{"id":3077,"date":"2021-12-29T15:51:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T08:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/?p=3077"},"modified":"2021-12-30T14:13:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T07:13:52","slug":"consumer-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/en\/consumer-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Conductive Carbon for Lithium-ion Batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='epvc-post-count'><span class='epvc-eye'><\/span>  <span class=\"epvc-count\"> 3,871<\/span><span class='epvc-label'> Views<\/span><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3077\" class=\"elementor elementor-3077\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1eb95d91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1eb95d91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd09520\" data-id=\"cd09520\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-300f1ee7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"300f1ee7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Background<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Acetylene black is produced by the decomposition&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">of acetylene gas in petroleum and petrochemical industries.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">Typically, it is used as a material in printing ink, compound in&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">rubber products and materials for alkaline batteries. Thailand is&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">one of the leading acetylene black producers in the world and&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">IRPC Public Company Limited is one of the business operators&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">of the acetylene black business in Thailand.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">The company recognizes the competence of the&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">research personnel at the National Energy Technology Center&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">(ENTEC) and the availability of the facilities to support <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">research and development on batteries materials. Therefore,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">IRPC collaborates with ENTEC research team to conduct the&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">research and development projects of acetylene black products&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">to support business expansion in the next generation of batteries&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">industry. This also helps create added value of the products&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">by improving the production process and promote social and&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">environmental sustainability in accordance with the shifting of&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">the global energy transition.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Research objective<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">To develop acetylene black products with specific&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">properties suitable for energy storage applications and create&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">higher value so that the company can be competitive&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">in the global market.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What did the research team do?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">ENTEC and IRPC Public Company Limited research teams joined hands to develop acetylene black products by:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Analyzed characteristics and properties of the original acetylene black products of IRPC.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Matching the properties with possible applications as a product in battery industry.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Performed market analysis of carbon used the battery industry in terms of quantity, price, market structure, key market leaders and market values.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Analyzed technical property gaps of the company\u2019s acetylene black vs. that in the market. Putting on targeted property and find market positioning.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Developed and improved acetylene black production process to obtain acetylene black products suitable for the utilization of battery industry.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Characterized and tested the new grade of acetylene black products of the company against the standard for commercial batteries. Formulate the composition of acetylene black with other materials to be used as lithium-ion battery terminals and validate its electrochemical properties and applicability.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Developed Technical Data Sheet of the product to as a support information for customers.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Transfered knowledge of the new products to the company.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 26px; color: #333333;\">Research results<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The collaboration between the research teams of ENTEC and IRPC Public Company Limited has brought two products to the market. These products are Pim-L and Pim-AL, premium grade acetylene blacks for used as conductive carbons in the battery with following special&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">characteristics:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">High purity<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">High electrical conductivity<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">High tap density<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Easily mixed up with other chemicals<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Low electrochemical reactivity allowing lithium-ion battery allowing full capacity of the storage materials and system while prolonging service life.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Suitable for batteries to be uses in the electric vehicle type BEV (Battery powered electric vehicle) or Pure-EV which does not require gasoline.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font color=\"#333333\" face=\"helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">This research and development has helped IRPC Public Company Limited substantially respond well to the company\u2019s overall goals. The undertaking increases value added of acetylene black products more than 4 times and generated the production chain, local employment and knowledge-based competitiveness in the global market.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-917bb14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"917bb14\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4100905\" data-id=\"4100905\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-246bb39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"246bb39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/acetylene-black_02-1024x589.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5423\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/acetylene-black_02-1024x589.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/acetylene-black_02-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/acetylene-black_02-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/acetylene-black_02.jpg 1519w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Conductive Carbon for Lithium Ion Battery Electrodes High purity, High conductivity, Medium surface area<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44ea59e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44ea59e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38e483a\" data-id=\"38e483a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8b2f2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8b2f2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Research statue<\/span><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">ENTEC and IRPC Public Company Limited\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">research team have jointly developed and improved\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">the production process of acetylene black products, leading\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">to the emergence of special products to support the more\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">diverse needs of customers in the battery manufacturing\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">industry and respond to the global market demand.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">The process has resulted in the actual commercial\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">production of two products as follows:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Pim-AL: For the use in the lead-acid battery manufacturing industry<\/span><\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Pim-L: For the use in the lithium-ion battery manufacturing industry<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d490f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d490f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-477a4db\" data-id=\"477a4db\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd326ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd326ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/acetylene-black_03-1-1024x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5427\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/acetylene-black_03-1-1024x752.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/acetylene-black_03-1-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/acetylene-black_03-1-768x564.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/acetylene-black_03-1.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">July 15, 2020, IRPC Public Company Limited was honored to participate in the General Assembly of \u201cBCG: Economic Model for Sustainable Development\u201d organized by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESRI) at the IMPACT Arena, Exhibition and Convention Centre, Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi Province. In the company\u2019s booth, \u201cPim-L\u201d, a premium grade acetylene black product used as a carbon additive in lithium-ion battery applications, was presented.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5d7c45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5d7c45\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-404c46b\" data-id=\"404c46b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b79b984 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b79b984\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"font-style: normal; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 26px;\">Outlook<\/span><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Continue the development of carbon based products for next generation batteries.<\/span><\/span><\/p><h2 style=\"font-style: normal; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Research team<\/span><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Dr. Pimpa Limthongkul, Dr. Worawarit Kobsiriphat,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">Dr. Priew Eiamlamai, Miss Phontip Tammawat, Miss Pranuda\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">Jivaganont and Mr. Thanathon Sesuk<\/span><\/p><h2 style=\"font-style: normal; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 26px; color: #333333;\">Contact<\/span><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Papawee Likitdecharoj (Analyst)<br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">Industrial and Business Liaison Section\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">Business Development Division<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">Tel: +66 2564 6500 Ext. 4306<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\">E-mail: &#x70;&#97;&#x70;&#97;w&#x65;&#101;&#46;&#x6c;&#105;&#x6b;&#x40;m&#x74;&#101;c&#x2e;&#111;&#x72;&#x2e;t&#x68;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3,871 Views Background Acetylene black is produced by the decomposition&nbsp;of acetylene gas in petroleum and petrochemical industries.&nbsp;Typically, it is used as a material in printing<a href=\"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/en\/consumer-en\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Conductive Carbon for Lithium-ion Batteries&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[367,375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footer-feature-en","category-research-highlights-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3077"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5452,"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3077\/revisions\/5452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/annual-report2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}