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With the ever-growing reliance on batteries, the need for the chemicals and materials to produce these batteries is also growing accordingly. One area of critical concern is the need for high quality graphite to ensure adequate energy storage capacity and battery stability. Graphite by weight is the largest component of a modern battery and its guaranteed availability is required for growth in this arena. Natural graphite is scarce in the United States and other nations are beginning to regulate their export of this commodity. This leaves the United States with the need to produce this material synthetically. Current synthetic production of graphite technology dates back to the late 1800s with numerous power requirement issues. The alternative production method for productions of graphite is electrochemically. While much research has been conducted in this area production methods have only been successful in producing quantities of 10 grams or less. This new reactor apparatus breaks that barrier by being able to produce upward of one kilogram per batch and lay the foundation for continuous production systems.