Primary Convener:
Edith Wilson, Rock Whisperer LLC

Convener:
Cooper Yerby, Department of Energy Washington DC
Yang Qiu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Early Career Convener:
Cooper Yerby, Department of Energy Washington DC

Chair:
Edith Wilson, Rock Whisperer LLC
Yang Qiu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Cooper Yerby, Department of Energy Washington DC

The beating heart of the energy revolution is the rechargeable battery. Each step in the process of developing, producing and recycling cathode- and anode-active materials for standard lithium-ion cells requires applied science from the disciplines of chemistry, mineralogy, and crystallography, as well as nimble engineering. New battery components and forms are in all phases of development and testing. Reuse and recycling of new and existing battery components has the potential to dramatically reduce the need for extracting Earth materials, especially if new batteries are built with this end in mind. This session welcomes submissions related to any and all ways in which critical metals and minerals – lithium, graphite, cobalt, nickel, and more – are used and reused to create, improve, and develop the batteries that power our world.

Index Terms
9810 New fields (not classifiable under other headings)
3620 Mineral and crystal chemistry
4329 Sustainable development
5460 Physical properties of materials

Cross-Listed:
SY - Science and Society
V - Volcanology‚ Geochemistry and Petrology
GC - Global Environmental Change

Suggested Itineraries:
Critical Minerals and Renewable Energy

Neighborhoods:
2. Earth Interior