Jean-Marie Tarascon ponders on the value of lithium, an element known for about 200 years ... the low melting point (180 °C) of lithium metal and the very low water solubility of its fluoride ...

Cornish Lithium, the company exploring for the element, has started to drill in Blackwater next to the A30 near Truro. Lithium is mostly used for batteries which are used in electric vehicles ...

All-solid-state lithium metal batteries (LMBs) are promising energy storage solutions that incorporate a lithium metal anode and solid-state electrolytes (SSEs), as opposed to the liquid ones ...