In June 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) issued a request for information (RFI) in collaboration with EERE’s Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) and Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) in support of Battery Critical Materials Supply Chain Research & Development (R&D).
Based on the initial results from the RFI, AMO, GTO and VTO hosted an R&D Battery Critical Materials Supply Chain Workshop Series to determine opportunities, gaps, and bottlenecks in the battery cathode materials supply and value chain.
EERE sought input on the current state of the battery cathode materials supply chains as well as gaps and opportunities for R&D.
The workshop sought to better understand:
- The current and future trends of the upstream to midstream supply chains for lithium, cobalt, and nickel
- Gaps in and barriers the advancement of innovative technologies;
- The capital and technical considerations for scaling to commercial production.
Discussion focused on identifying impactful research and performance metrics for developing future research pathways for AMO/GTO/VTO specifically, as well as, integrated across broader EERE supply chain research.
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