The US firm ENTEK is among the many energy storage stakeholders jockeying for an edge on the LFP battery supply chain.
Everyone is talking about lithium iron phosphate batteries, especially auto industry stakeholders who are eager to to get their hands on a higher-performing, lower-costing EV battery. A good LFP battery may be hard to find, though, if the supply chain doesn’t shape up soon. On a more positive note, the supply chain solution could be floating right under your feet, flowing down your local sewer system to the local wastewater treatment plant.
The food and industrial users of today will have to make room for the LFP battery of the future tomorrow, and soon. Benchmark anticipates that automakers will skyrocket to 24% of global phosphoric acid demand by 2030, up from just 5% currently. That is the solution proposed by a research team in China, based at the Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery. The researchers published their findings in the peer-reviewed journalis generally composed of almost 100% water along with minuscule quantities of organic and inorganic solids.
To remove both substances, the Shenzhen team took the sludge and subjected it to a compaction process called sintering. “This sludge, rich in phosphorus and iron, undergoes a sintering treatment followed by acid washing to yield purified P–Fe oxides ,” they reported.In an interesting twist, the research team also found that wastewater sludge can benefit the performance of an LFP battery compared to the conventional phosphate supply chain..
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