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Recycling Cathodes to Create New Cathodes
Recycling used cathodes from old lithium-ion batteries can make them as good as new. So…
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Cobalt Improves Nickel Cathode Performance
We need to prepare for the post-lithium-ion phase in battery development. Lithium appears to have…
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Mineral Companies Are Now Investing in Batteries
Mineral companies are trying to make batteries, and it’s not exactly clear why. Lithium Australia…
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Cobalt in Batteries: Elon Musk Shows His Hand
Green can never be truly green when poor people suffer to create it, and only…
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John Goodenough’s Solid State Battery Breakthrough
Do you remember John Goodenough? He is the fellow who invented lithium-ion batteries around twenty…
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Democratic Republic of Congo Labels Coltan a “Strategic” Resource
The minerals that comprise our favorite gadgets and facilitate the global tech industry are also…
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Tesla Cuts Back Significantly on Demand for Cobalt
We are pleased to hear battery maker Tesla is reducing cobalt in their electric car…
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Will We Ever Have Child Labor-Free Batteries?
The mineral cobalt is an essential constituent of lithium batteries, with the cathode being cobalt…
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China Electric Car Makers to Recycle Old Batteries
China wants to dominate the electric car market as America once did for gasoline. It…
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Will Samsung Break the China Cobalt Monopoly
A day is a long week in the life of batteries. On 9 February 2018,…