Super P Li Conductive Carbon Black: The Standard Conductive Additive for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Now Manufactured in Indonesia

Almost every lithium-ion battery electrode relies on a conductive additive to move electrons efficiently between the active material and the current collector, and Super P Li has been the industry-standard choice for that role for decades. This acetylene-derived carbon black is prized for its high structure and moderate surface area, a combination that lets it form an extended conductive network throughout an electrode using only a small fraction of the total mass.

Research labs in Indonesia have typically had to import Super P Li with genuinely verified purity and particle characteristics. That's starting to change.

ITNANO (CV. Inovasi Teknologi Nano), based at the NRE Lab in Medan, is Indonesia's first private nanomaterials research startup manufacturing Super P Li Conductive Carbon Black locally, with quality control run directly on every batch. Here's what Super P Li actually is, why its structure matters, and where it's being used in research and industry today.

What Is Super P Li Conductive Carbon Black?

Super P Li is a form of acetylene black, a highly conductive carbon black with a chain-like, branched particle structure that creates conductive pathways at low loadings. Unlike graphite or carbon nanotubes, its value comes less from its individual particle size and more from how those particles link together into a continuous, porous network once dispersed. ITNANO's Super P Li is supplied as a black powder with an impurity level below 30 ppm, a pore volume of 400-510 ml/100 g, moisture content below 1%, a density of 17-50 g/cm³, and a particle size distribution where over 98% passes a 200 mesh screen and over 80% passes a 325 mesh screen.

That combination of high pore volume and controlled particle size is what allows Super P Li to disperse evenly through an electrode slurry and build a conductive network that survives repeated charge and discharge cycles without breaking down.

Where Super P Li Is Being Used

Lithium-ion battery electrodes

Super P Li is most widely used as a conductive additive in lithium-ion battery cathodes and anodes, where it compensates for the naturally low electrical conductivity of active materials like LFP, NMC, and graphite, improving rate performance and cycling stability.

Supercapacitor electrodes

The same conductive network properties that benefit lithium-ion batteries make Super P Li a common additive in supercapacitor electrodes, where it helps active materials achieve their full charge storage potential.

Black pigments

Super P Li is also used as a black pigment in various formulations, taking advantage of its fine particle size and deep, stable black color.

Composite materials

Beyond energy storage, Super P Li is formulated into other composite materials where a fine, conductive carbon filler is needed to impart electrical properties without significantly altering the base material's mechanical behavior.

Why Source Super P Li Locally

Particle structure and purity in Super P Li are properties sensitive to production conditions, and a batch with inconsistent pore volume, higher moisture content, or coarser particle size will deliver weaker conductive network formation even though its basic chemical composition stays the same. ITNANO, established by the Titian Research Group's NRE Lab, manufactures Super P Li domestically with consistent quality control on every batch, giving labs in Indonesia a material whose performance is genuinely verified.

Whether you're developing lithium-ion battery electrodes, formulating supercapacitor materials, working with black pigments, or building composite materials, Super P Li gives you a purity and particle consistency that a distant supplier can't guarantee after shipping, without the import wait.

See ITNANO's Conductive Carbon product line for current specifications and pricing.

Get Research-Grade Super P Li Today

Whether you're working on lithium-ion battery electrodes, supercapacitor materials, black pigments, or composite materials, ITNANO gives you direct access to locally manufactured, research-grade Super P Li Conductive Carbon Black.

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ITNANO is a product line by NRE Lab (CV. Inovasi Teknologi Nano), based in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, advancing local access to graphene, 2D materials, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and other advanced nanomaterials for research and industry.