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  • X-MAT CEO Bill Easter holding prototypes of X-BATT single layer pouch batteries.

    X-BATT granted battery recycling patent

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Apr 16, 2023

    X-MAT, the advanced materials division of Semplastics, recently announced it has been granted a United States patent for its electrode fabrication technology, which dramatically increases the storage capacity of graphite recovered from recycled batteries. "What we are doing with recycled electric vehicle batteries is unique and revolutionary and the patent proves it," said Semplastics CEO Bill Easter. The patent covers several important technologies that incorporate recycled...

  • Two bloated, end-of-life lithium-ion cell phone batteries.

    DOE funding toward X-BATT recycling tech

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    Semplastics, parent company of X-MAT and X-BATT, was awarded over $200,000 by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop novel high-capacity composite anodes for the upcycling of spent graphite from end-of-life-lithium batteries. This funding comes just a week after Semplastics announced that it had received a U.S. patent for electrode fabrication technology that dramatically increases the storage capacity of graphite recovered from recycled batteries. "Battery recycling is the...

  • Vanadium redox flow V-flow battery electrolyte test tubes oxidized states

    VanadiumCorp acquires key refining tech

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. has acquired full rights to a unique, low-carbon emitting means of extracting vanadium, another key to its goal of unlocking the potential of vanadium redox flow batteries as a sustainable renewable energy storage solution. "We have achieved another critical step in our strategic plan to rapidly advance VanadiumCorp's sustainable assets," said VanadiumCorp Resource CEO Adriaan Bakker. These assets are found along the entire vanadium redox flow...