All Lithium articles
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NewsEU plots course to secure raw materials vital to a low-carbon economy
Russia’s war on Ukraine and the pandemic have highlighted the bloc’s dependence on unreliable suppliers
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Research
Chemical definition of brine as water could help clear up Chile’s lithium controversy
As evidence grows that lithium mining damages water sources, reclassifying brine as water – rather than as mineral – could empower Indigenous communities to protect their rights and convince mining companies to act more responsibly
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Research
Long-gone planets’ metal composition preserved as pollution around the dead stars that consumed them
Lithium pollution around white dwarf stars offers glimpse at the metal abundances on ancient rocky bodies
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Ceramic could help slash lithium extraction costs by as much as 80%
New technology removes need for high temperatures and toxic reagents
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Research
Study ranks interactions between hydrogen-bond acceptors and cations
Experiments establish a set of parameters that will help scientists predict the free energies of the interaction between cations and hydrogen-bond acceptors in any solvent with good reliability
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Research
Fast freezing reveals new insights into lithium battery degradation
Cryo-STEM shows a second type of dendrites growing on lithium electrodes
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New theory for why lithium helps bipolar patients
Molecular insight could help researchers design mood stabilisers with fewer side effects
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Fire-starting battery dendrites go with the flow
Bursts of current flatten dendrites on a lithium metal anode for high power batteries
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Research
Promising high energy lithium battery ditches pure oxygen for air
Components work together to minimise side reactions in air, extending the battery’s cycle life
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Business
Battery builders get the cobalt blues
Demand for battery metals surges on the back of a global appetite for electric vehicles
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Research
Lithium could hold key to sustainable ammonia synthesis
Cycling strategy leads to massive efficiency boost
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Opinion
Why patents will shape the future of battery science
Chemical innovations could lead to new approaches to intellectual property
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News
Fungi eat up old batteries and spit out metals
Lithium and cobalt can be recycled from worn out lithium-ion batteries in low energy process thanks to fungal acids
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Opinion
Don't bet against Elon Musk's electric car revolution
Tesla’s Gigafactory is set to be a milestone for electric vehicles
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Business
Albemarle buys into lithium with Rockwood merger
$6.2 billion deal capitalises on battery market growth
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News
Critical isotope threat to two-thirds of US nuclear reactors
Congress’ watchdog says US government needs to do more to secure America’s supply of lithium-7
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Business
Rockwood to pay C$720m for lithium firm
The chemical group has struck a deal to buy Talison, an Australian lithium producer with headquarters in Perth.
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