Saint Jean Carbon Reports Promising Coin Cell Test Results

Saint Jean Carbon Inc. (TSXV:SJL) announced the results of coin cell tests on its spherical-shaped, carbon-coated graphite for lithium-ion batteries. According to the company, “[t]he results show tremendous promise in meeting customer specifications.”
As quoted in the press release:

The results show that the SEM images have very good conductivity. At 0.1C first discharge: 463.9 mAh/g. First charge 371.7 mAh/g. Slow degradation at 0.5C until 100 cycles. Very good capacity retention at 0.05C after 10 cycles at 0.1C. Meaning, our material is performing within the upper standards of graphite for high quality applications such as electric cars. Further, the results are reproducible.
The results are promising. More testing to continue to improve on these results and will help in applying the material to other projects. The basic plan is to work with our academic and industry partners’ by applying our test results into real life applications where the performance can be measured in all types of environmental conditions. As an example; building batteries for an electric car and then thoroughly testing the life cycle of the batteries and the performance of the graphite.
The Company plans to build a number of coin cells and a complete lithium battery in the coming weeks. Further, the Company is planning to announce the commencement of construction of their first full production line for the manufacturing of spherical/coated graphite.

Paul Ogilvie, CEO of Saint Jean Carbon, commented:

We are very pleased with the results. The first challenge was to develop our own design-build solution by creating and then filing for patents on our process. The the next big challenge was to build the materials, and we have done that. The selling price range of 99.999% GC spherically shaped carbon coated in four sizes, is around *$1,950.00/mt including delivery in USD. This means we need to create great products, affordably. Our high-yield low-waste system certainly looks like we may be able to do just that.

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