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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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It has developed process technology and experience in producing lower carbon intensity, high performance, synthetic graphite targeting the electric vehicle and energy storage sectors. Albemarle is finalizing the site selection for the lithium hydroxide conversion plant in the southeastern United States.

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A closer look at graphite—its forms, functions and future in EV batteries

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Graphite is a pure form of carbon. This crystalline carbon allotrope is good for more than just pencils—it’s found in every EV battery anode, and producing graphite in the forms needed to build high-performance battery cells is a complex and exacting process. Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms. John DeMaio: Correct.

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