Research Engage Energize Support

E-waste Recycling
Tapping into the potential of end-of-life electronics as a secondary source of much-sought rare earth, base, and precious metals in an environmentally responsible way.

Battery material recycling
Recycling lithium, cobalt, and graphite from spent batteries. These materials are essential commodities for the battery industry with critical supply. Recycling can mitigate the tight supply.

Magnet material recycling
Recovery of Neodymium Dysprosium from end-of-life rare earth magnets to alleviate their critical supply status. The boom of the electric vehicle and renewable energy sectors has dramatically increased demands for these elements.

Demonstration of Scaled-Production of Rare Earth Oxides and Critical Materials from U.S. Coal-Based Sources

Sponsor: National Energy Technology Laboratory
Key Technology: Process Systems
Award Value: $6,250,000
DOE Share: $5,000,000
Performer Share: $1,250,000
 

Multi-Sourced Collaboration for the Production and Refining of Rare Earth and Critical Metals

Sponsor: National Energy Technology Laboratory
Key Technology: Process Systems
Award Value: $211,409
DOE Share: $150,000
Performer Share: $61,409
 

Development of a SMART (Sustainable Materials and Recovery Technology) Process for the Recovery of High-Value Metals from Electronic Waste

Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Value: $549,986

Past Projects:

Pilot-Scale Testing of an Integrated Circuit for the Extraction of Rare Earth Minerals and Elements from Coal and Coal By-products Using Advanced Separation Technologies
Sponsor: National Energy Technology Laboratory
Key Technology: Process Systems
Award Value: $8,820,009
DOE Share: $6,999,797
Performer Share: $1,820,212