First Graphene HyPStore Project Enhances the Storage Technology of the World with its Innovation on Hydrogen Tanks using Graphene.

Quality innovation in the storage industry is first Graphene with its HyPStore Project of 3.72 million dollars aimed at the production of superior hydrogen storage tanks. It is currently being tested in the R&D facility it has in the UK and will provide cryogenic tanks that have minimum weight and yet are impermeable to store and transport liquid hydrogen more safely and effectively.

Together with its own proprietary PureGRAPH product, the company is testing graphene materials developed by Australian Sunlight Group to improve the performance of the tanks. The integration of the graphene nanoplatelets into the resin systems by First Graphene aims at a significant decrease in hydrogen permeability (up to 48-fold), which in turn increases the reliability and safety of the tank. This corresponds with greater objectives in the field of storage, which aim at material strength and impermeability optimization.

The firm will obtain tensile, compressive, and flexural strength of the material developed using the Tinius Olsen Universal Tester, which is important to the confirmation of future commercial applications.

In addition to HyPStore, First Graphene is also a member of a joint project with Imperial College London and University College London worth $1.2 million in UK Innovate funding. This project is aimed at delivering the application of storage technologies with a scalable chemically modified graphene into laser-based 3D printing of metals, which could reduce the energy consumption within the high-performance industries such as aerospace by 90 percent.

The First Graphene has a market capitalization of 19.46 million, being a company that is constantly challenging itself in terms of developing storage devices and other sustainable materials.