High-value carbon materials
Graphite and carbon nanofibre for batteries, tyres, concrete and steel. Enabling domestic supply.
Solid carbon means solid results
Below 2.5 kg CO₂e/kg.
The carbon footprint Hycamite is developing its battery-grade graphite towards.
Domestic supply
Existing gas infrastructure enables carbon materials to be produced close to industrial customers.
High Value carbon materials from methane
The HYCAMITE™ process uses heat and recyclable catalysts to split methane into hydrogen and solid carbon. Built on more than 20 years of research, Hycamite’s carbon portfolio includes graphite and carbon nanofibre for batteries, tyres, conductive polymers, electronics, concrete and steel.
Hycamite’s graphitic carbon has a graphitisation degree above 60%, reducing the need for energy-intensive further processing. In independent half-cell testing by Polaris Battery Labs, Hycamite’s development-stage battery graphite reached an average reversible capacity of 350.8 mAh/g, above the two commercial synthetic graphites measured in the same test series.
Hycamite’s own technology comparison puts the carbon footprint of its solid carbon at 0.6 to 0.8 kg CO₂e per kilogram. Hycamite is developing its battery-grade graphite towards a footprint below 2.5 kg CO₂e per kilogram.
Carbon products, locally
Hycamite produces graphitic carbon from methane without mining, shortening the supply chain and removing the environmental and permitting risks of ore extraction.
Production can be located close to industrial customers using existing gas infrastructure, and capacity scales by adding parallel lines. This strengthens local supply of a critical material whose refining is heavily concentrated in a single country. Because the feedstock is gas and production takes place at a known facility, the material is traceable, supporting customers’ Scope 3 reporting and the EU battery passport from 2027.
Hycamite’s graphite production is recognised as a Strategic Project under the EU Critical Raw Materials Act. When sustainable biomethane is used and the carbon is permanently stored in products, the process can create a carbon sink.
Our comprehensive carbon product portfolio empowers our customers to achieve their environmental goals
Benefits
One process, many carbon products
Several Hycamite catalyst families allow one process to produce different carbon materials, from graphitic carbon to carbon nanofibre, for batteries, tyres, conductive polymers, electronics, concrete and steel.
Low-carbon production
No CO₂ is formed in the reaction. Hycamite’s own technology comparison puts the carbon footprint of its solid carbon at 0.6 to 0.8 kg CO₂e per kilogram.
Modular scale-up
Capacity scales by adding parallel production lines, from the first planned carbon refinery towards a planned full scale of up to 200,000 tonnes of battery-grade graphite per year in our CRMA Strategic Project graphite factory plan.
Products tailored to the application
Carbon properties are adjusted with the catalyst and post-treatment to meet customer specifications.