JB
Modular recovery aimed at what is already sitting in mining waste.
Pilot or trial engagementIn developmentStartup
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Updated Sept 30, 2026
Critical minerals and battery materials covers sourcing what a battery needs, and turning it into a cell. On Halo, the solutions cover recovering the metal, electrode and electrolyte chemistry, and cells and casings. Sign up to search the full network and post your specific need.
Recovering the metal
JB
SS
steve smith, consulting scientist
Extracting the trace elements seawater holds but nobody can concentrate.
LicensingIn developmentStartup
Pectin side streams used to recover critical metals selectively.
Co-developmentIn developmentStartup
AA
End-of-life tires giving back silica, zinc, steel and carbon black.
Equity investmentIn developmentStartup
UO
University of Alberta
Surface-modified lithium manganese oxide, for extracting lithium.
LicensingIn developmentUniversity
Electrode and electrolyte chemistry
MS
Montana State University
Particle size mixing, to keep a silicon anode stable through cycling.
LicensingIn developmentUniversity
MS
Montana State University
Transformation toughening applied to a garnet LLZO solid electrolyte.
LicensingIn developmentUniversity
MS
Montana State University
Carbon molecular crystals storing charge pseudocapacitively for fast charging.
LicensingConceptualUniversity
Syracuse University
A solid-state cell at the energy density heavy-duty work demands.
In developmentUniversity
DB
Queen's University
Vanadium and graphene in a battery-supercapacitor hybrid.
In developmentUniversity
UO
University of Alberta
A reaction cell reading what the chemistry is doing in real time.
LicensingIn developmentUniversity
Cells and casings
JT
High energy domestic cells built into an aluminum can.
In developmentSupplier
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Critical minerals and battery materials expertsAbout critical minerals & battery materials
The set on Halo divides into three steps of one chain. Five entries recover a critical metal from waste, seawater or a side stream, six work on the electrode and electrolyte chemistry, and five on the can that holds it. Almost nothing addresses primary mining. On Halo it spans three groups: recovering the metal, electrode and electrolyte chemistry, and cells and casings.
Stage of development. Work on critical minerals & battery materials on Halo comes mostly from university programs. 28% of the solutions are in market. Montana State University has the most, followed by University of Alberta. Licensing and co-development are the usual partnering routes, and about 21% of the solutions that state terms offer pilot engagements.
Three trends in critical minerals and battery materials on Halo
Recovery, not extraction. Five entries source a critical metal and not one of them mines it. Mining waste reprocessed modularly, trace elements pulled from seawater, pectin side streams used for selective metal recovery, end-of-life tires giving back zinc and silica, and a manganese oxide surface engineered for lithium extraction. The deposit everyone is working is one somebody already dug.
Aluminum is the casing answer. Five entries stop at the can, and four of the five make it from aluminum: high energy domestic cells in an aluminum can, prototype 21700s in an aluminum case, an alloy casing argued on EV charge and discharge performance, and custom cylindrical cells fabricated to order. The fifth treats the case purely as a forming problem.
The chain shows up in three pieces. Recover the metal, make the electrode, build the can. Five entries at each step and almost no overlap between them, with the casing group answering the same aluminum question that runs through energy storage. No organization in the set is doing more than one of the three.
460organizations
477solutions listed
63%from university labs
28%in market
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What are critical minerals and battery materials?
Critical minerals and battery materials covers sourcing the elements a battery needs and turning them into a cell. It spans recovery of metals from mining waste, seawater, side streams and end-of-life products, the anode and electrolyte chemistry those metals go into, and the casings and cell formats built around them. Battery manufacturers, mining companies and recyclers are the buyers.
What are examples of critical minerals and battery materials?
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Which companies and suppliers are developing critical minerals and battery materials?
There are 460 organizations with critical minerals and battery materials on Halo, 55 of them universities and research institutions. Among them are Avasa Regen, steve smith, consulting scientist, and SylvitaTech. Most offer licensing or co-development. Sign up to see every organization working in the area and to send them your specific need.
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