Cornish Lithium validates its lithium hydroxide
The company has tested coin cell batteries made with the material.
The lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM) used to produce the coin cell batteries comes from ore mined and refined using Cornish Lithium’s proprietary LiStract technology at its Trelavour Lithium Project.
This is said to demonstrate the potential for domestically produced lithium chemicals in the batteries supply chain.
Cornish Lithium supplied approximately 2kg of battery-grade LHM to the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) for independent battery cell manufacture and testing.
The Centre produced lithium-ion (Li-ion) coin cell batteries and evaluated their electrochemical performance, reporting that they performed in line with – or exceeded – comparable cells manufactured with commercially available LHM.
