Versarien Share Discussion Threads

[ellissj] 03/3/2019 12:56

Graphene flagship news from last weeks wmc barca. Best ellis

'Phone of the Future​'

"Graphene will transform mobile phone technology and telecommunications. Key manufacturers are already using graphene to enhance the possibilities of the devices and networks that keep us online. From high speed datacom, to durable composites, night vision cameras and audio technology, the possibilities of graphene are endless. Its unusual properties enable ultra-wide bandwidth communications coupled with low power consumption, with the potential to surpass the needs of 5G, the internet of things and the upcoming industry 4.0..."

Nanene® Enhanced Audio Earphones. Versarien plc.

"Versarien's earphones are manufactured with a graphene coating called Nanene® Graphene-Enhanced Audio. Nanene® properties create an earphone diaphragm that is thinner and more flexible than traditional materials will allow. Independent testing found that Nanene enhances both treble and bass. The earphones are commercially available now..."

Graphene Enhanced Batteries.
Cambridge Graphene Center, University of Cambridge.

"..Mobile phones commonly use pouch cell batteries. Enhancing their anode with graphene prolongs the life cycle of the battery and increases the battery's charging rate..".

[superg1] 03/3/2019 11:21

Ignore Spid filter etc. If you want to argue with him please take it over onto the FGR hot copper site. That way you will be able to educate Aussie FGR investors re anyone can use their process.

All Talga have to do is change to using vein graphene apparently.

But don't forget FGR are a graphite mining company that failed very badly on promises for production.

Changing names from MRL Corporation (ticker MRF) helped bury the total failure re mining.

Loads of hype and talk of 5000mt per year in Sri Lanka. What they didn't say was the easy to get to stuff was mined out 100 years ago When Sri Lanka was producing 10 times what it does now.

So MRL (FGR) claimed 5000mt per year. After a series of promises and F ups and a share price collapse they managed (as I recall) 180 tonnes for the year v a claim of 5000 tonnes capability. In total I believe they got to a 200 tonne stockpile.

The vein graphite is deep underground in thin veins and the mines flood regularly.

A couple of name changes later which conveniently hides the failures and FGR can supply the world as the leading graphene company apparently.

So please feel free to go on hot copper and give the true story.

[ellissj] 03/3/2019 11:10

Multiple opportunities there superg :) best ellis

[ellissj] 03/3/2019 10:59

A researcher at wmg (plus tata and csir) present a paper which reviews graphene/oxides in metal air battery research. Says this tech potentially offers 8 times greater density versus current state of the art. Best ellis

'Graphene-based Nanocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions in Metal-oxygen Batteries.'

Brij Kishore1, Baljeet Singh2 and Surender Kumar3,*

1. WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry CV47AL, United Kingdom; 2. Tata Center for Interdisciplinary Science, Hyderabad - 500107, India and 3. CSIR - Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Bhopal - 462026, India

Abstract: Background: Graphene and its composites with various transition metals and their oxides are widely studied for their applications in electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices. Graphene, a two-dimensional single atomic layer of the carbon atoms, has a high conductivity and high surface area. For these reasons, it has attracted considerable interest in electrochemical devices, such as batteries and supercapacitors. This review aims at identifying these electrocatalysts.

Methods: Peer-reviewed research papers were scavenged using various bibliographic databases with graphene as one of the keywords. Research papers with good quality data were screened, analysed and the findings of the papers were summarized using a conceptual framework.

Results: All together 80 research articles which have used graphene and/or its nanocomposite are included in the review. These bifunctional electrocatalysts are studied in a metal-oxygen battery which is a hybrid system of a Li-ion battery and a H2-O2 fuel cell. Several metal-oxygen (Zn-O2, Li-O2, Na-O2,K-O2, Ca-O2, Mg-O2, etc.) batteries are known in the literature. Li-O2 battery is another potential device for future electrical vehicles applications with its energy density being about 8 times higher than the state-of-the-art Li-ion battery. Current research works aim to improve the performance of existing metal-oxygen systems and explore the possibilities of using cheaper Na and K as anodes. Two types of reactions occur at the cathode in a metal-oxygen battery and electrocatalysts are employed to improve the kinetics of these reactions for better performance.

Conclusion: Several research articles on graphene and its composites with transition metals and their oxides based nanocatalysts claim to improve the oxygen reaction kinetics and cycle life of the batteries.

In this review, recent articles of graphene-based nanocatalysts for metal-oxygen batteries are summarized which give the present scenario of research in the field and scope of future work.

[superg1] 03/3/2019 10:58

Still on VRS batterie and more names.

UCAM graphene inks were also provided to Varta and utilised as the conductive electrode in flexible batteries; three cells were then delivered to ST Microelectronics, providing capacities of 7-9 mAh after three full cycles. In WP9, UCAM graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) inks were printed on carbon and Nafion membranes to act as catalyst support in membrane electrode assemblies for fuel cells with Sabanci.

Nokia, and VTT tested the graphene inks for highly conductive printed devices on flexible substrates.

UCAM: graphene inks sent to various partners including Nokia, Varta, Philips, VTT, UniLille,
CEA, EMPA,


There is a lot of info out there hence the comments by VRS when they say a collaboration with one can involve a number of companies and that some companies have chosen just to get on with testing rather than sorting collaborations first.

[superg1] 03/3/2019 10:39

VRS various battery work.

WMG as just posted.

Zap&go

Versarien is pleased to announce that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with ZapGo Ltd

We anticipate that the addition of our graphene to their already very innovative products will bring significant enhancements. The market potential for their technology is enormous.

Flexibat

The Company, through its subsidiary Cambridge Graphene Ltd, is pleased to be part of the Flexibat consortium that has recently been awarded £1.2 million of grant funding from Innovate UK as part of a £1.5 million project to develop and bring to market graphene enhanced, thin, flexible printed batteries for electronic wearable and IoT (Internet of Things) devices.



In addition to these relationships, the Company is pleased to report that it has received its first small initial order for Nanene graphene nano platelets from a Chinese automotive battery manufacturer for their technical evaluation.

Add on Gnanomat who were with Zap&go already.

We know that Gnanomat are already with 2 majors and the link up with VRS has them chatting with another 3.


I have a fair idea of a huge well known company that Gnano have been talking too. That company is very much at the forefront of taking battery tech forward for its own business.

I became aware of it through a source. As per the AGM and other comments re not saying who when we find things (can cause disruption), then I can't mention their name.

Cambridge Uni.

The new member of staff there is a battery specialist and while we did the tour we were shown a number of button cell Graphene silicon batteries with many being tested.

That Graphink Cordis Document re VRS ink

One of the applications he particularly believes in is the ink’s integration into batteries. Thanks to this, enhanced batteries with higher storage density and recyclability may be produced. This integration process is in fact already on track:

Although Prof. Ferrari says it’s too soon to give out more information, he has already obtained further funding to bring HIGRAPHINK’s production technique to batteries.

[spid81] 03/3/2019 10:26

Morning Superg,

I think we can piece it together,

VRS enters into a MOU with WMG in 2016, there has been no reported progress in nearly 3 years,

VRS then buys Gnanomat.

[rogerbridge] 03/3/2019 10:20

Absolutely johnveals, not forgetting the collaborations in China.

[superg1] 03/3/2019 10:19

WMG

Just to piece it together.

April 2016

Versarien has announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with WMG (“Warwick Manufacturing Group”) to collaborate on the production of power storage devices such as batteries and supercapacitors using Versarien’s graphene nano platelets. Working with the SME team and battery specialists, Versarien will have access to WMG’s expertise and world leading facilities in the Energy Innovation Centre.

July 2018

On the WMG battery topic as before

. Significant advances have been made through incorporating the Company's high quality graphene into these devices and the Company looks forward to commercial products becoming available in due course.

The relationship with WMG has now been supplemented by a number of other agreements that provide Versarien with access to both leading technology providers and manufacturing expertise, both in the UK and overseas, including China.

[johnveals] 03/3/2019 10:19

You do get a sense that several plans are coming together...

[ellissj] 03/3/2019 10:15

Indeed roger, a great stable of advanced materials tech being established by neill and co imo :) glalth. Best ellis

[rogerbridge] 03/3/2019 10:15

Tesla battery is 40% of car build cost. Big money in batteries.

[ellissj] 03/3/2019 10:13

2D versus 3D 'graphenes' - game on. My money in vrs 2D materials ! GNP's and inks per neill - world leaders. Dyor. Best ellis

[ellissj] 03/3/2019 10:07

Agreed woody, thx dafad, and ayl130 too i see :) seems to me jlr et al have to make the sums add up too - tesla looks ahead on battery range atm ? And logically, to attract investment in uk battery production, you would think the proposal offers improved tech versus current to compete with tesla. If not, they would stick with current asian manufacturers? The race from ice to ev production will inevitably disrupt the whole auto industry ultimately producing winners and losers. 2D materials have great potential here per UoM articles. Vrs very well positioned. Aimo. Best ellis

[rogerbridge] 03/3/2019 09:57

And we have a memeber of staff working inside WMG. Gnanomat is s key here and what a shrewd purchase by Neill. And at a bargain price.

[woodpeckers] 03/3/2019 09:39

DAFAD's find Ellis, I'm just doing the sums... :-)

[ellissj] 03/3/2019 09:27

Good spot woody ! Nice to hear from you haz. Good luck all :) best ellis

[haz101] 03/3/2019 09:19

Still long and strong and adding when I can! Excited by the opportunities that are presenting themselves this year with the numerous collaborations with global companies anyone could be a company maker for VRS in its own right. Imo excellent entry point at the mo for new investors with the company largely de-risked, looking forward to the run in of Q1....

[woodpeckers] 03/3/2019 08:48

"However, industry insiders have criticised current government support as paltry. It is largely limited to the Faraday Challenge, a £246m fund for battery research, and includes £80m for a Battery Industrialisation Centre in the West Midlands."




2+2=

WMG joins 2 new Faraday battery research projects: part of a £42 million UK initiative

[ayl30] 03/3/2019 08:10

Uk battery factoryhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ministers-mull-cash-for-tesla-style-battery-factory-2bdf75t59?shareToken=f59ae6ec6172efa9256b916af6a4956d

[ellissj] 03/3/2019 08:05

Morning harry. Best ellis

Neill Ricketts @neillricketts

"Deeply saddened to hear Professor Lord Bhattacharyya dies aged 78, having held one to one meetings with him at @wmgwarwick"

Professor Lord Bhattacharyya dies aged 78.

coventrytelegraph.net

7:33 pm · 2 Mar 2019 ·

[harrysol] 03/3/2019 07:56

WMG - I had not realised until today the significance of WMG. The VRS collaboration just became a wow.

Versarien has announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with WMG (“Warwick Manufacturing Group”) to collaborate on the production of power storage devices such as batteries and supercapacitors using Versarien’s graphene nano platelets. Working with the SME team and battery specialists, Versarien will have access to WMG’s expertise and world leading facilities in the Energy Innovation Centre.

[mryl] 03/3/2019 04:05

"The best shares are generally those where the BBs are devoid of chat and low volumes."

We are screwed then.





(Just kidding)

[dafad] 03/3/2019 02:56

Interesting from the Sunday Times