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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA?E) E) will award $39 million in funding to 16 projects across 12 states to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for the clean energy transition. Earlier post.)The

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UCSD researchers improve method to recycle and renew used cathodes from Li-ion batteries via eutectic molten salts

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The new process is safer and uses less energy than their previous method ( earlier post ) in restoring cathodes to their original capacity and cycle performance. Zheng Chen, a professor of nanoengineering who is affiliated with the Sustainable Power and Energy Center at UC San Diego, led the project. Energy Mater. O 2 (0 Adv.

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Researchers call for integration of materials sustainability into battery research; the need for in situ monitoring

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Substantial progress in battery technology is essential if we are to succeed in an energy transition towards a more carbon-neutral society. We need to rethink the processes, and move towards more sustainable energy harvesting and storage technologies that become part of a circular economy. —Grey and Tarascon. Elemental resources.

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

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A detector measures the energy and intensity (number of x-rays per second at a specific energy) of each X-ray, which is transformed into an elemental concentration using either a non-standard technique such as fundamental parameters or user-generated calibration curves. SciAps recognizes that no single tool solves every problem.

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