Episode 165: Denis Geoffroy

Denis Geoffroy is the Chief Commercialization Officer at Nano One. Denis has spent a quarter of a century in the lithium ion battery space and was responsible for the only commercial North American LFP operation in Candiac, Quebec.

We discuss his journey in LFP and how Nano One’s “One Pot” technology will enable a resurgence of LFP production in North America.

Topics:

LFP – born in Texas and the early days in Quebec

LFP’s recent resurgence in the market

How China came to dominate the market

The current state of LFP supply

Nano One: “Changing How the World Makes Battery Materials”

LFP – the “mass market” EV cathode

The original “million mile” battery

Bringing LFP production back to North America

Nano One partnerships

Recycling LFP

Learning from cathode “OG” Dr Yuan Gao

Rapid fire