MetalKraft Technologies announced as Stage 1 CABLE prize winner, Oct. 8 2021

CABLE Award for Enhanced Conductivity Research into Copper-Graphene Ultra Wire

MetalKraft Technologies earned a Stage 1 prize in the CABLE conductor manufacturing competition hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy. The team, led by Dr. Frank Kraft of MetalKraft Technologies and with members from Lehigh University, won the $25,000 prize for using solid phase processing to create copper-graphene ultra-wire with small amounts of commercially available low-defect crystalline graphene.

Competition Info

The CABLE prize was launched by the DOE to encourage innovation in conductivity-enhanced materials in order to lower power costs and improve energy efficiency.

Read the NREL.gov article about the Stage 1 winners.