Coretec Group Inc (CRTG)

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Pegs that statement possibly demonstrates the main thrust of the Endurion battery program – cycling stability. Everybody knows that silicon as compared with graphite is superior as an anode material, and the figure generally tossed around is 10X the energy potential for a silicon anode design. But if you dig and read a bit, nobody has a cell that actually beats a “standard” graphite battery by that amount. Amprius is currently selling their silicon nanowire anode battery and billing it as the most energy dense battery you can buy, yet from their webpage you can read that they are claiming only a 100% improvement compared to standard lithium-ion batteries. So their silicon anode design which is the most energy dense battery available is only twice as good as a standard graphite battery? What’s the problem? My bet/guess is that if the silicon level in the anode is boosted, there is a serious cost to cycle life. So, if Coretec has a solution which increases cycle life, the result might then be a design which allows a greater concentration of silicon to be placed into the anode which would then allow an improvement in energy density, moving closer to the 10X figure that is so often bandied about. Worth mentioning again is that the Coretec design is unique to the industry and covered by the recently filed utility patent. This is going to be interesting to see play out. Stay tuned…