Democratic Republic of Congo will declare cobalt and coltan, used in electric vehicle and renewable energy technology, as “strategic” minerals which will earn the country higher royalties, an advisor to the prime minister said on Wednesday. A new mining code was signed into law on Friday by President Joseph Kabila despite vigorous opposition by global […]
Green Energy
Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces New Technology for Fast-Charging, Noncombustible Batteries
A team of engineers led by 94-year-old John Goodenough, professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery, has developed the first all-solid-state battery cells that could lead to safer, faster-charging, longer-lasting rechargeable batteries for handheld mobile devices, electric cars and stationary energy storage. […]
Seeing The Forest And The Trees To Find Parasitic Reactions In Batteries
Everyone’s heard the phrase about seeing both the details and the big picture, and that struggle comes into sharp relief for those studying how to create batteries that hold more energy and cost less. It’s difficult to see the details of atomic and topographical changes as a battery operates. For DOE’s Joint Center for Energy […]
Lithium-Related Discovery Could Extend Battery Life And Improve Safety
Lithium-metal batteries are among the most promising candidates for high-density energy storage technology in an expanding range of digital “smart” devices and electrical vehicles, but uncontrolled lithium dendrite growth, which results in poor recharging capability and safety hazards, currently tempers their potential. Dendrites are needle-like growths that appear on the surface of lithium metal, which […]
Rare metal miners dig into used batteries for lithium and cobalt
As the era of the electric vehicle dawns, global resource players are working to establish networks and technologies for collecting and recycling valuable materials used in rechargeable batteries. Demand is expected to skyrocket for these materials, and enhancing recycling capacity is one way to ease a possible shortage of electric vehicle batteries — as well […]
Tawana set to be Australia’s next lithium exporter
Tawana Resources looks set to be Australia’s next lithium exporter, but the company’s managing director Mark Calderwood said he didn’t feel like he was racing other Australian lithium aspirants into the market. Tawana produced its first spodumene concentrate at its Bald Hills operation in Western Australia in recent days, and Mr Calderwood said first exports […]
