The material self-assembles and dissolves easily, making it an easy-to-recycle alternative for manufacturing EV batteries.

Today's electric vehicle boom is tomorrow's mountain of electronic waste. And while myriad efforts are underway to improve battery recycling, many EV batteries still end up in landfills.

Yet most of the Earth's lithium is actually dissolved in seawater and underground salt water reserves. The problem?

Like most renewables, BESSs provide a significant value proposition for communities dependent on energy resources and ...

Measuring water availability for lithium extraction can still be unpredictable, especially in the high-altitude Lithium Triangle in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. Current models can overestimate ...

Lithium production, crucial for the clean energy transition, faces significant challenges due to its high freshwater consumption and the potential for water contamination, particularly in arid ...

Electronic devices that dissolve in water could make it easier to create and recycle technology prototypes – and they could ...

The data are the first of 12 sets the EPA plans to collect through 2025, under a rule that requires public water utilities to test for 29 PFAS and lithium in drinking water.