RECYCLE 2 (IMAGE)

Rice University

RECYCLE 2

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A solution turns green as it pulls cobalt from a spent lithium-ion cathode. A Rice University laboratory is developing an environmentally friendly method to recover valuable metals from used batteries.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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