Crosscutting Research

As CMI begins its 13th year of operation in 2025, the CMI focus area Crosscutting Research will conduct research around the themes of Enabling Science, Criticality and Supply Chain Analysis, and Economic, Environmental and Social Analysis. For questions or more information, please contact cmidirector@ameslab.gov.

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person head and shoulders: CMI intern at Idaho National Laboratory Alex Flynn, undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University

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Intern shows REE impacts on bacteria differ for different species

Stability diagrams of different chemical species in the solid and aqueous solution phase pertinent to the leaching of CdTe (1×10−4 M) in aqueous H2O2-H2SO4 solutions at 25°C. The green area indicates regions where only < 1% of CdTe dissolves. (Figure from submitted publication)

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Modeling electrochemically-enabled recycling of cadmium telluride photovoltaic solar panels for extracting critical semiconductor materials

person head and shoulders: Neha Shakelly, Graduate Research Assistant at Purdue University

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CMI researcher defends dissertation, transitions to Argonne

bar graph shows awareness of cobalt project vs opinion of it

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Social acceptance linked with awareness for cobalt production in Missouri

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Crosscutting Research

News & Highlights

Intern shows REE impacts on bacteria differ for different species

Modeling electrochemically-enabled recycling of cadmium telluride photovoltaic solar panels for extracting critical semiconductor materials

CMI researcher defends dissertation, transitions to Argonne

Social acceptance linked with awareness for cobalt production in Missouri

Understanding NaNdF4 chemistry enhances Nd processing

Research Projects

CMI Project 4.1.1 Advanced computational thermodynamics and kinetics

CMI Project 4.1.2 Automated and artificial intelligence (AI)-accelerated separation of critical materials

CMI Project 4.1.5 Critical materials process thermodynamics (CMPT)

CMI Project 4.2.3 Market and supply chain analysis of critical materials

CMI Project 4.2.7 Enhancing criticality assessment – from backward-looking to anticipatory perspectives

CMI Project 4.3.4 Techno-Economic Assessment (TEA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

CMI Project 4.3.6 Ecosystem impacts of critical material recovery and processing

CMI Project 4.3.8 Social acceptance of critical battery mineral developments in the United States