Battery Metals

Around the world, central banks and supranational organizations – such as the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of International Settlements – currently hold nearly 34,000 tonnes of gold as reserve assets, the World Gold Council reported in a market primer on Thursday. The official holdings, most of which are held in Europe and North […]

Researchers from Germany’s Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg, known by its initials ZSW, just launched the ZellkoBatt, a project aimed at optimizing large-format lithium-ion cells for automotive applications, while cutting the costs of components as well as manufacturing processes. In a press release, the scientists said they will apply the results of […]

The 5G revolution, American military defense, and even time itself are dependent on this one critical metal that China monopolizes and that the U.S. is desperate to get more of.  The metal is Cesium, and it’s quite possible you’ve never even heard of it–yet, global dominance, which depends on technological superiority, can’t happen without it. […]

Researchers from Penn State University in the U.S. alongside Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, have created a 2D atomically thin metal material that will open unprecedented doors for new applications in Science. The material will be useful for quantum phenomena, biomolecular sensing, and nonlinear optics, among other applications. Their findings were […]

In the production of compounds, chemists have the fundamental goal of finding strategies that are most selective and avoid waste products. Breakthroughs in this area serve, among other things, to drive industrial innovation and drug development. In this context, allylic substitution reactions using catalysts made of so-called transition metals have already led to significant advances […]

Financial market chaos continues with broad volatility levels shaking out traders on both sides of the trade. Perhaps the most surprising events of the last several weeks have been the declines in gold and silver, which are both assets that tend to see strong buying activity during times of risk and heightened uncertainty. At the […]

Waveshare, known for e-ink components aimed at hobbyists among other cool parts, has recently released a very interesting addition to their product line. This is an enclosed e-ink display which gets updated over a wireless NFC connection. By that description, nothing head-turning, but the kicker is that there is no battery inside the device at […]

Ever found yourself wondering how far the last 10% of your battery can really take you? No more running on empty, thanks to EVNavigation. EVNavigation.com is a platform by GPS Tuner, a Hungary-based navigation company with over a decade of experience in turn-by-turn navigation, offline navigation, and electric vehicle connectivity. The company already holds several […]

The redox flow battery market is growing. After more than 40 years of research, and 20 years of testing and demonstration projects, the flow batteries are now technologically ready to compete on the energy storage market. With a forecasted CAGR of 30% in the next years, this technology is looking to have all the characteristics […]

Northvolt already supplies batteries for energy storage systems and underground electric mining vehicles. Northvolt, the company that tries to become a new European lithium-ion battery cell manufacturer (with gigafactory projects already underway), boasted about its largest battery delivery so far – for Epiroc’s all-electric underground mining vehicles. There are no details about the total capacity, but […]