{"id":332,"date":"2020-11-27T11:52:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T10:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/?p=332"},"modified":"2020-11-27T11:52:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T10:52:46","slug":"lithium-for-future-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/2020\/11\/27\/lithium-for-future-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithium for Future Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have just been awarded a NERC highlight topic grant for &#8216;Lithium for Future Technology&#8217;. This is a consortium led by the British Geological Survey with many academic and industrial partners. The project will research how to ensure a sustainable supply of lithium to support the technology needed to decarbonise our energy and transport systems. We we will soon be recruiting for a PDRA to investigate the biogeochemical cycling of lithium in natural environments and to develop new recovery techniques for lithium using microorganisms<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-333\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/11\/LiFT_project_logo-300x148.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/11\/LiFT_project_logo-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/11\/LiFT_project_logo-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/11\/LiFT_project_logo.png 848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have just been awarded a NERC highlight topic grant for &#8216;Lithium for Future Technology&#8217;. 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