Future copper metallurgy for the age of e-mobility and the circular economy

铜、镍、钴、铬和锡金属对于制造新的电池材料、电气和电子设备和技术至关重要，这些设备和技术将使全球向可持续能源系统过渡。存在与这些金属的工业规模高温生产、分离和回收相关的重大技术挑战。本研究的目的是开发先进的化学热力学数据库和模型，可用于预测这些复杂化学反应的结果，并在此过程中为行业提供设计和改进新的，更有效的金属生产和回收技术所需的重要基础科学信息和工具。

Copper, nickel, cobalt, chromium and tin metals are essential for the manufacture of new battery materials, electrical and electronic devices and technologies that will enable the global transition to sustainable energy systems. There are major technical challenges associated with the industrial scale high temperature production, separation and recycling of these metals. The aim of the present study is develop advanced chemical thermodynamic databases and models that can be used to predict the outcomes of these complex chemical reactions, and in doing so provide the industry with the vital fundamental scientific information and tools needed to be able to design and improve new, more efficient metal production and recycling technologies.