership with Tesla in June 2016, recently told Fortune.
However, further advances in silicon anode technology will not come easily.
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Silicon versus graphite
Replacing the graphite in a cell with silicon means that you can use less anode material and fill up that extra space with more cathode material – effectively increasing the overall energy that is contained within the same volume. This is due to a fundamental difference in the way that silicon “stores” lithium.
The layered graphite structure absorbs the lithium ions through a process called intercalation. It is essentially sheets of graphene where lithium ions can be stored between the layers.
Silicon, on the other hand, can absorb more lithium ions, because the two materials form an alloy with a theoretical specific capacity much higher than that of graphite.
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Image by Rees Rankin, courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Silicon’s challenges, however, arise from the same attributes that make it attractive. Unlike the porous graphite material that has specific sites open and waiting for ions, when the lithium-silicon alloy forms, the structure of the anode changes, resulting in large volumetric fluctuations. For example, if a particle of silicon absorbs as much lithium as thermodynamically possible, its volume increases by about 300%. That compares to about 7% expansion observed in the intercalation of lithium into graphite.
The problem with the current state of silicon anodes is that the repeated expansion and contraction during charging and discharging leads to drastically reduced cycle life.
Failure mechanisms
To get a better idea of the challenges of silicon and what researchers are doing to overcome them, Charged talked to our go-to battery R&D experts at Wildcat Discovery Technologies.
Dee Strand, Chief Scientific Officer at Wildcat, explained that when you add a lot of silicon to anodes there are two big failure mechanisms: problems with the electrode itself and with the solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layer.
“The electrode is a whole bunch of particles glued together,” said Strand. “When you have particles that change dimensions so dramatically with every cycle, they tend to fall apart. The particles themselves pulverize. They crack. The glue comes undone. And your cycle life is very short.”
The SEI layer is what enables the battery to operate in an efficient and reversible manner. It’s a film composed of electrolyte reduction products that start forming on the surface of the anode during the initial battery charge. It functions as an ionic conductor that enables lithium to migrate through the film during charging and discharging. Under typical operating conditions, it also serves as an electronic insulator that prevents further electrolyte reduction on the anode.
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“With silicon anodes, a nice passivation layer is formed on the particles,” explained Strand. “But as the silicon expands and contracts, it essentially cracks apart that layer and then makes more. Over time it ends up with a very thick resistive film on the anode, which causes it to lose both capacity and power. So that’s the other mechanism that causes the cell to fade very fast.”
Little by little
So how have Tesla and others been able to add silicon to cells that are now commercially available?
Strand explains that, to date, the only way battery developers have been able to achieve long cycle life is not to use very much silicon. The porosity within the graphite matrix provides room for a small amount of silicon particles to expand and contract without disrupting things too much. “When you start using more and more silicon, it’s much harder to keep that electrode and SEI layer bonded together,” said Strand.
The cells that contain silicon today – including those used in consumer electronics that have been on the market for a few years – contain such a small amount that it’s not really changing the equation. It’s a small percentage of the anode material, and the majority of capacity is still coming from the graphite. However, battery-makers clearly intend to find ways to overcome the challenges, and add more silicon. As Musk said in July’s announcement, Tesla “expects to increase pack capacity by roughly 5% per year” (although not all of those increases will be solely due to adding more silicon).
According to Strand, making incremental additions to the amount of silicon will “require better binders that hold the electrode material together, and better electrolytes that form more mechanically robust SEI layers on those particles.” The good news is that there are a lot of potential fixes for both failure mechanisms – it’s just a matter of tweaking, testing and repeating, until formulations are found that work well together (a process that Wildcat is particularly good at).
Better materials
One solution to the SEI layer problem might be found in a DOE-funded project that Wildcat has underway to develop better electrolytes and additives for silicon anodes. Wildcat says the project, named EM4, has been very successful at making more mechanically and electrochemically robust SEI layers on the anode. So as volume changes occur, the SEI layer doesn’t crack.
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“The electrolyte formulations that are used in today’s batteries are fairly complex, with a lot of different solvents, salts, and additives,” explained Strand. “Using silicon anodes introduces another level of complexity because we’re applying a new constraint – that is, the ability to expand and contract with the silicon. But that’s really where the power of Wildcat’s high-throughput R&D processes shines, and in less than two years we’ve been able to develop fundamentally different electrolytes that don’t have the typical solvents in them.”
Most electrolyte formulations today contain ethylene carbonate (EC) – a cyclic carbonate molecule – and a linear carbonate molecule blended together. One helps solubilize the salt and one reduces the viscosity and makes sure that you have high enough conductivity. Strand explained that with silicon anodes, people tend to add a lot of fluorinated ethylene carbonate (FEC), because it appears to make a more stable SEI layer than EC. However, it’s still that not great, and you have to put in fairly high levels of FEC, around 10-30%.
So, Wildcat decided to develop a new class of electrolytes that contain no EC, and only a small amount of FEC – around 2%. “That really opens up the door to a lot of different chemistries that you can consider to make that SEI layer more mechanically robust,” said Strand. “We now have non-carbonate formulations that give us 300 cycles to 80% capacity, and perform equivalently, or better, to carbonate-based solvents. Because of our ability to look at many different chemistry families and many different combinations, we will continue to make further improvements upon those 300 cycles. There are lots and lots of additives that we currently have in an optimization phase that look very promising.”
The other piece of the puzzle
Even with the perfectly formulated electrolyte for silicon, there is still the problem of the electrode falling apart. Although Wildcat has lots of experience developing new complex electrode materials, it’s not currently working specifically on silicon anodes. But rest assured, many others are.
For example, last year the DOE launched six applied battery research projects as part of its Vehicle Technologies portfolio – all using some form of silicon-based material for the anode. That included teams led by the Argonne National Laboratory, TAIX, 3M, Envia, Penn State/University of Texas at Austin, and Farasis Energy. Charged has also previously covered a variety of private companies working away to solve silicon’s problems, including CALEB Technology, CalBattery, Amprius, EnerG2, and others.
As Strand explained to us, preventing a silicon anode from pulverization during cycling is just as complex a development problem as finding a stable electrolyte, because, again, there are so many variables. “For example, many people are developing nanoparticles because they can manage the mechanical stresses and they don’t crack,” she continued, “but with those high surface-area materials, it’s much harder to find binders that will effectively hold everything together. That issue is also intertwined with the electrolyte because now you need to worry about making a robust SEI layer on a high-surface-area anode material.”
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In spite of the complex challenges, the sheer number of groups working to solve the problem is very promising. The market for advanced battery technology continues to grow rapidly as prices drop and energy density increases. Unlocking the potential of silicon could give a company the edge needed to become an early leader in the gigantic new industry. So it’s no surprise that, as Jeff Dahn told Fortune, “the number of researchers around the world working on silicon for lithium-ion cells is mind-boggling.”
Pegs you ALWAYS WANT TO BUY A STOCK AT THE LOWEST PRICE YOU CAN IF YOU BELIEVE IN CORETEC ! YOU BUY LOW SELL HIGH AND NOW IS A SOMEWHAT QUIET TIME FOR THE NEW COMPANY CORETEC WITH A GREAT NEW MATERIAL IN CHS ABOUT TO HIT THE MARKET AND A COMPANY WORKING AT GETTING INTO SOME NEW PARTNERSHIPS. WOW WHAT A GREAT TIME TO GET AHEAD OF THE GAME AND BUY LOW NOT HIGH !!! REVENUE AND PARTNERSHIPS MIGHT LIKELY BE IN THE NEAR TERM FOR CORETEC BUT IT HASNT HAPPENED YET SO LOOK TO BUY A PROMISING NEW COMPANIES STOCK (CORETEC )LOW AS LOW AS IT MIGHT TRADE NOT HIGH !!! SIMPLE !!! GET READY FOR THE FUTURE BY BUYING LOW !!! CRTG ,I BELIEVE HAS GREAT FUTURE AHEAD OF IT AND OFFERS ,I BELIEVE , A GREAT TIME TO BUY UNDERVALUED STOCK BEFORE THINGS REALLY TAKE OFF THATS THE KEY, THATS REALLY THE KEY TO SUCCESS HERE !!!
Fantastic things ahead for the Coretec Group a great company with a great future. Stock undervalued with so many great opportunities ahead .Partnerships , i believe , will be forged and revenue coming soon as well . Beat CEO in the country for sure and the best VP of technology in the nation !!!!!
In time yes a higher share price would be great and probably result from partnerships and revenue and the commercialization of CHS. Coretec has a great new material to market and great things ahead so if the stock sells now for pennys that I believe is great and I believe way undervalued and a great buy with the future looking great !!! Its quiet now so trading is at lower and lower prices for those who feel they have to sell stock at these levels so be it , that's not a bad thing at all !!
Undervalued shares today being sold would like to see some at a penny but we will see how low the stock trades but 5 cents is cheap gotta love it !!!! Great things ahead for sure and a great week for Coretec with things moving along very successfully for the new company
Pegs ,I agree Everything will take care of itself with good news which I believe is for sure coming. We should hear who the new Chemical manufacturer is and it should be a good one since Coretec said it was a MAJOR well respected company ! Great things ahead for sure !!!
Pegs i think our CEO is doing a great job and Victor has kept the company going .Without him there wouldn't be a Coretec ,3Dicon merger .He has recently funded Coretec with 750,000 dollars to cover the burn rate of Coretec and kept 3Dicon financially a float till the merger and has invested like 1.6 million dollars total and is by far the largest shareholder, Victors the Man for sure !!..I like the communication we have today as well . Great things ahead for sure and i cant wait to here about the battery show and who our chemical manufacturer is which you would think is coming out soon !!
Coretecs VP of technology has a great background and will help lead Coretecs new company to success !!!
Ramez Elgammal's Bio:
Ramez Elgammal is a creative, results-oriented, critical thinking scientist with diverse training in science and engineering, teamwork, logistics, team building, leadership, and business development. He is adept at prioritizing daily tasks to meet milestones and project deadlines and can efficiently perform multiple tasks within fast-paced environments. Ramez is interested in opportunities that would leverage his extremely broad scientific background and skill set to solve problems in the energy sciences, evaluate and help commercialize disruptive technologies, and create value.
Specialties: Problem solving, project management, patent valuation, business plans, technical-economic analyses
Scientific specialties: Semiconductor devices, nanotechnology, materials science, fuel cells, chemistry, physics, catalysis, lithium-ion batteries, process development, biofuels, electrochemistry, carbon nanomaterials, gas-to-liquids chemistry
Ramez Elgammal's Education:
California Institute of Technology
1998 – 2005
Ph.D.
California Institute of Technology
1998 – 2001
Master of Science (M.S.)
Concentration: Applied Physics
Central Michigan University
1992 – 1996
H.B.S.
Concentration: Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology
Ramez Elgammal's Interests & Activities:
Sustainability, renewable energy, cradle-to-cradle product design, nanotechnology
Great day for Coretecs Battery show presentation . I believe that right now Coretecs Michael Kraft and Ramez Elgammel are successfully engaging many companies interested in testing CHS for their technologies . Time will tell but I believe great things are coming for Coretec !!!
Ramez is very successful in his presentation right now !!! This is huge for Coretec going forward and Great relationships are going to come out of the 2018 North American Battery Show for Coretec !!!
Tunable Syntheses of Advanced Silicon Anodes Using Cyclohexasilane
Tue. September 11| 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | Crystal Ballroom
The ability to develop fast charging lithium-ion batteries with high-energy density is being pursued intensively due to increasing demands of portable electronics and electric vehicles. Replacing the conventional graphite anode with a silicon-based one offers several advantages, namely the roughly 10 times higher gravimetric capacity and the safer lithium alloying potential. However, full scale realization of replacing graphite with silicon has been hampered due to the large volumetric expansion silicon typically suffers which causes mechanical degradation, low electrical conductivity, and multiple-step syntheses from a traditional silicon precursor which leads to higher cost. Here we present a silicon precursor, cyclohexasilane, that can offer solutions to all three of those limitations. Cyclohexasilane exists as a liquid at room temperature and is relatively low boiling (~ 200 °C) relatively facile synthesis of nanostructured silicon materials, significantly reducing the volumetric expansion typically observed. Cyclohexasilane can be readily used to manufacture silicon/carbon composite materials and is readily chemically functionalized allowing the development of tailored materials with improved electrical conductivity. Moreover, cyclohexasilane is relatively inexpensive and its physical properties allow for roll-to-roll manufacturing with significantly reduced capital costs. Relevant comparisons of this technology compared to incumbent technologies will be given.
Information Hub: Advanced Battery Technologies
Speakers
Ramez Elgammal
VP of Technology
The Coretec Group
Role: Speaker