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    The WeylChem Group

    WeylChem Sustainable Materials LLC

    Elgin, SC

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    CompressedHydrogen

    Liquid Hydrogen Ammonia Borane

    Grams/Liter

    700 bar

    -253 C

    SolidStable

    Hydrogen content by volume

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    WeylChem Sustainable Materials LLC

    WeylChem Sustainable Materials LLC (WCSM) is a fully owned subsidiary ofWeylChem US Inc, a fine chemical manufacturer based in Elgin, SC.

    WeylChem US Inc has 40 years experience in complex multi-step syntheses

    Flexible asset base

    Pilot plant to large scale production

    WCSM is focused in manufacturing commercial scale solid source hydrogenproducts for fuel cell and other energy applications

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    Timeline

    2009 - Collaborated with BoroScience InternationalDevelop process to produce commercial quantities of Ammonia Borane

    2010 - First place in the 2010 Greater Columbia Fuel Cell Challenge

    2011 First batch of high purity Ammonia Borane

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    High Purity Ammonia Borane >99%

    Only company to produce > 99% purity

    Only company to produce on commercial scale

    Committed to meet the market requirement

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    Applications Fuel Cells

    Source of hydrogen for fuel cells Portable power applications

    Transportation

    A high energy additive to satellite propellants, missiles and weapons

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    Applications Material Science

    Reducing agent for high value chemical synthesis - Pharmaceutical

    Electronic industry for electro-less plating of copper wiring and radiation shielding

    Precursor material for boron nitride (BN) and BN composites

    BN nanotubes and BN spheres

    Feedstock for Borazine and its polymers

    Semi-conductor doping

    Ceramics and nanotechnology

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    Advantages of high purity (99% v/s 97%)

    Exhibits greater stability

    Delivers a more controllable release of hydrogen in fuel cell applications

    Hydrogen released is cleaner with fewer constituents for fouling of fuel cells

    High purity is necessary for high-value materials, coatings and composites

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    Ammonia Borane on commercial scale

    WCSM has become a reliable source of large quantities

    Successfully controlled a challenging production process on commercial scale

    High purity (99%+)

    Industry was looking for a large scale supplier

    Cost will reduce considerably

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    What are we looking for

    We have expertise in the area of producing high purity ammonia borane oncommercial scale and are looking for partners in

    Advanced materials

    Energy Storage

    High value reduction chemistry

    University researchers / post docs working with other applications related to AB

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    Thank You

    Contact:

    Nab Aggarwal

    [email protected]