Ngokutsho kwemithombo yaseJapan, i-Sumitomo Metal iphuhlise inkqubo esebenzayo yokukhupha i-cobalt kwiibhetri ezisetyenzisiweyo kwiimoto zombane kunye nokunye. Itekhnoloji iya kwenza ukuba kwixesha elizayo kuthintelwe okanye kuncitshiswe ukunqongophala kwesi sinyithi sinqabile kakhulu eMhlabeni, ngaphandle kokuba ukwenziwa kweebhetri ezitshajwayo kungenakucingelwa namhlanje.
I-Cobalt isetyenziselwa ukwenza i-cathodes yeebhetri ze-lithium-ion, ukuqinisekisa ukusebenza okuzinzile kwezi zinto. Ngokomzekelo, i-Sumitomo Metal, ifumana i-ore ene-cobalt evela eMzantsi-mpuma Asia. Inkampani isebenzisa intsimbi ekrwada ukukhupha i-cobalt eJapan, emva koko ibonelele ngentsimbi esulungekileyo kubavelisi bebhetri abanje ngePanasonic kunye nezinye iinkampani ezibonelela ngeebhetri eUnited States kwiimoto zeTesla.
Malunga ne-60% yecobalt yombiwa kwiDemocratic Republic of the Congo. Iinkampani zaseMelika nezaseSwitzerland zinemigodi eCongo, kodwa kwiminyaka yakutshanje ziye zathengwa ngamaTshayina. Ngaloo ndlela, kwi-2016, i-Chinese Molybdenum yathenga inxalenye ebalulekileyo yezabelo kwinkampani yeTenke Fungurume kwinkampani yaseMelika iFreeport-McMoRan, ephethe imigodi ye-cobalt eCongo, kwaye ngo-2017 inkampani yeGEM yaseShanghai yathenga imigodi evela eSwitzerland. Glencore. Ukunciphisa indawo zemigodi ye-cobalt, abahlalutyi bakholelwa ukuba, kuya kukhokelela ekunqongopheni kwesi sinyithi kwasekuqaleni ngo-2022, ngoko ke i-cobalt yemigodi esuka kwizinto ezisetyenzisiweyo inokutyhala eli xesha libi kwixesha elizayo.
Ukufunda ngamathuba enkqubo entsha yetekhnoloji yokukhupha i-cobalt kwiibhetri ezisetyenzisiweyo, iSumitomo Metal yaqalisa ukuseka isityalo sokulinga e-Ehime Prefecture kwiSiqithi saseShikoku. Inkqubo ecetywayo ivumela i-cobalt ukuba ibuyiselwe ngokukhawuleza kwifom ecocekileyo ngokwaneleyo ukwenzela ukuba ibuyiselwe ngokukhawuleza kubenzi bebhetri. Ngendlela, ngaphezu kwe-cobalt, ithusi kunye ne-nickel iya kukhutshwa kwakhona ngexesha lenkqubo yokubuyisela ibhetri, eya kongeza kuphela kwiinzuzo zendlela entsha. Ukuba imveliso yokulinga iyasebenza, iSumitomo Metal iya kuqalisa ukuthengisa iibhetri ukukhupha i-cobalt ngo-2021.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru