September 4, 2025
MIT scientists may have just cracked the code on EV battery recycling
DMSE alum Yukio Cho speaks to Fast Company about a new material that can work as the electrolyte in a solid-state battery cell and then revert back to its original molecular components in minutes.
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A rendering shows (left) the mPEGAA molecule designed by researchers, (middle) how the molecules self-assemble into nanoribbons, and (right) how the molecules are used for the battery electrolyte.
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Researchers at MIT have developed a new self-assembling battery material that could help combat growing concerns about EV battery waste, reports Grace Snelling for Fast Company. The new method “makes it much easier to separate [battery] component parts, leaving them ready for recycling,” writes Snelling.
Read the full story in Fast Company.