The technology helps evaporation ponds produce more minerals by using more sunlight, making it faster to get lithium, nitrate ...

With roots in fundamental research conducted at Princeton, a new startup is upending decades-old approaches for the way the world extracts lithium and other materials, including nitrate and potash.

By adding a compound called cesium nitrate to the electrolyte that separates the battery's anode and cathode, the research team has significantly improved the charging rate of lithium metal ...

In addition to being involved with the energy transition by supplying lithium, a key material for batteries, SQM also makes solar salts. This mixture of sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate is ...

Lithium is a chemical element used in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power smartphones, laptops and electric vehicles (EVs). So it's fair to say lithium–a soft, silvery-white alkali ...

A lithium deposit discovered in a volcanic crater along the Nevada-Oregon border may hold up to 40 million metric tons of the rare metal — possibly the largest ever in the world, which could ...

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The world has been running short of lithium this year, a surge of new supply failing to catch up with a still faster demand wave as the electric vehicle (EV) revolution ...

Want to produce a huge amount of lithium for electric vehicle batteries — and also batteries that keep our homes powered after sundown — without causing the environmental destruction that ...

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Tracing its roots to fundamental research conducted at Princeton, a new startup is upending decades-old approaches for the way the world extracts lithium and other materials, including nitrate and ...