CNT Solution, Core Technology in CNT Dry Pre-Dispersion

CNT Solution is a CNT (carbon nanotube) dispersion technology specialist founded in 2011, supplying technology for the pre-dispersion process of battery conductive materials.

1. Company Overview

• Company name: CNT Solution Co., Ltd.
• Founded: October 2011
• Business area: CNT wet/dry dispersion technology, conductive-material dispersion liquid
• HQ / capital / headcount: (undisclosed)

2. History and Workforce

Since its founding in 2011, the company has focused exclusively on CNT dispersion technology for over a decade. It is distinguished by its proprietary ‘chemical/physical dry-dispersion’ technology, which produces a dispersion liquid that retains CNT’s inherent electrical, thermal, and physical properties without a charging/pressing process in liquid state. The CEO is Suh Jung-guk, who stated in an interview with The Electronic Times (etnews, August 19, 2025) that the company holds over 50% domestic market share in semiconductor electrostatic-discharge (ESD) protection materials and produces more than 100 tons per month of such materials.

Organizational structure and workforce size are (undisclosed).

3. Core Technology and Key Equipment

The company holds CNT dispersion technology applied to the ‘pre-dispersion process,’ a detailed step within the mixing process, and independently controls conditions such as temperature, time, pressure, and RPM through patented dispersion equipment.

• Chemical/physical dry-dispersion technology — based on patented dispersion equipment
• Also holds wet-dispersion technology in parallel
• Presents low re-agglomeration characteristics even during long-term storage after dispersion

Separately, the company operates a Carbon Quantum Dot (CQD) division and states it has secured Korea’s first monthly production capacity of 1 ton. Per The Electronic Times, applying CQD to batteries confirmed an approximate 30% improvement in charge-discharge efficiency, and the company has set a goal of reducing cost by about 90% versus competing materials (from roughly ₩100 million/kg to roughly ₩10 million/kg) (etnews, 2025-08-19).

4. Production Infrastructure and Quality Assurance

Production capacity, plant floor area, cleanroom, and other infrastructure figures are (undisclosed).

5. Delivery Track Record and Partnerships

The company has disclosed that it applies its technology to the battery conductive-material pre-dispersion field and the hydrogen-economy field (CNT-reinforced carbon separator plates). Specific customer names and delivery track record are (undisclosed). CEO Suh Jung-guk stated in an interview with The Electronic Times, “Since all-solid-state batteries cannot use slurry-type wet-dispersed CNT, dry-dispersed CNT conductive materials are essential,” and indicated that commercialization for all-solid-state battery applications is targeted for after 2027 (etnews, 2025-08-19).

In the hydrogen economy sector, the company has developed a ‘CNT-reinforced carbon separator plate’ and is pursuing applications in fuel-cell separator plates (for building and power-generation use) and electrolyzer electrode plates. Per Monthly Hydrogen Economy (H2 News), the company has a track record of testing with S-Fuel Cell, Bumhan Fuel Cell, Doosan Fuel Cell, and Gaon Cell, and has previously collaborated with Lotte Chemical and the Korea Institute of Energy Research. Combining its CNT dispersion technology with compounding recipes, the company has set a technical goal of reducing carbon separator plate thickness from over 3 mm to about 2 mm while securing corrosion resistance, and states it holds CNT pellet mass-production equipment with a capacity of 500 tons per month (per Monthly Hydrogen Economy).

6. Financial Status and Roadmap

As an unlisted company, revenue and financial figures are (undisclosed). Per The Electronic Times, the company recently secured approximately ₩3 billion in Series A funding and is pursuing additional capital raises (etnews, 2025-08-19).

The company has indicated a direction of expanding CNT’s application range beyond battery conductive materials into hydrogen-economy materials. Specific roadmap figures are (undisclosed).

This profile was compiled based on publicly available sources including The Electronic Times (etnews), Monthly Hydrogen Economy (H2 News), and the company’s official website (cntsolution.co.kr); unverified figures and undisclosed information have not been arbitrarily filled in.