The company carried out testing at the National Research Council (NRC) in Ottawa, Canada. Primary testing has indicated Zenyatta’s graphite to perform well in PM applications when compared to reference graphite material.
Samples of the company’s high purity graphite were also tested for several properties relevant for use in fuel cell components and in Li-ion battery applications.
The company undertook testing on a simulated fuel cell component known as a bipolar plate made with the Zenyatta graphite.
Zenyatta said the plate had resistivity properties comparable to a bipolar plate made utizing the current benchmark synthetic graphite material presently in use.
The company estimates to have a targeted market application segmentation which includes 25%-30% for high purity graphite in PM, 25%-30% in lithium-ion batteries and 20%-25% for fuel cell products.
Zenyatta Ventures VP of market development Bharat Chahar said: "The Company will continue test programs at other labs and with global end-users but will involve larger scale test equipment to provide more extensive data to progress our market development plans."
Image: Zenyatta Ventures carried out testing of Albany graphite samples at the National Research Council (NRC) in Ottawa, Canada. Photo: courtesy of Spundun.
