UP Catalyst sets a new industry standard for low-emission, high purity carbon nanotubes and battery-grade graphite
Tallinn, 19 December 2024 UP Catalyst, a deep-tech company producing sustainable high purity carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and battery-grade graphite from CO2 emissions, has achieved the lowest carbon footprint for CNTs and one of the lowest for battery-grade graphite. The cradle-to-gate LCA was conducted by Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and critically reviewed by Bureau Veritas […]
Florian Wunsch Joins UP Catalyst as CCO, Bringing Extensive Automotive Expertise to the Team
UP Catalyst, an emerging player in sustainable battery raw materials, has announced that Florian Wunsch will join the company as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). With a distinguished career in Formula 1, Nissan, and Morrow Batteries, Wunsch brings decades of expertise to the fast-growing startup, as it aims to revolutionize carbon material production with groundbreaking, energy-efficient […]
Top 10 Cement Companies in Europe to Use Carbon Nanotubes from CO₂ Emissions in 2030
Did you know that concrete is responsible for 8% of the world’s CO₂ emissions and is the second most-used substance in the world after water? Reducing CO₂ emissions from cement manufacturing is particularly challenging because they result from the release of CO₂ during the conversion of CaCO₃ (calcium carbonate). ⅔ of the direct emissions come […]
Scaling Deep-Tech Production: From GEN1 to GEN2 Reactor
In May 2024, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released the Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2024, predicting that by 2030, 93% of battery-grade graphite will come from China. The IEA identifies graphite as a mineral with very high geopolitical risks, highlighting that its supply can be easily disrupted, and prices could surge unexpectedly. Apart from the […]
Molten Salt Regeneration: The Game-Changer
This article was shared at Nuclear Engineering International. Corrosion caused by high temperatures and corrosive salts has long plagued molten salt-based nuclear reactor industries. Now though, a technology designed to produce carbon nanomaterials could be the breakthrough needed to clean impurities from the coolant fuel circulating in molten salt reactor designs. The issue of corrosion […]
What on earth are carbon nanomaterials?
The question is legitimate since nanomaterials are so small that even a single hair is around 1000 times thicker. Nanomaterials have a size of less than 100 nanometers. Before the discovery of carbon nanomaterials, the most well-known forms of carbon were diamond and graphite. Carbon nanostructures were discovered in 1991 by the physicist Sumio Iijima. […]
