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Lombardy Energy Cleantech Cluster day
The coordinator participated to the Lombardy Energy Cleantech Cluster dissemination day on April 14, 2026. She presented the project activities, in the frame of a conference day dedicated to energy transition.
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁’𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 – 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿
The seminar addressed the challenge of managing end-of-life lithium-ion batteries, driven by the rapid expansion of electric mobility and portable electronics. Prof. Bontempi presented innovative pyrometallurgical strategies based on hybrid microwave-assisted carbothermic processes for the selective recovery of strategic metals from spent batteries. Friday, April 10th, 2026 – 14:30
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Presentation at the Cambridge University
Prof. Bontempi did an invited lecture on March 27, 2026, at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, at the Cambridge Graphene Centre at the University of Cambridge. The activity of the CARAMEL project was presented.
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A new cover of Green Chemistry Journal
The paper “Assessing the sustainability of solvometallurgy forvblack mass processing– the LEACH (Low-impactvExtraction and Assessment of CHemicalvsolvometallurgy) tool” was selected for the Green Chemistry Cover Page
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Celebrating International Women’s day 2026: Women in green chemistry
Prof. Bontempi has been identified by Royal Society of Chemistry as an outstanding woman advancing research in green and sustainable chemistry, in celebration of International Women’s Day 2026. Indeed, to celebrate International Women’s Day 2026, RSC has highlighted some of the excellent women conducting research in green and sustainable chemistry, including one paper developped in the…
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CARAMEL presented at the Battery Stage @ KEY 2026
CARAMEL was presented by Francesca Bianchi at the Battery Stage @ KEY 2026, in a dedicated session within KEY – The Energy Transition Expo 2026. This is one of Europe’s leading events focused on energy transition, sustainable technologies, and electrification, held from March 4 to 6 at the Rimini Expo Centre in Italy. At the…
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CARAMEL presented in a Podcast
Gossip Green Podcast is an independent podcast that explores—with a critical yet accessible tone—the behind-the-scenes aspects of sustainability, ESG, and greenwashing, inspired by the narrative style of Gossip Girl. In the sixth episode, released in September 2025, the Caramel project was cited as a good example of sustainability in the energy sector.
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Alberto Mannu presented the CARAMEL results in a USA conference
Alberto Mannu was invited to reports the CARAMEL results at the USA conference: https://ceramics.org/event/50th-international-conference-and-expo-on-advanced-ceramics-and-composites-icacc2026/ Daytona BeachFloridaUnited States. The title of the presentation was “Integrating innovation, safety, andsustainability in the recovery of strategic elements from Li-Ionbattery black mass” in the Section FS6 Innovative material processing fordiverse resource circulation loops (https://ceramics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ICACC26_Abstracts-4-1.pdf)
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Great success for the PI proposal of an EU integrated centre of recycle.
The following paper has been published: Modular Strategies for Global Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling, Resources, Environment and Sustainability 2026; https://doi.org/10.3390/s25247689. The paper, expressing a viewpoint of the coordinator, argues that Europe’s lithium-ion battery recycling is held back by fragmentation—scattered capacities, non-harmonized routes, and weak comparability—which contributes to “black mass dependency” and significant exports of black mass, with…
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Training course about valorization of end-of-life lithium batteries
On January, 12, 2026, a 3-hour training module was delivered by Alberto Mannu at Primo Levi secondary school of Milan to introduce participants to the valorization and recycling of end-of-life lithium batteries, a topic of growing scientific, technological, and environmental relevance. The CARAMEL technology was introduced. The session presented key concepts related to the lithium-battery…