Increasing the Domestic Production of Graphite for Sustainability
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Considering the increasing significance of graphite in energy storage technologies, a group of Northwestern researchers has performed a study discovering ways to decrease dependence on imports of the high-demand mineral, which controls everything from electric vehicles (EVs) to cell phones.
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Green Graphitization Technology - Superior Graphite
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China EV, battery makers grapple with graphite squeeze
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Recycling of graphite anode from spent lithium‐ion batteries: Advances and perspectives - Qiao - 2023 - EcoMat - Wiley Online Library
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Opinion The U.S. Can Counter China's Control of Minerals for the Energy Transition - The New York Times
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Graphite Flows in the U.S.: Insights into a Key Ingredient of Energy Transition
Sustainability and environmental considerations for LIB anode graphite materials: existing and next-generation, by BatteryBits Editors, BatteryBits (Volta Foundation)
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Sustainability, Free Full-Text
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Synthetic versus natural graphite debate rages on: 2023 preview - Fastmarkets
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What is graphite? - ECGA
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Why graphite is essential to the electrification of North America
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Ramping up domestic graphite production could aid the green energy transition - Northwestern Now
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Graphene environmental footprint greatly reduced when derived from biomass waste via flash Joule heating - ScienceDirect
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Energy transition metals: the ESG dilemma