Ideal Nano-silicon price/kg

Developing Processes For The Low-Cost Manufacturing Of High Purity Silicon Metals For Next-Generation Lithium-ion Batteries

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Dear Agoracom Family,

I want to thank all of you for your patience with us over the past 48 hours and apologize for what was admittedly a botched launch of our new site.

As you can see, we have reverted back to the previous version of the site while we address multiple forum functionality flaws that inexplicably made their way into the launch.

To this end:

1.We have identified 8 fundamental but easily fixable flaws that will be corrected in the coming week, so that you can continue to use the forums exactly as you've been accustomed to.

2.Additionally we will also be implementing a couple of design improvements to "tighten up" the look and feel of the forums.

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Ideal Nano-silicon price/kg

posted on Aug 15, 2020 01:46AM

Hello,

Please forgive me if this has been answered previously.

Nano-silicon powder has a reported current going rate of $30,000/kg which is a major barrier for widespread adoption into Lithium Ion batteries.

Once the PureVap processes are running and scaled, it has been said, to my knowledge, that 50 tons per year can be made at an extremely low cost relative to that.

My question is this: Roughly what price point/kg do we believe is the amount at which nano-silicon becomes affordable enough for manufacturers to put in massive orders that will push HPQ to full manufacturing capacity of those 50 tons? (Assuming that we will not be selling 50 tons for $30,000/kg, but at a much lower price that enables a paradigm shift in battery materials considerations).