CMI Project 3.3.16: Low temperature REE metal production Research Highlights

Pseudocapacitive separation of REE from dilute sources

CMI researchers from the Idaho National Laboratory, Ames National Laboratory, and University of Idaho conducted the activity for this highlight.

bar chart with a trend line: Figure 2 – Stability and faradaic efficiency of electrode during adsorption and release cycles.

Efficient room-temperature neodymium electrodeposition in calcium-based electrolyte

CMI researchers from Idaho National Laboratory conducted the research for this highlight.

Water-additives on the electrochemical REM production in ionic liquid system

CMI researchers at Idaho National Laboratory conducted the research for this highlight

Graph with bars that show show FE and points that show chronoamperometric current densities for Dy(OTf)3 reduction in BMPyOTf at different water contents.

CMI technology RE-Metal wins 2021 R&D 100 Award

CMI researchers at Idaho National Laboratory conducted the research for this highlight

Solvent being loaded into a pressurized electrochemistry cell.

CMI leadership training leads to advancement

CMI researchers at Ames Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory conducted the activity for this highlight

Electrodeposition of dysprosium metal from ionic liquid solutions

CMI researchers at Idaho National Laboratory conducted the research for this highlight

Ionic liquid molecular interaction study

CMI research erformed 2D NMR and theoretical calculations on Trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium dicyanamide (Solvay product Cyphos IL 105) to model the strength of the intra and intermolecular forces in the ionic liquids.

Ionic liquid versus molten salt process TEA

CMI researchers conducted a techno-economic analysis (TEA) comparing ionic liquid versus the molten salt process

Samarium metal production

CMI research on Samarium metal production

Scanning electron microscopy image of Samarium metal