Accessibility Statement Skip Navigation
  • Why PRWeb
  • How It Works
  • Who Uses It
  • Pricing
  • Login
  • GDPR
  • Create a Free Account
Return to PRWeb homepage
  • News
  • Resources
  • Contact
When typing in this field, a list of search results will appear and be automatically updated as you type.

Searching for your content...

No results found. Please change your search terms and try again.
  • News in Focus
      • Browse News Releases

      • All News Releases
      • Multimedia Gallery

      • All Multimedia
      • All Photos
      • All Videos
  • Business & Money
      • Auto & Transportation

      • Aerospace, Defense
      • Air Freight
      • Airlines & Aviation
      • Automotive
      • Maritime & Shipbuilding
      • Railroads and Intermodal Transportation
      • Supply Chain/Logistics
      • Transportation, Trucking & Railroad
      • Travel
      • Trucking and Road Transportation
      • View All Auto & Transportation

      • Business Technology

      • Blockchain
      • Broadcast Tech
      • Computer & Electronics
      • Computer Hardware
      • Computer Software
      • Data Analytics
      • Electronic Commerce
      • Electronic Components
      • Electronic Design Automation
      • Financial Technology
      • High Tech Security
      • Internet Technology
      • Nanotechnology
      • Networks
      • Peripherals
      • Semiconductors
      • View All Business Technology

      • Entertain­ment & Media

      • Advertising
      • Art
      • Books
      • Entertainment
      • Film and Motion Picture
      • Magazines
      • Music
      • Publishing & Information Services
      • Radio & Podcast
      • Television
      • View All Entertain­ment & Media

      • Financial Services & Investing

      • Accounting News & Issues
      • Acquisitions, Mergers and Takeovers
      • Banking & Financial Services
      • Bankruptcy
      • Bond & Stock Ratings
      • Conference Call Announcements
      • Contracts
      • Cryptocurrency
      • Dividends
      • Earnings
      • Earnings Forecasts & Projections
      • Financing Agreements
      • Insurance
      • Investments Opinions
      • Joint Ventures
      • Mutual Funds
      • Private Placement
      • Real Estate
      • Restructuring & Recapitalization
      • Sales Reports
      • Shareholder Activism
      • Shareholder Meetings
      • Stock Offering
      • Stock Split
      • Venture Capital
      • View All Financial Services & Investing

      • General Business

      • Awards
      • Commercial Real Estate
      • Corporate Expansion
      • Earnings
      • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
      • Human Resource & Workforce Management
      • Licensing
      • New Products & Services
      • Obituaries
      • Outsourcing Businesses
      • Overseas Real Estate (non-US)
      • Personnel Announcements
      • Real Estate Transactions
      • Residential Real Estate
      • Small Business Services
      • Socially Responsible Investing
      • Surveys, Polls and Research
      • Trade Show News
      • View All General Business

  • Science & Tech
      • Consumer Technology

      • Artificial Intelligence
      • Blockchain
      • Cloud Computing/Internet of Things
      • Computer Electronics
      • Computer Hardware
      • Computer Software
      • Consumer Electronics
      • Cryptocurrency
      • Data Analytics
      • Electronic Commerce
      • Electronic Gaming
      • Financial Technology
      • Mobile Entertainment
      • Multimedia & Internet
      • Peripherals
      • Social Media
      • STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math)
      • Supply Chain/Logistics
      • Wireless Communications
      • View All Consumer Technology

      • Energy & Natural Resources

      • Alternative Energies
      • Chemical
      • Electrical Utilities
      • Gas
      • General Manufacturing
      • Mining
      • Mining & Metals
      • Oil & Energy
      • Oil and Gas Discoveries
      • Utilities
      • Water Utilities
      • View All Energy & Natural Resources

      • Environ­ment

      • Conservation & Recycling
      • Environmental Issues
      • Environmental Policy
      • Environmental Products & Services
      • Green Technology
      • Natural Disasters
      • View All Environ­ment

      • Heavy Industry & Manufacturing

      • Aerospace & Defense
      • Agriculture
      • Chemical
      • Construction & Building
      • General Manufacturing
      • HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning)
      • Machinery
      • Machine Tools, Metalworking and Metallurgy
      • Mining
      • Mining & Metals
      • Paper, Forest Products & Containers
      • Precious Metals
      • Textiles
      • Tobacco
      • View All Heavy Industry & Manufacturing

      • Telecomm­unications

      • Carriers and Services
      • Mobile Entertainment
      • Networks
      • Peripherals
      • Telecommunications Equipment
      • Telecommunications Industry
      • VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
      • Wireless Communications
      • View All Telecomm­unications

  • Lifestyle & Health
      • Consumer Products & Retail

      • Animals & Pets
      • Beers, Wines and Spirits
      • Beverages
      • Bridal Services
      • Cannabis
      • Cosmetics and Personal Care
      • Fashion
      • Food & Beverages
      • Furniture and Furnishings
      • Home Improvement
      • Household, Consumer & Cosmetics
      • Household Products
      • Jewelry
      • Non-Alcoholic Beverages
      • Office Products
      • Organic Food
      • Product Recalls
      • Restaurants
      • Retail
      • Supermarkets
      • Toys
      • View All Consumer Products & Retail

      • Entertain­ment & Media

      • Advertising
      • Art
      • Books
      • Entertainment
      • Film and Motion Picture
      • Magazines
      • Music
      • Publishing & Information Services
      • Radio & Podcast
      • Television
      • View All Entertain­ment & Media

      • Health

      • Biometrics
      • Biotechnology
      • Clinical Trials & Medical Discoveries
      • Dentistry
      • FDA Approval
      • Fitness/Wellness
      • Health Care & Hospitals
      • Health Insurance
      • Infection Control
      • International Medical Approval
      • Medical Equipment
      • Medical Pharmaceuticals
      • Mental Health
      • Pharmaceuticals
      • Supplementary Medicine
      • View All Health

      • Sports

      • General Sports
      • Outdoors, Camping & Hiking
      • Sporting Events
      • Sports Equipment & Accessories
      • View All Sports

      • Travel

      • Amusement Parks and Tourist Attractions
      • Gambling & Casinos
      • Hotels and Resorts
      • Leisure & Tourism
      • Outdoors, Camping & Hiking
      • Passenger Aviation
      • Travel Industry
      • View All Travel

  • Policy & Public Interest
      • Policy & Public Interest

      • Advocacy Group Opinion
      • Animal Welfare
      • Congressional & Presidential Campaigns
      • Corporate Social Responsibility
      • Domestic Policy
      • Economic News, Trends, Analysis
      • Education
      • Environmental
      • European Government
      • FDA Approval
      • Federal and State Legislation
      • Federal Executive Branch & Agency
      • Foreign Policy & International Affairs
      • Homeland Security
      • Labor & Union
      • Legal Issues
      • Natural Disasters
      • Not For Profit
      • Patent Law
      • Public Safety
      • Trade Policy
      • U.S. State Policy
      • View All Policy & Public Interest

  • People & Culture
      • People & Culture

      • Aboriginal, First Nations & Native American
      • African American
      • Asian American
      • Children
      • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
      • Hispanic
      • Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual
      • Men's Interest
      • People with Disabilities
      • Religion
      • Senior Citizens
      • Veterans
      • Women
      • View All People & Culture

  • Hamburger menu
  • Cision PRWeb provides efficient communication tools to continuously engage with target audiences across multiple online channels
  • Create a Free Account
    • ALL CONTACT INFO
    • Contact Us


      11AM ET Sunday – 8PM ET Friday

  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR
  • News in Focus
    • Browse All News
    • Multimedia Gallery
  • Business & Money
    • Auto & Transportation
    • Business Technology
    • Entertain­ment & Media
    • Financial Services & Investing
    • General Business
  • Science & Tech
    • Consumer Technology
    • Energy & Natural Resources
    • Environ­ment
    • Heavy Industry & Manufacturing
    • Telecomm­unications
  • Lifestyle & Health
    • Consumer Products & Retail
    • Entertain­ment & Media
    • Health
    • Sports
    • Travel
  • Policy & Public Interest
  • People & Culture
    • People & Culture
  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR
  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR
  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR

G3 Inspires a Safer Future with Fire Resistant Battery Materials
  • USA - English


News provided by

Global Graphene Group

Jun 14, 2018, 15:00 ET

Share this article

Share toX

Share this article

Share toX


DAYTON, Ohio (PRWEB) June 14, 2018 -- Global Graphene Group (G3), an advanced materials company specializing in graphene production and energy storage technology, announces G3-Fireshield Technology – a suite of next generation battery components to dramatically reduce the risk of fire occurrences in EVs, portable electronics, and a range of other devices. This breakthrough is the first of its kind to overcome the intrinsic flammability problems associated with multiple battery material components – a frequently understated issue by recent press.

This breakthrough is the first of its kind to overcome the intrinsic flammability problems associated with multiple battery material components

Post this

Reports of commercial battery failures have become all too commonplace, having now afflicted everything from aircrafts to all-electric vehicles, cell phones, and various other consumer electronics. If history is to teach us anything from these incidents, it should be that the make-up of conventional Li-ion batteries is due for an overhaul.

A conventional Li-ion battery is made up of three primary components: a negative electrode, a separator soaked in electrolyte solution, and a positive electrode. At elevated temperatures, brought on by mechanical, electrical or thermal abuse, each of these components undergoes chemical and/or structural changes that release energy from the cell in harmful ways.

“The result is what we have seen in the news time and time again, and, unfortunately, this multifaceted issue has been addressed with solutions that overlook what we know to be the heart of the problem: the Li-ion battery materials themselves,” says CEO and Chief Scientist Dr. Bor Z. Jang. “Without proper material improvements, these battery fires are only likely to continue as demand for portable electronics with longer battery life and enhanced performance increases.”

The team of battery scientists at G3 has worked tirelessly over the years developing a total solution to eliminate Li-ion battery fires once and for all. Acknowledging the three most susceptible components of a Li-ion battery, G3-Fireshield Technology offers a graphene-protected cathode, non-flammable electrolyte, and modified separator to achieve an unrivaled level of battery safety.

G3-Fireshield Technology features a graphene coating that is compatible with multiple cathode materials, allowing widespread adoption to improve cathode thermal stability. This is made possible by graphene’s ability to act as a barrier to unwanted oxygen release from the cathode, as well as its high thermal conductivity which promotes efficient heat dissipation from the cathode material.

Also featured is G3’s Non-Flammable Electrolyte (NFE-LP), a drop-in solution to offer current Li-ion batteries an alternative to the most energetic component of the entire system. NFE-LP is liquid-phase, and thus offers similar performance properties to what are already known in today’s electronic devices. A key advantage of this material is its compatibility with various off-the-shelf anode and cathode materials, enabling facile adoption into the cell manufacturing process.

G3’s modified separator offers protection in the event of a short-circuit and temperature increase. This material layer does not melt or shrink at elevated temperature, which is a necessary feature not offered by current polymer-based separators. Maintaining the structural stability of the separator layer is essential in preventing a complete and sudden release of energy from a Li-ion battery. Consider that a 3.8 V, 3 Ah cell phone battery, when shorted, would release the energy equivalent of over 1,300 firecrackers. Similarly, a 36 V, 15 Ah e-bike battery stores an amount of energy comparable to a stick of dynamite! Both good reasons to re-evaluate the design of Li-ion batteries.

The materials comprising G3-Fireshield Technology are all commercial-ready, having undergone stringent performance evaluation tests relative to traditional Li-ion batteries. Internal results suggest that when the latter is subjected to a nail puncture test, the corresponding energy release increases the battery surface temperature upwards of 500 °C. In contrast, a prototype battery using G3-Fireshield Technology experiences negligible temperature increase (< 10 °C) and quickly stabilizes after nail penetration.

Visit https://www.theglobalgraphenegroup.com/energy-storage or contact sales(at)g3-am(dot)com for more information about G3-Fireshield Technology.

About Global Graphene Group
Global Graphene Group (G3) – now the holding company of Angstron Materials, Nanotek Instruments, and three other divisions – develops, sells and licenses advanced graphene and graphene-enabled technologies for next-generation products such as phones, tires, paints, and electric vehicles. G3’s pioneering work on graphene-enabled battery technologies has led to a breakthrough in battery safety, one empowered through a multi-component materials approach that now solves an issue which has plagued the electronics industry for over two decades. G3-Fireshield Technology features graphene-protected cathode materials, a modified separator layer, and a non-flammable electrolyte that together result in a much safer Li-ion battery for consumers.

Contact:
Aaron Blake
P: 937.331.9884
E: aaron.blake(at)g3-am(dot)com

Aaron Blake, Global Graphene Group, https://www.theglobalgraphenegroup.com/, +1 (937) 331-9884 Ext: 36, [email protected]

Modal title

G3-Fireshield Press Release
View PDF
G3-Fireshield Press Release
G3-Fireshield Press Release

Contact PRWeb

  • 11AM ET Sunday – 8PM ET Friday
  • Contact Us

About PRWeb

  • About PRWeb
  • Partners
  • Partnership Programs
  • Editorial Guidelines
  • Resources

Why PRWeb

  • Why PRWeb
  • How It Works
  • Who Uses It
  • Pricing

Accounts

  • Create a Free Account
  • Log in
  • Contact Us

Do not sell or share my personal information:

  • Submit via [email protected] 
  • Call Privacy toll-free: 877-297-8921

Contact Cision

Products

About

My Services
  • All News Releases
  • Online Member Center
  • ProfNet
Cision Distribution Helpline
888-776-0942
  • Legal
  • Site Map
  • RSS
  • Cookie Settings
Copyright © 2025 Cision US Inc.