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Fractures in Cobalt Supply Chain
Fractures in an unpredictable cobalt supply chain could disrupt the battery industry, according to researchers…
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Renewable Power Sources
Greener Aqueous Battery Recycling At Rice
Global demand for lithium batteries is stretching the raw resources we have available. This is…
Battery Technical
Plasma Unlocks Battery Materials for Recycling
As we delve deeper into battery science, and the art of recycling spent lithium-ion materials…
New Battery Research
Recovering Cobalt and Nickel Selectively
Increasing demand for cobalt and nickel in energy storage and industry generally, hastens the need…
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Tribocatalysis Recycles Battery Materials
‘Tribo’ means rubbing in the Greek language, and so ‘triboelectricity’ refers to static electricity achieved…
Battery Technical
Leaching 99% of Lithium From Used Batteries
Scientists from several academic institutions in China, have succeeded in leaching 99% of lithium from…
Battery Basics
Reasons for Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries
The report in Nature Communications that we link to below, provides hard evidence of the…
Battery Technical
Battery Recycling Using Eutectic Solvents
Battery recycling is a process of dismantling spent cells, and recovering their critical materials. The…
Battery Technical
Cobalt Prices for Lithium-Ion Batteries Fall
Most lithium-ion batteries contain the metal cobalt in their cathodes, which increases their energy density…
Battery Basics
Battery Metal Markets Face Over-Supply
The laws of supply and demand propose three dynamics that govern free markets. These three…