Alkahest™-112315 — Redford, Michigan
A previously unreported class of pure organic liquid catalyst exhibiting a convergence of five independently verified anomalous properties — confirmed across 17 analytical techniques at eight independent institutions.
Explore the TechnologyAbout Alkahest, LLC
Alkahest, LLC is an independent R&D company based in Redford, Michigan, founded by Stuart Mair. The company is focused on the discovery, characterization, and commercialization of Alkahest™-112315 — a proprietary synthetic liquid catalyst with no known analogue in the scientific literature.
First synthesized in 2015, Alkahest™-112315 has undergone rigorous independent analytical verification across eight institutions over a decade, confirming properties that cannot be reconciled with existing theoretical frameworks for liquid catalyst behavior.
Verified Properties
Each property has been independently verified at multiple institutions. No published compound is known to simultaneously exhibit this complete profile.
The neat liquid matches the ionic conductivity of standard commercial battery electrolyte across the full operating temperature range — without any added salt. Upon addition of a standard lithium salt, conductivity increases by approximately 50-fold. No conventional solvent produces this response. Classical electrochemical theory does not predict this behavior.
Transport properties verified — 0–50°COxygen reduction reaction activity confirmed in a purely organic system across multiple independent ink formulations. Elemental analysis at two independent laboratories confirms the complete absence of platinum-group metals and transition metals. Every known high-performance ORR catalyst requires a metal active site. Full electrochemical characterization is underway.
Zero PGM — zero transition metals confirmedUnder near-infrared excitation, the compound emits at 809 nm — significantly above baseline. A complete null result across the visible range confirms a wide optical bandgap exceeding 3.10 eV. NIR emission from a purely organic, metal-free liquid is anomalous and implies a highly conjugated electronic architecture. This finding is proposed to unify the transport and optical anomalies through a common structural origin.
NIR emission — bandgap >3.10 eV confirmedNo flash point detected under ASTM D93 standard test conditions. This property is intrinsic to the compound — not achieved through flame-retardant additives. Combined with commercial-grade ionic conductivity, this represents a significant advantage over conventional flammable electrolytes for electrochemical manufacturing and energy storage applications.
No flash point — ASTM D93 certifiedFTIR spectral library matching returns below the 80% diagnostic identification threshold — confirming no known structural analogue exists in any current reference database. Mass spectrometry across two independent runs confirms a high-molecular-weight ionic complex with a systematic fragmentation pattern consistent with a novel fluoronitrate ester architecture. Elemental analysis confirms a cyclic or ladder-type nitrogen-containing framework. Composition is exclusively carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine — no metallic species of any kind.
62% FTIR library match — below 80% diagnostic thresholdApplication Sectors
The characterization data supports application development across multiple high-value sectors simultaneously. No additive, carrier, or support material is required for any application.
Conductivity matching commercial electrolyte with lower viscosity and no flash point — addresses the performance-safety trade-off in lithium-ion systems.
Purely organic metal-free ORR activity confirmed across multiple formulations. Eliminates platinum-group metal dependency — a primary cost and supply challenge.
Wide electrochemical stability window confirmed by cyclic voltammetry. Purely capacitive behavior with high ionic conductivity supports energy storage applications.
Catalyst drives room-temperature geopolymeric condensation upon contact with silicate substrates — producing mineral-like solid matrices confirmed by SEM and EDS.
Geopolymeric solidification of metal-laden waste streams. Neutral pH and non-flammability make it suitable for industrial waste treatment applications.
Dense, non-flammable, neutral pH ionic medium with low viscosity. Dryable with molecular sieves without loss of core functional group signature.
Research & Programs
The anomalous properties of Alkahest™-112315 cannot be fully explained by classical continuum models. Resolving the molecular-scale mechanisms requires high-performance computational simulation at the quantum-mechanical level — in collaboration with national laboratory partners.
Active collaboration discussions with the Applied Materials Division (AMD), Process R&D and Scale-up Group. Proposed objectives include performance validation, scale-up process development, and advanced electrochemical characterization using Argonne's specialized infrastructure.
Concept paper submitted and received under the Spring 2026 solicitation. Proposed 6-month simulation program targeting molecular structure determination, ionic transport mechanism, and NIR emission pathway using DOE supercomputing facilities.
Project pitch prepared under NSF solicitations 26-510 and 26-511. Phase I objective: identify the molecular-scale mechanism underlying the five-property convergence through HPC-scale ab initio simulation that cannot be performed by experimental techniques alone.
Contact
Alkahest, LLC welcomes contact from researchers, academic institutions, national laboratories, and industry partners with interest in advanced catalyst characterization, ionic transport phenomena, or electrochemical materials research.