Supported by EIT RawMaterials
UPGraphite
Advanced graphite production from CO₂ emissions. Supported by EIT RawMaterials.
Next-Generation Graphite
UP Catalyst secures EUR 1.4M with consortium partners INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials (Volker Presser Lab) and ElevenEs to designing and building up-scaled reactor for graphite.
Project Goals
The main goal of this EIT RawMaterial-supported project is to design and build an up-scaled reactor for producing our advanced graphite. Alongside that, we’re adding post-processing steps like annealing to deliver even higher-quality, battery-grade graphite.UPGraphite Project Goals:
1. Design and build an up-scaled reactor for graphite production.
2. Develop and optimize post-processing steps — including annealing — to achieve higher graphite quality and improved performance characteristics.
3. Verify carbon-negative footprint of graphite (LCA)
Project Partners
UP Catalyst – Project leader and technology owner. Responsible for overall coordination of technical and operational activities, as well as production and scale-up of CO₂-derived graphite.INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials (Volker Presser Lab) – Conducts physico-chemical characterization and evaluates the electrochemical performance of the graphite materials.ElevenEs – Tests UP Catalyst’s graphite anodes in LFP pouch cell batteries to assess performance under real battery conditions.
Graphite - Critical Raw Material
UP Catalyst has valuable knowledge on various carbon materials synthesis and several years of experience on the novel MSCC-ET technology. UP Catalyst diverse team consists of people with strong scientific background in synthesis methodologies as well as carbon materials application in energy storage devices, also highly skilled people in entrepreneurship, business development and corporate industry, furthermore in sales and marketing.
Leading the world to sustainable carbon
UP Catalyst
ElevenES
INM - Leibniz Institute for New MaterialsProject duration: 2025-2027