The ORNL method can even make graphite with waste from coal processing and old mines, creating value while performing environmental restoration. "We are very excited because we have found a way to ...

Lithium might be the new oil, but it’s just one of several materials needed to make the batteries powering today’s electric vehicles. There’s also cobalt, nickel and manganese, all of which have ...

As the world's appetite for carbon-based materials like graphite increases, researchers presented evidence this week for a new carbon solid they named 'amorphous graphite.' As the world's appetite for ...

Graphite is the most common, stable, crystalline form of carbon and has a wide variety of end uses in nuclear, automotive, and high-technology industries. For instance, in rechargeable lithium-ion (Li ...

As more and more Americans embrace electric vehicles, automakers and the federal government are racing to secure the materials needed to build EV batteries, including by pouring billions of dollars ...

Why it matters: Graphite is the largest component in lithium-ion batteries by weight. Accounting for losses during the manufacturing process, it takes over 30 times more graphite than lithium to make ...

Finnish firm Hycamite has developed proprietary methane-splitting technology that uses extremely high temperatures to produce hydrogen and solid carbon. The carbon can be used to make synthetic ...

Donald Taylor, President and CEO of the Company, commented, “Natural flake graphite is a critical material in the production of lithium-ion batteries with significant and increasing demand. The ...