Critical Materials Innovation Hub Research Highlights

Bimodal packing of NdFeB and SmFeN improves energy product

CMI researchers at Ames National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducted the research for this highlight

image from scanning electron microscope indicates the mixture of two different particle sizes

Recovery of Ga, Ge, and In from Zn by-products

CMI researchers at Colorado School of Mines conducted the research for this highlight

bar graph with purple bars shows recovery of gallium by chlorination at different temperatures.

Solving the arsenic problem to enable US cobaltite mining

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

image from scanning electron microscope shows crystalline scorodite formed in the electrochemical process

Isolation of Ni/Co-rich salt crystals from low pH solutions

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

image of sample is sparkly green, shows solid product on stainless-steel nucleation scaffold

Cross-Hub synergies advance dimethyl ether (DME) separations

CMI researchers at Ames National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory conducted the research for this highlight, along with researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI)

Assessments predict improvements in environmental footprint, profit from printed NdFeB magnets

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

bar chart, four sets of blue and orange bars compares cost breakdown of IM and BAAM

Graduate student training and success

CMI researchers at Colorado School of Mines and Idaho National Laboratory conducted the activity for this highlight

CMI Winter Meeting Awards

CMI researchers at Colorado School of Mines led the effort across the Energy Innovation Hub for this highlight

image of ChaoChao Pan, Ames National Laboratory

CMI alums offer workforce advice

CMI researchers at Colorado School of Mines led the effort across the Energy Innovation Hub for this highlight

Leadership Academy passes torch to Cohort 4

CMI researchers at Colorado School of Mines led the effort across the Energy Innovation Hub for this highlight