PGMs to play a greater role in lithium-ion battery development, says PTM
Platinum group metals company Platinum Group Metals (PTM) believes platinum-group metals (PGMs) will start to play a greater role in the development of more efficient lithium-ion batteries.
PTM recently partnered with Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) to launch a new venture, Lion Battery Technologies, to investigate the benefits of adding PGMs to battery technology.
The venture is 52% owned by PTM and 48% by Amplats.
The companies are backing a researcher at the Florida International University who found that lithium oxygen and lithium sulphur batteries can perform better with the addition of PGMs, which can increase a battery’s energy density.
PTM CEO R Michael Jones says the company has since filed several patents and is getting to a more advanced stage, where the likelihood of making the leap to battery chemistry and lithium-ion batteries "looks promising".
The first batteries of this kind are likely to go to China, he adds, as the country has made a lot of advancements in the use of fuel cells in trucks.
PTM is currently developing its Waterberg project, in South Africa, which is predominantly palladium and has 19.5-million ounces of proven and probable reserves, Jones says.
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