Use Advanced Carbons
A solid material to advance many industries
SkyNano advanced carbon solutions deliver ultra high performance at practical and scalable price points for industrial, defense, and consumer applications, enabling new capabilities that haven’t been achievable within the conventional carbon nanotube market. At the same time, our approach realizes a robust domestic supply chain for battery-grade graphite, which is critical for manufacturing resilience across a variety of energy-related defense and consumer markets.
This high performance material has many uses such as:
- SkyNano has demonstrated a 60% performance improvement at high rates of charge 2-3C with just a 10% replacement of currently-used carbon black with our MWCNTs.
- Increase performance, improve rate capability, and increase energy density of lithium-ion batteries.
- Our carbon nanotubes are currently in development with a variety of domestic and international battery companies.
- Domestic, high-purity graphite: SkyNano produces battery-grade graphite, traditionally sourced from geopolitically constrained regions—providing a stable, U.S.-based supply for lithium-ion anodes.
- High performance at breakthrough cost: Our advanced carbon materials deliver comparable performance to premium imported graphite, resulting in the same capacity and cycling stability with domestically-produced material alternatives.
- MWCNTs have long been viewed as an ideal material for many automotive components: longer-lasting fuel-efficient tires, lightweight high-strength composite parts for automotive interiors, and ultra-tough rubber components for increased wear-resistance.
- Increasingly, lithium-ion battery range and rate capability have become very important to the electric vehicle experience, and are addressable by carbon nanotubes.
- We have existing efforts incorporating our carbon nanomaterials into polymer composites that are suitable for a wide range of automotive components.
- As commercial and residential square footage increases—projected at more than 30% over the next two decades—the demand for reliable, domestically sourced building materials will rise accordingly.
- SkyNano’s CO₂-derived carbon materials make excellent candidates for sustainable functional materials in composites, membranes, coatings, and more for the built environment.
- SkyNano has active development efforts in many projects related to sustainable buildings: architectural wall panels, concrete additives, conductive multi-functional coatings, and high-performance membranes.
- SkyNano’s core technology is to convert CO₂ into gaseous oxygen and solid carbon, which can be a valuable process in space, where CO₂ is plentiful (either as astronauts exhaust breath, or from martian atmosphere), and oxygen can be very valuable for astronauts to breathe.
- Carbon nanotubes can be used in in-space manufacturing of critical components, including via additive manufacturing.
- Our flagship product, carbon nanotubes, can also be utilized in a variety of space-related applications ranging from ultra-lightweight composites, to lightweight conductors, multi-functional coatings, and even batteries for space (where we have current projects supported by the US Space Force).
- 78% of consumers prioritize long-lasting, well-made products when making purchasing decisions.
- SkyNano’s domestically produced carbon materials enable higher-performing goods at breakthrough low cost, offering a more resource-efficient option without sacrificing durability or price.
