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Standard Lithium completes proof-of-concept of lithium extraction & crystallization; better than battery-quality lithium carbonate

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Successful operation of the technology at pre-commercial continuous scale has directly extracted lithium from brine in Arkansas and produced a purified, concentrated intermediate product (LiCl solution) which has been converted to better than battery-quality lithium carbonate final product. Canada-based Standard Lithium Ltd.

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U.S. Metal forges forward on greener, lighter metal as aluminum festival heats up

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The learn about was once commissioned through the Aluminum Affiliation, which represents aluminum manufacturers within the U.S. It’s but any other indication that automakers are turning to aluminum to manufacture their automobiles lighter, in particular EVs which might be weighed ill through large battery packs.

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Lux: future use of wide bandgap materials in power electronics will reduce EV cost

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In electronic devices, WBG semiconductors can eliminate up to 90% of the power losses that currently occur during AC-to-DC and DC-to-AC electricity conversion, and they can handle voltages more than 10 times higher than Si-based devices, greatly enhancing performance in high-power applications. million to a $3.8-million GaN Systems, Inc.;

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ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

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The team’s lightweight direct AC- to-AC converter obviates the need for conversion to DC, a wasteful intermediate step, and will operate at temperatures as high as 200 oC. Power Conversion Through Novel Current Source Matrix Converter (MxC). University of Arkansas. United Technologies Research Center I. 1,899,939.

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