| Description | Precision Separation of Critical Metals
Abstract: The development of disruptive technologies for the precision separation of critical metals from complex mixtures will enhance the economic and energy security of the United States. Sunchem is a nanotechnology organization based out of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Molecular Foundry. We develop Nano Leach and Nano Filter technologies for the precision separation of critical metals. For high-value markets such as metal recycling, mining and energy, these technologies replace inadequate separation technologies that are not selective, energyintensive, and are environmentally unfriendly. In this talk, we will discuss trends and challenges in the metal recycling and mining space. We will go over the history of Sunchem’s technology development and commercialization efforts. Last, we will go through Sunchem’s collaboration efforts on life cycle assessment (LCA) methods to evaluated energy consumption, environmental impact and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for our technologies within specific industrial situations such as electronic waste recycling.
About the Speaker:
Daniel T. Sun is the Co-Founder & CEO of Sunchem. He received his B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in Biochemistry at Loyola Marymount University in 2013, started his career as a Research Assistant at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Molecular Foundry, and obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). Throughout, he has co-authored more than 20 papers and 6 patent applications, including highly cited publications for which he won the 2019 Swiss Nanotechnology Ph.D. award. In 2020, he founded Sunchem, a startup based at the Molecular Foundry in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory focusing on commercializing new materials and technologies for the precision separation of critical metals. Since then, he has raised capital to fund the organization through multiple incubators and the Cyclotron Road fellowship, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Energy's lab-embedded entrepreneurship program (LEEP). |
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