Battery production in record speed
30.07.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX - With a new coating process, a research team from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has achieved the fastest production of electrodes for lithium-ion batteries to date. At the same time, the new process improves the quality of the electrodes and reduces production costs. When manufacturing electrodes for batteries, electrode material is applied as a thin paste in a rectangular pattern onto a sheet of [...]
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ECO COM'BAT opens up new possibilities for improving the sustainability of high-voltage batteries
Electromobility places high demands on new high-performance batteries - range, service life, safety and charging times, to name just a few. The real challenge is the resource requirements for a growing number of large lithium-based car batteries. Ten partners from industry and research have therefore come together in the EU-funded ECO COM'BAT project to create a sustainable next generation of high-voltage lithium-ion batteries [...]
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Kick-off of the SUSMAGPRO project in Pforzheim
Revolutionizing the recycling of permanent magnets August 1.08.2019, 2019 - In June 2020 the first phase of a four-year EU-funded research and innovation project began with a kick-off event in Pforzheim. The SUSMAGPRO project (full title: Sustainable recovery, recycling and reuse of rare earth magnets in a circular economy) is funded by the European Commission through the Horizon 19 program. XNUMX project partners are involved in this [...]
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Underground membrane plant enables ecological extraction of high-tech elements for the industry
August 1.08.2019, 142 - The Audi Environmental Foundation is funding a research project for the extraction and processing of the high-tech elements indium and germanium at the Technical University of Freiberg. The focus of the project is a newly installed membrane system in the TU research and teaching mine. The plant, which is set up at a depth of XNUMXm, is connected to a leaching section. On this [...]
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New Laws of Attraction: Scientists print magnetic liquid droplets
Jul 29.07.2019, 3 - Revolutionary material could lead to XNUMXD printable magnetic fluid devices for the manufacture of flexible electronics or to artificial cells that deliver targeted drug therapies to diseased cells. To protect your personal data, the connection to YouTube has been blocked. Click on Load video to unblock it to YouTube. By loading the video, you accept the privacy policy [...]
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XNRGI has developed the first lithium metal battery on the basis of porous silicon chips.
XNRGI's 15 issued patents, 13 applications, and 6 patent declarations were funded over a 15-year period with an investment of more than $ 80 million by Intel, Motorola, Energizer, the United States Navy, and the Argonne National Laboratory / United States Department of Energy States developed. Among other things, grants from the Energy Ministry for prefabrication and [...]
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Exports of rare earths declined by 27% in June, which may affect US manufacturing
Jul 25.07.2019, 3.966 - China exported 26,8 tons of rare earths in June, a decrease of XNUMX percent compared to the previous year. This emerges from data released Tuesday by the General Administration of Customs (GAC). Analysts said the reduced exports would put pressure on the US and could affect a wide range of US manufacturing industries [...]
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Rare earth mining on the moon is possible
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine believes that the extraction of rare earth metals from the surface of the moon will be possible "this century". Rare metals have tremendous uses on earth. They are used in batteries for electric cars, cell phones, military equipment, and fluorescent tubes. In the last twenty years the demand for these rare earths has exploded amid the increasing demand [...]
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Gallium: China is increasing its influence on the miracle metal as Huawei is working on promising applications beyond 5G
China accounts for 95 percent of the world's supply of the soft, bluish metal. Huawei has filed more than 2.000 patents on gallium nitride applications. 23.07.2019/5/XNUMX - A XNUMXG base station can now be pushed into a housing the size of a shoebox. It is thanks to gallium, a soft, bluish metal that makes this possible. The chipsets, the high-frequency [...]
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Clean and effective recycling of electronic waste
A photograph of the plasma discharge at t = 0 seconds. Taken with a color high-speed camera, this image shows the pulse discharge effect on the metal (Al) layer (blue color) as well as its effect on the plastic layer (orange color). [Image details] CREDIT: Prof. Hamid Hosano USAGE RESTRICTIONS: Reprinted from Waste Management, vol. [...]
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