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nanotechnology
News
September 13, 2024
Smoltek and cutting-edge research in nanotechnology
Smoltek is a Gothenburg-based materials technology company that specializes in research and development of applications based on carbon nanofibers, which can create new products with revolutionary properties.
News
September 3, 2024
Smoltek Hydrogen achieves milestone with A4-sized CNF-growth
Smoltek Hydrogen has made a significant technological breakthrough. The R&D team has successfully grown carbon nanofibers (CNFs) over an A4-sized area, marking the first time such a large CNF-covered material sample has been fabricated. This breakthrough is a crucial step towards industrial scalability of carbon nanofiber coating, which is a key step in developing the porous transport electrode for PEM electrolyzers and similar solutions for fuel cells being developed by Smoltek Hydrogen.
Events
August 30, 2024
SEMICON TAIWAN 2024 (past event)
Smoltek Semi is attending SEMICON Taiwan, September 4-6. The conference is arranged by Semi.org and the forum contain many topics like MEMS, sensors, Silicon photonics, quantum computing and advanced package.
News
August 16, 2024
Smoltek has been granted a new patent in the Discrete CNF-MIM patent family
Smoltek has been awarded a new patent in the Discrete CNF-MIM patent family. The protected innovation in this patent family discloses a discrete capacitor component based on our CNF-MIM technology. This also brings our IP portfolio to comprise 91 granted patents.
Patents
August 1, 2024
Multilayer Cap
The Multilayer Cap patent family introduces a MIM-capacitor device that can double or triple the capacitance density of Smoltek's CNF-MIM capacitors. The patent details an invention for a layered energy storage device, specifically a capacitor, built using a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) configuration.
News
July 3, 2024
Smoltek has received a new patent for improving the capacitance density of CNF-MIM capacitors
Smoltek has received a new patent for improving the capacitance density of our CNF-MIM capacitors. This innovation, a type of capacitor, can increase the capacitance density by two to three times, which is crucial for Smoltek's business and technology growth.
News
June 28, 2024
Circularity – using hydrogen in the carbon nanofiber production process
During the spring, we have had John Schack, a master’s thesis student, with us at Smoltek Hydrogen who has been working on the synthesis of carbon nanofibers (CNF) – where we have adjusted the growth recipe to use hydrogen as input instead of ammonia.
News
June 25, 2024
Smoltek Hydrogen has achieved A4 size plasma
Towards scalability of industrial carbon nanofiber growth: The development of the industrial manufacturing concept for Smoltek Hydrogen’s Electrolyzer Cell Material is at its final stages, with aim on being finalized during 2024. As a stepping stone, the capability in the company’s existing Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) tool has been extended and A4 size plasma has been achieved. This is a crucial step towards industrial scalability of carbon nanofiber growth.
News
June 21, 2024
Smoltek receives 22.4 million through a rights issue
Smoltek Nanotech Holding AB carried out a rights issue during May and June, which was subscribed to 86.4 percent. As a result, approximately SEK 22.4 million was added to the company, before issue costs.
News
June 13, 2024
We have the technology to make production of green hydrogen profitable
Smoltek Hydrogen has developed a new material that solves the major technical challenge that threatens to halt the fast-growing industry for green hydrogen produced by intermittent energy sources, such as solar and wind power. With the groundbreaking nanomaterial, the use of iridium (catalysts) in PEM electrolyzers can be reduced to levels that make large-scale hydrogen production profitable.
News
May 28, 2024
Smoltek Hydrogen has finalized design of a Prototype Coater tool for carbon nanofibers
Smoltek Hydrogen and AGC Plasma Technology Solutions have finalized the design of a Prototype Coater for industrial growth of carbon nanofibers. The purpose with the tool is to verify that the nanofibers can be grown using a Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) technology from AGC. The technology is scalable and can be extended to be used for substrates of several square meters, for future mass production.
News
May 24, 2024
World-leading vehicle manufacturer is testing custom-made cell material
One of the world's largest vehicle manufacturers is testing custom-made prototypes of a cell material that can significantly reduce the amount of iridium in an electrolyzer cell. The custom-made prototypes delivered by the subsidiary Smoltek Hydrogen have the potential to reduce the iridium load in electrolyzer cells by 95% compared to today's commercial materials, which is a prerequisite for large-scale production of fossil-free hydrogen.