CMI researchers from Ames National Laboratory and TdVib conducted the activity for this highlight
Achievement
Critical Materials Recycling (CMR), a subsidiary of CMI Team member TdVib from Boone, Iowa, will receive a $600,000 award to support projects aimed at developing cost-effective recycling technologies, expanding domestic energy capabilities, and enhancing wind energy systems. This award from the Department of Energy (DOE) is part of the American-Made Challenges program.
Significance and Impact
- The award will help CMR to commercialize the Acid-Free Dissolution Recycling (ADR) technology, an award-winning technology developed by CMI and licensed to TdVib.
- ADR is only known technology that recovers critical materials from electronic waste without affecting other parts, which can be further processed to recycle.
Hub Targets Addressed
- Win industry adoption of three CMI developed technologies.
- Grand Challenges: recovering critical materials from unconventional sources, developing highly selective separation from complex resources and recovering and converting critical materials into high value refined products.
