IOLITEC

IoLiTec is an award-winning, dynamic, innovative and goal-oriented company whose activities go far beyond the production and sale of ionic liquids. In addition to a steadily growing standard product range of currently about 350 selected ionic liquids for various applications.IoLiTec has put a strong focus on R&D services and custom synthesis in the field of ionic liquids since its formation in 2003. With solid experience in project management and its young and skilled management team of currently 9 PhD-level chemists with different professional backgrounds IoLiTec is in the strong position to give scientifically sound answers and to deal with customer requests from many different sectors in a professional, efficient and goal-oriented way. IoLiTec’s own expertise is complemented by the company’s close collaborations with various institutes of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft and a number of leading research groups at universities in Germany and abroad. In addition to R&D services and custom syntheses, IoLiTec actively pursues its own internal R&D projects to identify new applications and open up new markets for ionic liquids and products derived there from. In order to protect its ideas and products IoLiTec has already filed five patent applications in different fields and holds the rights for the three registered trademarks IoLiLyte®, IoLiTherm® and IoLiTive®.

In SCALE, IoLiTec works closely with NTUA in synthesizing new Ionic Liquids that can enhance the leaching and electro-recovery iono-metallurgical process being developed. Furthermore as an industrial expert, IoLiTec participates in technology assessment, especially in evaluating the production costs of ILs when produced at an industrial scale.

Website: http://www.iolitec.de

WHAT IS SCANDIUM?

Scandium is a chemical element with symbol Sc and atomic number 21. A silvery-white metallic d-block element, it was discovered in 1879 by spectral analysis of the minerals euxenite and gadolinite from Scandinavia.

Scandium is a rare-earth metal, used in small amounts but with drastic effects on properties of matter. It is a key component in producing high strength Aluminium alloys used in aerospace and 3D printing as well as in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) applications.

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SCANDIUM SUPPLY

Scandium is present in most of the deposits of rare-earth and uranium compounds, but it is extracted from these ores in only a few mines worldwide. Scandium supply is limited due its scarcity and the high cost of its production, which currently takes place in Asia and Russia. Europe has no production of Scandium, but is home to many Scandium end-users and to industries having Scandium in their industrial residues. By converting waste into resources and thus developing a stable and secure EU scandium supply chain to serve the needs of EU aerospace and high tech industry, SCALE project will contribute to reduce dependency on imports of raw materials.

SCALE PROJECT

Scandium is an enabler in vital sectors like clean energy, transport, optics and advanced materials. Despite having a proven set of impressive applications, its volatile price and unreliable supply chain limit their deployment. SCALE develops innovative technologies that can extract economically and sustainably Sc from dilute mediums (<100 mg/L) and upgrade them to pure oxides, metals and alloys at lower energy or material cost. This will be achieved through the development of a number of innovative extraction, separation, refining and alloying technologies that will be validated in an appropriate laboratory and industrial environment to prove their technical and economic feasibility. SCALE builds on the success of previous and on-going European research projects like ENEXAL, EURARE, REECover, REE4EU and REMAGHIC.

SCALE has received funding from the European Community’s Horizon 2020 Programme (H2020/2014-2020) under grant agreement n° 730105