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Rock Tech Breaks Ground for its First Lithium Conversion Plant in Germany

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German-Canadian startup Rock Tech Lithium officially broke ground for its first lithium hydroxide conversion plant in Guben, Germany (the “Guben Converter”).

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Rock Tech Lithium breaks ground on Guben converter; battery-grade LiOH for Mercedes-Benz battery suppliers starting in 2026

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Canada-based Rock Tech Lithium officially broke ground for its lithium conversion plant in Guben, Germany ( earlier post ), from which it will supply Mercedes-Benz with battery-grade lithium hydroxide (LiOH) starting in 2026 (starting with a qualification period). Earlier post.)

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Georgia Tech team develops conversion-type iron-fluoride Li battery cathode with solid polymer electrolyte

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Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a promising new conversion-type cathode and electrolyte system that replaces expensive metals and traditional liquid electrolyte with lower cost transition metal fluorides and a solid polymer electrolyte. A paper on their work is published in the journal Nature Materials.

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Voltabox to supply battery systems to e-troFit for conversion of diesel buses to electric

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Voltabox AG secured a long-term framework contract with e-troFit GmbH as the preferred supplier of high-performance battery systems for e-troFit’s conversion solutions for diesel buses. In the past fiscal year, e-troFit nominated Voltabox AG as the supplier of the battery unit for conversion kits for buses and trucks.

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Petro-Masculinity–Powered BBQ Conversations

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Chris Bowman is no stranger to petro-masculinity–powered BBQ conversations. I had a chance to interview him at the recent Gympie Enviro Tech day, where he was using his IONIQ 5 to provide power. He has been interested in climate change and electric propulsion for many years. He tells me that he first got into an […].

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Georgia Tech team develops melt-infiltration technique for scalable production of solid-state batteries

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The developed melt-infiltration technology is compatible with a broad range of material chemistries, including so-called conversion-type electrodes. a Georgia Tech startup, with characterization performed at the Materials Characterization Center at Georgia Tech. —Kostiantyn Turcheniuk, co-author. Turcheniuk, K.,

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Georgia Tech team develops highly efficient multi-phase catalyst for SOFCs and other energy storage and conversion systems

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Researchers at Georgia Tech, with colleagues in China and Saudi Arabia, have developed a rationally designed, multi-phase catalyst that significantly enhances the kinetics of oxygen reduction of the state-of-the-art solid oxide fuel cell cathode. This work demonstrates that a multi-phase catalyst coating (? —Chen et al.