Graphene Info iconGraphene InfoSep 20, 2026 ~1 min source read

COnovate wins $1.25M DOE contract to scale domestic graphite-alternative battery anode

COnovate (formerly SafeLi), a Wisconsin-based battery materials company, has been awarded a $1.25 million, 24-month development contract by the U.S. Department of Energy's Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator Program to scale commercial-scale production of its eCOphite anode material.

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COnovate (formerly SafeLi), a Wisconsin-based battery materials company, has been awarded a $1.25 million, 24-month development contract by the U.S.

Department of Energy's Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator Program to scale commercial-scale production of its eCOphite anode material.

The award is administered under the DOE's Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation, AMMTO Award Number DE-EE0011730.

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COnovate (formerly SafeLi), a Wisconsin-based battery materials company, has been awarded a $1.25 million, 24-month development contract by the U.S. Department of Energy's Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator Program to scale commercial-scale production of its eCOphite anode material. The award is administered under the DOE's Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation, AMMTO Award Number DE-EE0011730.

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  • eCOphite is built on graphene monoxide (GmO), a 2D crystalline solid with a roughly 1:1 carbon-to-oxygen ratio, formed by thermally reducing graphene oxide.
  • Rather than retaining graphene's pure carbon hexagonal lattice, GmO's atoms rearrange into a different, lower-symmetry crystal structure.

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