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CAREER: Selective Electrochemical Recovery of Critical Metals Leveraging Electrolyte Chemi — NSF Award to Colorado School of Mines

Population growth and urban development are increasing the global demand for raw materials. This rising demand creates supply risks that can affect the economy and national security. Critical metals are especially important because they are needed for clean energy, transportation, defense systems, and modern electronic

Award titleCAREER: Selective Electrochemical Recovery of Critical Metals Leveraging Electrolyte Chemi
Award ID2541617
AwardeeColorado School of Mines
CityGOLDEN
StateCO
Amount obligated$591,656
Principal investigatorJihye Kim
ProgramEnvE-Environmental Engineering
Start date05/01/2026
AbstractPopulation growth and urban development are increasing the global demand for raw materials. This rising demand creates supply risks that can affect the economy and national security. Critical metals are especially important because they are needed for clean energy, transportation, defense systems, and modern electronics. This CAREER project studies an electrochemical method to recover critical metals from waste materials. The method uses controlled reactions to dissolve and separate metals from
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