SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ionic Mineral Technologies (Ionic MT), an American advanced battery materials company, today announced it has provided an in-depth response to the U.S. Department of Energy’s “Request for Information on the Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercialization Application Program” (DE-FOA-0002794). In its response, Ionic MT strongly recommended the Department further invest in research and development to enable rapid commercialization of halloysite-derived nano-silicon, which enhances lithium electric vehicle (EV) batteries to charge eight times faster than current EV batteries and have up to 10 times the capacity of existing EV batteries.
Further, unlike most critical minerals utilized in the EV supply chain, halloysite is plentiful here in the United States.
“Critical minerals…