GMG’s graphene aluminium-ion cells pass 489 six-minute cycles without measurable fade
Testing at Indiana’s Battery Innovation Center shows no capacity loss at 10C, but energy density, the cells’ weak point, is still being optimised.
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Inks & Materials
Conductive inks, substrates, encapsulation and functional chemistry — the layer stack that decides what can be printed, stretched and shipped.
Silver is still up 60% on a year, and IDTechEx sees silver-flake inks losing ground
With silver futures near $66 an ounce, IDTechEx expects pure silver-flake ink to fall to 32% of conductive-ink demand by the end of the decade.
Silver nanowire electrodes crack ITO's grip on foldable display transparent conductors
Inkjet- and slot-die-printed silver nanowire films are closing the conductivity gap with indium tin oxide, and doing it without the brittleness that has kept ITO out of the fold line.
Silver ink stays king, but copper and graphene are closing the price gap
Silver flake still dominates conductive ink formulations on performance and process maturity. But with silver trading near historic highs, copper and graphene alternatives are finally winning design-ins where cost-per-gram matters more than conductivity headroom.
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