Energy and tellurium deposits

Jianzhao Yin; Haoyu Yin; Yuhong Chao; Hongyun Shi; Jianzhao Yin; Haoyu Yin; Yuhong Chao; Hongyun Shi

doi:10.3934/geosci.2024002

AIMS Geosciences

2024, Volume 10, Issue 1: 28-42. doi: 10.3934/geosci.2024002

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Energy and tellurium deposits

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College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130061, China
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Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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Guinea Westfield Mining Company-Sarlu, Jinzhong 031300, China
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Ganzhongnan Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration, Nanchang 330002, China
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Orient Resources Ltd., Richmond, BC, Canada

Received: 05 November 2023 Revised: 20 December 2023 Accepted: 11 January 2024 Published: 19 January 2024

In this article, we focus on the next generation of green batteries that are closely related to semi-metallic tellurium and its deposits. We briefly summarize the chemical and geochemical characteristics of tellurium that ordinary readers are not familiar with or have never heard of, and its important role in many fields such as high-tech and medical care, current global resource distribution, major mineral extraction and purification technologies and market evolution, etc. The spatiotemporal distribution of the two main types of tellurium deposits, namely associated tellurium deposits and independent tellurium deposits, is introduced in detail. The geological and geochemical characteristics of the only independent tellurium deposit in the world are introduced in detail, so that relevant researchers can use this deposit as an example to discover more independent tellurium deposits around the world, meeting people's increasingly urgent demand for tellurium and realizing the sustainable development of human society. We believe that humans will discover more and more new energy metals in the near future to meet the dual goals of protecting the earth's environment and developing the economy, which are contradictory and mutually reinforcing. New generation of energy metal batteries must be small, compact, easy to carry, charge quickly, and have a long life.
- energy,
- tellurium,
- next generation battery,
- energy revolution,
- new energy metal,
- deposit
Citation: Jianzhao Yin, Haoyu Yin, Yuhong Chao, Hongyun Shi. Energy and tellurium deposits[J]. AIMS Geosciences, 2024, 10(1): 28-42. doi: 10.3934/geosci.2024002

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Abstract

In this article, we focus on the next generation of green batteries that are closely related to semi-metallic tellurium and its deposits. We briefly summarize the chemical and geochemical characteristics of tellurium that ordinary readers are not familiar with or have never heard of, and its important role in many fields such as high-tech and medical care, current global resource distribution, major mineral extraction and purification technologies and market evolution, etc. The spatiotemporal distribution of the two main types of tellurium deposits, namely associated tellurium deposits and independent tellurium deposits, is introduced in detail. The geological and geochemical characteristics of the only independent tellurium deposit in the world are introduced in detail, so that relevant researchers can use this deposit as an example to discover more independent tellurium deposits around the world, meeting people's increasingly urgent demand for tellurium and realizing the sustainable development of human society. We believe that humans will discover more and more new energy metals in the near future to meet the dual goals of protecting the earth's environment and developing the economy, which are contradictory and mutually reinforcing. New generation of energy metal batteries must be small, compact, easy to carry, charge quickly, and have a long life.

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