Critical Materials Innovation Hub News

AZO Materials: Using mechanochemistry to revolutionize lithium extraction

AZO Materials story about research by CMI researchers at Ames National Laboratory: Using mechanochemistry to revolutionize lithium extraction

image of two people wearing laboratory coats: Ihor Hlova (back) and Tyler Del Rose (front) placing the ball milling chamber into the machine for processing.

CleanTechnica: Scientists are shaking up lithium extraction with a different kind of chemistry

CleanTechnica story about research by CMI researchers at Ames National Laboratory: Scientists are shaking up lithium extraction with a different kind of chemistry

image of five metal balls in a cup with powder: Ball milling chamber contents: spodumene, reactant, and steel balls.

Scientists are shaking up lithium extraction with a different kind of chemistry

Scientists at the Critical Materials Innovation (CMI) Hub, led are using mechanochemistry to shake up the conventional understanding of chemical reactions, using mechanical forces that agitate, tumble, and smash solids to initiate chemical reactions. Their new process, MELLT, is a creative solution to increase and diversify the supply of lithium in the United States.

Ames National Laboratory, CMI Scientist Ikenna Nlebedim to be featured on Science Friday Live

Ames National Laboratory and CMI Scientist will participate in an event hosted by Science Friday Live.

ORNL: Chemists invent a more efficient way to extract lithium from mining sites, oil fields, used batteries

At CMI Team member Oak Ridge National Laboratory, chemists have invented a more efficient way to extract lithium from mining sites, oil fields, used batteries

ScienceDaily: Science Made Simple: What are Critical Materials?

Science Daily story about critical materials describes the Critical Materials Innovation (CMI) Hub, led by Ames National Laboratory

HPC Wire: DOE Invests $75M to Strengthen Critical Minerals Supply Chain for US

OLI Systems and CMI Forge Path in Pioneering Critical Materials Breakthroughs

The Critical Materials Innovation Hub partners with dozens of industry, universities and national laboratories.

DOE: Women in Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Are Breaking the Glass Ceiling

The U.S. Department of Energy celebrates Women's History Month with profiles of leaders, including Diana Bauer

BloombergNEF: ‘Black Mass’ of Dead Batteries Best Recycled in Small Doses

CMI Team member Momentum Technologies licensed the Membrane Solvent Extraction (MSX) technology, and discussed with Bloomberg NEF.