Bacteria helping to extract rare metals from old batteries in boost for green tech
Bacteria helping to extract rare metals from old batteries in boost for green tech
www.theguardian.com Bacteria helping to extract rare metals from old batteries in boost for green tech
Team at University of Edinburgh using microbes to recycle lithium, cobalt and other expensive minerals
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Instead of recycling rare metals from batteries (which is notoriously difficult), try constructing your batteries without rare metals. It is theoretically possible, sodium ion batteries set an example for this. Yet they are still under development. Link