EERE - Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

09/25/2024 | News release | Archived content

Celebrating a Decade of Influence & Impact at the Critical Materials Innovation Hub!

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  2. Celebrating a Decade of Influence & Impact at the Critical Materials Innovation Hub!

Syed Islam and Ramesh Bhave, both at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, purified critical materials recovered by membrane solvent extraction.

Photo from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory

For over a decade, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI Hub) has been hard at work addressing the biggest critical materials challenges facing our nation. As critical materials research needs continue to grow and evolve, the CMI Hub has been agile and adaptive to market conditions, accelerating discovery and path to market while also contributing greatly to the scientific community through its frequently cited publications and influential patents.

"Securing America's critical material supply chains has become even more vital to the clean energy economy," said Jeff Marootian, principal deputy assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy at DOE. "We're proud of the CMI Hub's decade of work to address the critical materials challenges of today and tomorrow."

Read the full success story.

The CMI Hub is funded and managed by DOE's Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.