Haydale and HDPlas®

Functionalised Nano
Materials in Energy
Storage Applications
9th February 2022
 Haydale Specialist functionalisation
Limited and main manufacturing
Ammanford facility producing inks, resins,
Wales and masterbatches to be used
Head Office in composites and polymers.

Haydale Sales of masterbatch and pre-

Composite preg composites, elastomers
Solutions and other nanomaterials and
Loughborough the provision of advanced
England consulting and test services.

Haydale Haydale Dedicated sales office

Composite
Solutions Korea servicing the fast-moving
Seoul Korean and other APAC
Head Office South Korea markets.
Haydale
Technologies Inc. Haydale Ink development focused on
Haydale Korea Thailand commercial applications with
Bangkok plasma functionalisation
Thailand facilities. Serves the APAC
Haydale
Thailand. region.

Haydale Produces and sells SiC

Technologies microfibres and whiskers,
US ceramic blends and ceramic
Greer, SC blanks to the cutting tool and
USA coatings industries.
 Functionalisation in Action

• Lighting strike protection

• Tooling jet engine blades
Composites

ELECTRICAL • Diagnostic sensors

CONDUCTIVITY
• Blood glucose, diabetes
• Test devices
Functional
Inks
• Batteries

• Wheel arches, body panels

• Driver / vehicle interfaces
• Vehicle diagnostic sensors
Composites

• Rubber shoe soles

• Foams
Rubbers
Elastomers

• Tennis racquets
• Cycling frames, helmets
• High performance garments
Composites
• Electronics

THERMAL
CONDUCTIVITY • Films used in electrical
applications
Coatings
Film • Batteries

Dispersion • Concrete surfaces

• Water treatment
• Infrastructure
Coatings Construction

Supply Chain Functionalisation Dispersion Uplift Products Market sector

 Material Selection

Graphene Chemistry
Carbon Nano Tubes
Other materials
Boron Nitride

Level
Oxidative, Carboxylic
Amine, Silane
Hydrophobic, Hydrophilic
HT60, HT200, HT1400 and HT4000 Reactors available and can
produce 100’s of tones per annum

Up to 28% surface
chemistry,
Tuneable to required level
Nondamaging

Intermediates

Single Stage, High Volume,

Worldwide patent protection,
Environmentally friendly
End Uses
Inks, Masterbatches
Polymers, Plastics
Composites

Aerospace, Medical
Wearables, Automotive, IT
Energy Storage, Construction

Bringing cutting-edge technology
and engineering expertise together
to create material change
Haydale is a global technology
solutions company, passionate
about creating the next generation
of advanced materials to improve
mechanical, thermal and electrical
properties for our customers.
We have developed a patented
process for graphene and other
nanomaterials that we believe
will take the lead for Batteries and
Energy Storage Applications.
Haydale can offer a range of
solutions for the battery industry
starting from capacity enhancement
to thermal management in EVs and
other similar systems.
 Surface chemistry is required to
HDPlas® Green unlock the potential of
Advantages advanced materials

Wet Chemistry
Traditional
Dispersion agents, surfactants, Hummers Method, oxidation, Traditional
high shear mixing, additives, acid treatments, reduction
precious metals, steps, Etchant Baths
reformulation

Surfactants are usually not compatible Harming the mechanical strength and Prevents damage, thereby enhancing
with most downstream the electrical and thermal conductivity functional performance
desired applications
Health and safety issues No effluent stream
Not stable due to the moderate affinity
of surfactants to the High levels of effluent Single stage process, no down-stream
carbon nanoparticles steps
High energy, multi-day process
Challenging certification for medical Low power, low temperature
devices
Haydale’s HDPlas® technology is an
environmentally friendly plasma functionalisation
process that is fit for high-volume production of
functionalised nanomaterials for energy storage
applications.

With Haydale’s HDPlas® process it is possible to

manufacture high-performance battery electrodes
due to homogeneous mixing between the fillers and
the resin binder. The HDPlas® process is very useful
in terms of formulating battery inks for anodes and
cathodes.

Plasma functionalised graphene-based

nanomaterials demonstrate superior physical and
electrical properties compared to their
unfunctionalised counterparts, which can be
beneficial for achieving high-capacity battery
electrodes.

Functionalised
Nano Materials
in Application
Batteries
• Electrically enhanced graphene, graphite, and CNTs
powders for primary and secondary battery
electrodes.
• Electrically enhanced graphene, graphite, and CNTs
Conductors and
inks for battery electrodes with optimised rheological
properties and enhanced adhesion to aluminium,
copper, plastic, and paper substrates.
• Surface engineered nanomaterials compatible with
various electrolyte chemistries for enhanced ionic
conductivities.
Contact us to see how we can help in your application
• Battery chemistries based on
functionalised nanomaterials.
• Binder free coatings for battery
electrodes.
• Surface engineered solid battery Super Capacitors
electrolytes.
• Functionalised boron nitride for thermal
management systems.
• Functionalised graphene/silicon blends for high-
capacity battery electrodes.
• Functionalised graphene/mixed metal oxide blends for
enhanced electrochemical performance.
• Surface enhanced additives for faster ionic
Electrodes conduction.
• Graphene and BN enhanced 3D filaments for rapid
prototyping.
• Surface engineered blends of natural and synthetic
graphite.

How Does Graphene Make a Better Battery

Enhances Battery Protects Devices Enhances Charging

Cools Batteries Speeds
Lifespan
 • Functionalised Graphene: Amine-
Case Studies functionalised graphene-based electrode
delivered an outstanding specific capacity of
19,789 mAh/g at a current density of 200 mA/g
as well as better cycling stability than graphene
without the amine functional group.
• Functionalised Graphite: Graphite treated
with fluoride surface functional groups can lead
to higher discharge capacity than its
unfunctionalised counterpart.
• Binder-Free Coatings: Haydale have
developed graphite anodes on copper
substrates for high-performance Li-B application
without affecting graphite’s intrinsic energy
density.
• Graphene Ink: By using graphene ink as an
anode, the best battery behaviour of 165 mAh/g
was achieved, corresponding to an energy
density as high as 190 Wh/kg for an average of
80 cycles.
 • Asymmetric supercapacitors made of plasma-
Case Studies treated FLG materials performed at a 50%
higher capacitance than the untreated FLG
material-based devices. The reason for the
higher capacitance could be the
increased conductivity due to the presence of
nitrogen containing functional groups.

• The NH3 plasma-treated materials showed

significant changes to the devices’ performance in
water-based electrolytes. It had been shown that
the lone NH3 plasma treatment reduced the
devices’ internal resistance. Approximately 66%
increase in the specific capacitance was
obtained from functionalised material compared
to its unfunctionalised counterpart.
Through surface
engineered, Functionalisation Formulation Product
functionalised nano
materials, Haydale is
further enhancing the
energy storage market.

HDPlas Reactors Haydale Mixing Line Product Qualification

Give Haydale Formulation Centre Haydale Prototype Division

Graphene At Haydale we have the capability to functionalise a range of nano materials to

the Power realise the customers' requirements. We then take those treated
nanomaterials, work with our inhouse experts to formulate and develop the

to Change
manufacturing recommendations against the customers' requirements.

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Thank You
John-Mark Seymour
UK Site Director

: +44 (0) 7896733785

: john-mark.seymour@haydale.com

Dr Neil Vyas
Materials Science Manager

: + 44 (0) 01269 507012

: neil.vyas@haydale.com

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