Eight years ago, Physics World published an article announcing that graphene was a “miracle substance” so strong that a sheet of graphene the thickness of “Clingfilm” could support the weight of an elephant.
“Graphene is a layer of carbon just one atom thick and since it was first isolated in 2004 its remarkable electronic and mechanical properties have been studied by physicists worldwide,” explained Physics World.
“Graphene is different from most crystalline materials because its electrons are governed not by the standard Schrödinger Equation, but instead by the Dirac Equation of relativistic quantum mechanics,” added Physics World.
Few retail investors fully appreciated the mathematical elegance of the “Dirac Equation” but they still loaded up on any stock that mentioned “graphene” in a press release.
By 2015, there was a platoon on new graphite explorers and a mind-boggling 10,000+ graphene-based patents pending.
The graphite/graphene hype has died down now, and what’s left is real demand and a few good companies like Graphene Manufacturing Group (GMG.V).
GMG is an Australian-based clean-technology company developing energy-saving products enabled by graphene manufactured in-house via a proprietary production process.
In other words, graphene without staking, permitting, airborne surveys, trenching, drilling, assays, mine-building etc.
In 2018, GMG proved a proprietary production process to produce GMG Graphene from natural gas (methane), not from mined Graphite.
Technology Highlights:
- High quality
- Low input costs
- Scalable
- Tuneable
- Low contaminants
GMG Graphene is suitable for a wide range of industries, but the company’s initial focus has been developing applications for ENERGY SAVING AND ENERGY STORAGE SOLUTIONS.
In the energy savings segment, GMG has focused on Graphene enhanced heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) coatings, lubricants and fluids.
GMG and its customers have successfully demonstrated HVAC coating projects, offering customers improvement in the efficiency of space cooling (air-conditioning) and coolant units.
Also, GMG is developing lubricants which aim to reduce friction in engines.
Investor interest in the Graphene Manufacturing Group has grown since the stock first began trading on the Canadian Venture Exchange on April 15, 2021.
In the energy storage segment GMG and the University of Queensland are working collaboratively with financial support from the Australian Government to progress research and development, and ultimately explore the commercialization of GMG graphene aluminium-ion batteries.
GMG’s technology has applications in the Biotech arena.
On September 13, 2021 GMG formalised its support to Queensland University of Technology for the development of Piezo-Supercapacitors for Self-Powered Medical Implants by a Pilot Project Agreement.
Most modern electrical medical implants – like pacemakers & insulin delivery pumps – actively regulate or replace bodily functions, and thus require batteries capable of reliably functioning for many years without failure.
Traditional batteries in Pacemakers do fail.
“The FDA is aware of three medical device reports in which a Medtronic implantable pacemaker or CRT-P battery had fully drained because of a crack in the device’s capacitor, without any warning to the patient or health care provider,” warned the FDA.
“If a capacitor in an implanted pacemaker or CRT-P is cracked, it can create an electric short, which can cause a battery to drain earlier than expected,” continued the FDA, “If the battery is completely drained, the device will no longer deliver pacing therapy”.
“As of April 10, 2019, 131,889 of the at-risk devices have been sold in the U.S”.
“Implanted batteries typically require secondary surgeries for replacement, incurring significant inconvenience to patients in the forms of high costs, discomfort, and the risk of infection,” confirm GMG.
This project aims to develop the capability for self-charging medical implants by engineering a novel power unit called a “Piezo-Supercapacitor”, which can harvest human body motions, converting that energy into electricity, and store it, in a single unit.
GMG GRAPHENE ALUMINIUM-ION BATTERY PERFORMANCE DATA
On May 11, 2021 GMG released initial performance data related to graphene used in aluminium-ion batteries.
“This is a real game-changing technology which can offer a real alternative with an interchangeable battery technology for the existing lithium-ion batteries in almost every application with GMG’s Graphene and UQ’s patent-pending aluminium ion battery technology,” stated Dr Ashok Nanjundan, GMG’s Chief Scientific Officer,
“The real differentiator about these batteries is their very high power density of up to 7000 watts/kg,” added Nanjundan, “which endows them with a very high charge rate.”
Furthermore, graphene aluminium-ion batteries provide major benefits in terms of longer battery life (over 2000 charge / discharge cycles testing so far with no deterioration in performance), battery safety (very low fire potential) and lower environmental impact (more recyclable).
Here’s an over-view of GMG’s technology and business objectives:
“While GMG’s graphene is suitable for a wide range of industries GMG’s focus has been on developing applications for energy saving and energy storage solutions.
The product portfolio includes Thermal-XR, an energy saving coating that improves heat transfer and reduces energy use of air conditioners, G-Lubricant which reduces friction in engines and G-coolant, which improves heat transfer.”
GMG is committed to furthering the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
GMG has significant internal ownership and a globally experienced board and management team.
Full Disclosure: Equity Guru is a GMG shareholder.
