Saratoga Energy

Saratoga Energy is a company that sells better carbon nanotubes at a fraction of the price. The company focuses on creating carbon nanotubes with applications for energy storage, rubber and plastic, carbon composites, and concrete. Saratoga Energy’s revolutionary process uses electrochemistry to convert carbon dioxide into carbon nanotubes and oxygen.

Carbon nanotubes, also called buckytubes, are nanoscale hollow tubes composing carbon atoms. Saratoga Energy's carbon nanotubes enable dramatically stronger, lighter, and more durable composites such as tires, carbon fiber, and concrete. The tubes also enable slash charging times and boosting battery capacity for cars, electronics, and the grid with improved electronic conductivity and heat management.

The company's carbon nanotubes improve the mechanical stability and conductivity of battery electrodes. A typical electric vehicle battery already uses about 1 kg of carbon nanotubes. Saratoga Energy’s affordable carbon nanotubes make it cost-effective to use higher carbon nanotubes concentrations to improve cycle life, charge rate, and energy density. The International Energy Agency projects 170 million electric vehicles on the road by 2030.

Carbon nanotubes are stronger and more conductive than carbon black. Saratoga Energy's low-cost carbon nanotubes can be used in rubber composites to make tires lighter, more durable, and more wear-resistant, while also improving grip and reducing rolling resistance. This means less particulate waste from tire wear and greater fuel and energy efficiency for vehicles.

Saratoga Energy's carbon nanotubes are stronger and lighter than steel and are used to cut weight and add strength to structural components for vehicles, aircraft, wind turbines, and more. They are used in combination with carbon fiber to improve shear strength, or in carbon/carbon composites for heat shielding and lightweighting.

The company's carbon nanotubes are also used in the construction industry. These tubes reduce cracking, improve abrasion resistance, and increase the flexural strength of concrete. They also improve service life and reduce maintenance costs of roadways, buildings, bridges, and other structures.

Saratoga Energy uses a patented molten carbonate electrolysis process to convert carbon dioxide into carbon nanotubes and oxygen, which is released into the atmosphere. This process cuts costs dramatically and when powered by renewable energy, has a negative carbon footprint.

Just as introducing electrolysis to the aluminum industry slashed costs, transforming aluminum from a precious metal into industrial metal, the company's game-changing technology delivers an enormous market opportunity for carbon nanotubes. Its multi-walled carbon nanotubes are affordable and easy to disperse, making them useful in a wide variety of energy and industrial applications.