UP Catalyst Secures Additional €2.3 Million to Accelerate Scale-up of Battery Raw Material Production from CO2 Emissions
Amid escalating global tensions and supply chain disruptions threatening the availability of critical raw materials for the battery value chain in the US and the EU, UP Catalyst’s breakthrough offers a sustainable solution to meet the growing global demand for battery-grade graphite and carbon nanomaterials. UP Catalyst, a pioneer in sustainable carbon material production directly […]
UP Catalyst secures €4M in funding to reduce Europe’s reliance on Chinese carbon materials
The company will utilize the funds to scale up their local production of carbon materials and graphite derived from CO2 emissions, offering a sustainable alternative source of raw materials to European battery manufacturers. UP Catalyst, a pioneer in sustainable carbon material production directly from CO2 emissions, successfully closed a €4 million seed investment round to […]
UP Catalyst Secures € 1.5 M to Make Carbon Materials for Batteries
UP Catalyst, a leading nanotech company, will develop its 3rd-generation reactor to produce advanced carbon materials for batteries. This solution will specifically tackle the key challenges in carbon manufacturing. The 2-year project received funding from EAS-Enterprise Estonia to produce high-purity carbon from CO2 for battery applications. Tallinn-based UP Catalyst uses the Molten Salt Carbon Capture […]
Electrode Material from CO2 Leads to Exceptional Performance in Sodium-ion Batteries
UP Catalyst, a leading Estonian nanotechnology company, is proud to announce the achievement of superior performance in sodium-ion batteries using a novel electrode material derived from CO2. The tests were conducted by the Titirici group, a multidisciplinary research team based at Imperial College London, focusing on the applications of carbon materials in renewable energy technologies. […]
Consortium Introduces Molten Salt Regeneration System for CCU
UP Catalyst, a leading Estonian nanotechnology company, will, together with a consortium of industry experts develop a revolutionary molten- salt- regeneration technology based on circular- economy principles. The new system has the potential to, significantly reduce waste, and it allows the reuse of carbonate salt up to 100 times. The project, named MoReCCU, has received […]
UP Catalyst disrupts the heavily China-reliant supply chain of graphite
The surge in graphite demand has put pressure on Europe, which imports almost 98% of the graphite it uses. The valuable mineral for electric vehicle (EV) batteries is now considered a critical raw material. Graphite production comes with a huge environmental and supply chain risk which is being challenged by an Estonian company UP Catalyst. […]
UP Catalyst receives €1.2 M to produce the greenest multipurpose carbon materials
Estonian technology startup UP Catalyst in partnership with the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (NICPB) begins developing an automated process to produce sustainable carbon out of CO2 and biomass which characteristics can be adapted to any potential application. Thus, making it one of the most multipurpose materials in the world. The 2-year project aimed […]
UP Catalyst and SafeRock start developing carbon-negative concrete
Estonian technology start-up UP Catalyst and Norwegian start-up SafeRock joined forces in the Norway Grants „Green ICT“ programme carried out by Enterprise Estonia to start producing CO2 negative concrete with enhanced mechanical properties. The project, which secured a €400k grant for the first phase development, has the potential to add a new, innovative process to the carbon intensive construction sector. As a […]
UP Catalyst closes its first investment round of €500k
One of the reasons for the slow adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is cost. But the most common reason people give for not buying EVs is the concern about the driving range and the fear that the battery will run out of charge. With all the recent advances, battery technology hasn’t changed that much in […]
UP Catalyst secures €1.59 million to turn CO₂ into graphite
A EIT RawMaterials-supported project consortium specialising in energy storage development has launched a two-year pilot program to design and build a scalable shipping container synthesis reactor that is capable of transforming CO2 emissions into graphite, a mineral now classified by the EU as a critical raw material, and various carbon nanomaterials. The innovative project called CO2Carbon secured an […]
