The Ukrainian company BGV Group Management successfully tested a lithium-ion battery prototype made from Ukrainian graphite. About this reported the press service of the company.
“As part of the BGV Graphite pilot project, a research sample of the anode material for a lithium-ion battery was tested. The result of the test of electrochemical indicators is at the highest level of world standards.” – the message says.
The basis of the anode was spherical graphite obtained from the enriched concentrate of the Balakhiv deposit in the Kirovohrad region. The spherification process took place in October 2024 at the production facilities of the German company Netzsch. The production of a sample of the anode material was carried out on the basis of the Department of Chemical Technologies and Resource Conservation of the Kyiv National University of Technology and Design. This is a standard lithium coin cell with a diameter of 20 mm and a thickness of 1.6 mm.
The next stage will be the creation of a full-fledged two-electrode battery with a cathode, the development of which is planned for the fall of 2025.
It will be recalled that in January 2025, the BGV group completed laboratory and semi-industrial tests on additional graphite purification to battery quality of 99.99% and further production of spherical graphite (SPG).
The BGV graphite plant has the ambition to become one of the largest in Europe. Its design capacity will be 50,000 tons of graphite concentrate per year, of which 19,000 tons will be suitable for the production of spherical graphite for lithium-ion batteries.
