Welcome to Minerva Carbon
Minerva Carbon is a deep-tech spin-off from the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung. We are an interdisciplinary founding team with backgrounds in materials science, process automation, and business, united by one mission: developing sustainable energy storage and conversion technologies to accelerate the transition to a climate-neutral future.
Our Technology
We design and scale mesoporous high-performance carbons to make batteries and fuel cells more efficient, durable, and powerful.
Our innovation is based on a novel synthesis method developed during the PhD research of Dr. Abdu Bilican in the research group of Dr. Wolfgang Schmidt at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung. This milestone enables us to produce carbon materials much faster and at an industrial scale - a decisive step toward commercial applications.
Our focus:
- Faster-charging and longer-lasting batteries
- More efficient and robust PEM fuel cells
What are mesoporous carbons?
Carbon is one of the most versatile elements on Earth. Mesoporous carbons are advanced carbon materials characterized by a pore structure in the size range of 2–50 nanometers. They offer unique properties, including:
- Tunable specific surface area, providing active sites for chemical reactions
- Optimized pore characteristics for efficient ion transport
- High electrical conductivity, essential for energy storage applications
- Tailorable pore size and surface chemistry, depending on the target application
Thanks to these features, mesoporous carbons unlock new possibilities for cutting-edge technologies – from high-performance batteries and efficient fuel cells to next-generation catalysts.
