Si-graphite composite and next generation anode materials

Offentlig prosjektsammendrag

Vianode is a manufacturer of advanced anode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIB). Vianode was demerged from Elkem Carbon AS in 2021 and is today fully owned by Elkem ASA. Vianode currently has about 50 employees, mainly located in Norway, with headquarters in Oslo and research and development department at Fiskaa industrial park in Kristiansand. Today, most of the business is around the development and piloting of new products and processes for synthetic graphite and silicon-graphite composites with a very low environmental footprint. Vianode plans for a full-scale industrial production of synthetic graphite at Herøya industrial park with the first start-up of a "fast-track" line of 5000 MT / year in 2023 and a further expansion of the factory from 2023 with a plan of 50,000 MT / year capacity around 2025 as will supply advanced anode materials to mainly European and North American battery cell factories