Summary of How This Nanotechnology is Changing Mining and Batteries - Explained

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The company EnergyX is researching ways to make affordable lithium metal batteries. Their new technology separates lithium from other minerals using small pore sizes, high surface areas, and electrochemical affinity. This makes lithium extraction from brine ponds much more efficient and reduces the space requirements for storing lithium.

• 00:00:00 This company, EnergyX, is introducing a new technology that may improve the sustainability of lithium-ion batteries. Their MOF technology separates lithium from other minerals using small pore sizes, high surface areas, and electrochemical affinity. This makes lithium extraction from brine ponds much more efficient and reduces the space requirements for storing lithium.
• 00:05:00 EnergyX has developed a technology to extract lithium from brine using selective membranes, solvent extraction, and ion sorption. Their system is modular, scalable, and efficient, and they have demonstrated its effectiveness by reducing operational costs for current methods of lithium extraction by half.
• 00:10:00 The company EnergyX is researching ways to make affordable lithium metal batteries, which could revolutionize the electric vehicle industry. They've tapped into a deep bench of talent on battery research and development and their pilot plant results are promising.