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Precision Carbons

Precision Carbons for next-generation energy storage.

Tessera Materials produces Hollow Carbon Nano-Onions — a single Precision Carbon platform serving six energy-storage applications simultaneously, from a proprietary process that works across multiple carbon-rich feedstocks.

One Material Class  ·  Six Applications  ·  Multiple Feedstocks

Material class
1
Hollow Carbon Nano-Onions
Applications
6
Energy-storage device categories
Mechanisms
4
Simultaneous in one particle
Ion chemistries
Li · Na · K
Across the alkali metals

The Material

Hollow Carbon Nano-Onions.

Tessera Materials' HCNO is a multi-shell hollow carbon structure — each particle smaller than a virus, engineered to atomic-level specification. Unlike flat graphene sheets, graphite particles, or closed-pore scaffolds, the HCNO's concentric shell architecture enables four simultaneous energy-storage mechanisms: intercalation between shells, surface adsorption on the outer shell, internal storage within the hollow core, and void buffering that absorbs electrode swelling without cracking.

The result is a single carbon material that outperforms conventional electrodes in energy density, power delivery, and cycle life — across multiple ion chemistries.

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Applications

One material. Six energy-storage applications.

Every HCNO grade is produced to a formal structural specification — tuned for the target device category.

HCNO-L1

Lithium-Ion Capacitors

High energy and high power in a single cell — the fastest path to commercial qualification.

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HCNO-S1

Supercapacitors

Maximized surface area and fast ion access for the highest-power energy-storage devices.

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HCNO-A1

Li-Ion Battery Anodes

Silicon-anode host architecture for next-generation lithium-ion cells.

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HCNO-N1

Na-Ion Battery Anodes

Expanded interlayer spacing accommodates sodium ions that graphite cannot host.

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HCNO-K1

K-Ion Battery Anodes

Engineered void volume and layer spacing for potassium-ion chemistries.

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HCNO-F1

PEM Fuel-Cell Catalyst Supports

High-surface-area, corrosion-resistant carbon support for platinum catalyst dispersion.

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The Platform

Category. Product. Process.

Category
Precision Carbons Carbon materials produced to formal specification — atomic-level control over shell count, hollow volume, surface chemistry, defect density, and dopant placement.
Product
Hollow Carbon Nano-Onion / HCNO Six grades tuned for six device categories. One SKU family, multiple applications, qualified against published literature benchmarks.
Process
Proprietary precision synthesis process Feedstock-agnostic. Produces HCNO to specification across multiple carbon-rich feedstocks from a single reactor architecture. Patent filings in process.

Tessera leads and defines the Precision Carbons category — the first commercial company to produce carbon nanomaterials to formal structural specification.

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Tessera Materials is developing its first commercial product lines and is open to conversations with strategic investors and early-stage industrial partners.

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