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Sodium battery makers struggle at top acid generation eyeing lithium-ion

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This life, the Chinese language sodium battery marketplace will advance from a hyping as much as sobering. The GM will have to know what he’s speaking about as Hina is the primary and the prominent Chinese language sodium battery developer. The startup started in 2017 with 48V/10Ah sodium mobile worn in an electrical bicycle.

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SciAps introducing family of handheld analyzers for in-field analysis of lithium and rare earth elements

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Recently, the technique has been miniaturized into a handheld device (HH LIBS) capable of analyzer any element, depending on the spectrometer range chosen for the device. LIBS has been used for more than 30 years as a laboratory technique, capable of analyzing any element in the periodic table. Don’t need REE performance?

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Berkeley Lab leading investigation to quantify and characterize Salton Sea’s geothermal lithium resources

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The hot brine that comes up from the subsurface as part of geothermal power production at the Salton Sea in California is a rich stew of minerals, including iron, magnesium, calcium, sodium, and lithium. Credit: Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab). Berkeley Lab has projects with both under grants from the California Energy Commission.)

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem

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Q&A with Aqua Metals execs Steve Cotton and David Regan Regardless of the claims made in Facebook memes, Li-ion batteries are eminently recyclable, and current recycling methods cause far less environmental damage than the well-documented depredations of the petroleum industry. Steve Cotton: A huge difference there.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Q&A with Aqua Metals execs Steve Cotton and David Regan Regardless of the claims made in Facebook memes, Li-ion batteries are eminently recyclable, and current recycling methods cause far less environmental damage than the well-documented depredations of the petroleum industry. Steve Cotton: A huge difference there.

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Biofriendly Transient Devices Emerge

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It is composed of food-grade algae powder added to a graphene suspension composed of graphite, sodium cholate, and deionized water, then dried to form a nanocomposite sheet. I would hope our work can show there is merit for the commercialization of such materials and open a broader range of research,” he said.

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

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That really is the Holy Grail of battery chemistries: quick charging, plus long endurance, long range and multiple cycle times. Battery tech is always looking for longer range and faster charging, and graphite plays a role in that, so we are constantly looking at ways to optimize the performance of our graphite.

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