Jagiellonian University (UJ) in Krakow has developed material technologies for energy storage that will make it possible to become independent of foreign suppliers of expensive metals and graphite, which are needed for battery production, reports the UJ Technology Transfer Centre.

Prof. Marcin Molenda, who heads the Materials and Nanomaterials Technology Group at the Jagiellonian University’s Faculty of Chemistry, and his team have developed solutions that offer the chance for new products to appear on the energy storage and battery market, including those for electric vehicles. 

CAG is one of the technologies developed by Prof. Molenda’s team. It makes it possible to produce anode materials based on carbon gel (carbogel), which is derived from starch, a completely renewable source.

CAG has been shown to completely replace natural graphite and synthetic graphite (derived from fossil fuels) in battery production without compromising battery performance.