Dr. Jong Hyeok Park, Chief Scientific Advisor and Director of NEO Battery Materials Ltd. announced that NEO's silicon (Si) nanocoating technology is highly effective in conventional graphite/Si mixture anodes, overcoming a major barrier to the commercialization of Si anodes in graphite anode systems. For this past week, this test was conducted and validated by a well-established third-party laboratory in South Korea. More detailed experiment conditions are: Loading mass: 6.5mg/cm2; Electrode density: 1.1g/cm3; Natural graphite/Si ratio: 9:1; Charging condition: 0.5C with CC/CV mode (NOT CC mode); and Voltage: 0.01V ~ 1.5V. NEO's previous 100% Si nanoparticle-based durability test results had confirmed that NEO's proprietary nanocoating technology stabilizes the Si material at long-term operating times required for electric vehicles (EV) and various energy storage applications. These new results further demonstrate the longevity and stability of NEO's Si anode when it is mixed with a conventional graphite-based anode. Introducing 10% of NEO's nanocoated silicon in a natural graphite anode allows a more uniform solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) layer formation with minimal volume expansion during cycling, and thus, more than two-times higher capacity retention is obtained.