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RE:Silicon nanowires in amprius batteries made by centrotherm

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Tcheck wrote:

They use technology from photovoltaic cell production to produce the silicon anodes :)

https://amprius.com/amprius-technologies-inc-announces-purchase-agreement-with-centrotherm-for-silicon-nanowire-anode-production/
 

Agreement  between amprius tech and centrotherm to supply nanowire anodes 


This agreement is the culmination of a collaborative development effort between Amprius and centrotherm for the
application of equipment used in photovoltaic cell production to manufacture Amprius’ silicon nanowire anode. 
In so doing, Amprius is leveraging proven equipment used in the manufacturing of commodity solar cells to fabricate their disruptive silicon anode lithium-ion battery cells.

HPQ is in a incredle spot currently and could very well disrupt silicon industry upside down..stay tuned:

PUREVAP TM QRR testing phase results:

1. Produce Silicon (Si) material of higher purity than any traditional processes, in a single step 1 ,
2. That it can do so from raw material sources without the need for extremely pure feedstock as required by conventional processes 2 ,
3. That it only requires 4.5 MT of raw material to make 1 MT of Silicon versus the 6 MT required by conventional processes 2 , a 25% reduction,
4. That it can do so at a lower cost advantage versus all traditional Silicon producers 2 .

Furthermore, once process improvement tests start (see point b above), HPQ will commence:

1. Using the Si produced for downstream testing and production of HPQ high-value-add products,
2. Providing samples to potential off-takers to allow for product customization,
3. Planning the deployment of commercial – scale production systems ( PUREVAP™ QRR 4.0 ) capable of producing 2,500 tonnes per year of high purity silicon material.

PUREVAPTM Nano Silicon Reactor (NSiR) with PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (TSX-V: PYR)

• New proprietary process that can use different purities of silicon (Si) as feedstock, to make spherical silicon nanopowders and nanowires;
• HPQ believes it can also become the lowest cost manufacturer of spherical Si nanopowders and silicon-based composites needed by manufacturers of next-generation lithium-ion batteries;
• During the coming months, spherical Si nanopowders and nanowires silicon-based composite samples requested by industry participants and research institutions’ will be produced using PUREVAPTM SiNR.

Commercially porous silicon (Si) wafers and porous silicon (Si) powders with Apollon Solar of France

• Use their patented process and develop a capability to produce commercially porous silicon (Si) wafers and porous silicon (Si) powders;
• Collaboration will allow HPQ to become the lowest cost producer of porous silicon wafers for all-solid -state batteries and porous silicon powders for Li-ion batteries;
• Develop the hydrogen generation potential of Silicon nanopowders for usage with the GennaoTM system;
• Commercialize, exclusively in Canada, and non-exclusive in the U.S.A., the GennaoTM H2 system and the chemical powders required for the hydrolysis production of Hydrogen.