Electronic Design·3 min read·medium
Low-Temp Method for Extracting Lithium from Abundant Rocks Could Change Battery Economics
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Lee Goldberg
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MIT researchers have developed a low-temperature, closed-loop process for extracting lithium from hard rock minerals. This method is estimated to be half the cost of traditional extraction and significantly reduces environmental waste.
A team of researchers from MIT and elsewhere have developed a low-temperature process for extracting battery-grade lithium from the most common type of lithium-bearing mineral. Until now, extracting lithium from hard rock is an energy- and waste-intensive process that's often far more expensive than getting lithium from brine water, which also has major environmental drawbacks.
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