{"id":4619,"date":"2024-01-23T19:54:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2024-08-05T12:54:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T16:54:56","slug":"reelement-technologies-uses-purdue-tech-in-rare-earth-elements-production-critical-to-semiconductor-manufacturing-other-new-age-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/Q1\/reelement-technologies-uses-purdue-tech-in-rare-earth-elements-production-critical-to-semiconductor-manufacturing-other-new-age-technologies","title":{"rendered":"ReElement Technologies uses Purdue tech in rare earth elements production critical to semiconductor manufacturing, other new-age technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"

FISHERS, Ind. —<\/p> \n

Many essential products, from smartphones and magnets to electric vehicles, semiconductors and wind turbines, need rare earth metals to perform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The rapidly growing demand for these critical products has led to increased need for domestic production of rare earth elements (REEs). However, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, the nation is still lagging globally behind countries such as China<\/a>, with just over 14% of the world\u2019s REE raw ore production and none of the world\u2019s refining capacity. Purdue University is changing this harsh reality by using its patented rare earth technology in a partnership with Indiana-based ReElement Technologies<\/a> in an effort to narrow the gap between the U.S. and the rest of the world in this critical industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critical rare earth element technologies from Hasler Ventures LLC and Purdue University<\/a>, which were developed in the laboratory of Nien-Hwa Linda Wang, Purdue\u2019s Norman and Jane Li Professor in Chemical Engineering, uses ligand-assisted chromatography for separation and purification of rare earth and other critical elements from coal, coal byproducts, ores, recycled permanent magnets and lithium-ion batteries. This technology has enabled ReElement Technologies to develop and construct a much-needed environmentally safer domestic supply chain of critical materials and offer this capability to U.S. producers of both recycled and ore-sourced rare earth metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPurdue Innovates<\/a> continues to support inventors and entrepreneurs,\u201d said Purdue University president Mung Chiang. \u201cThis Purdue-originated technology in the hands of an Indiana company will help America lead in this essential area for industries ranging from semiconductors to EV batteries.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRare earth and other scarce, critical minerals play an important role in semiconductor manufacturing,\u201d said Mark Lundstrom, Purdue University\u2019s chief semiconductor officer and the Don and Carol Scifres Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. \u201cAs the U.S. re-shores semiconductor manufacturing, this Purdue-Indiana company partnership can have great impact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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