Daisuke Masuda

May 28, 2024 | techpolicy.press | William Xu |Daisuke Masuda

The conversation on critical minerals — used in essentially all modern technologies, but especially important for electric vehicle (EV) batteries and other clean energy technologies — is heating up. Both the Washington Post and the New York Times reported on the importance and impending shortage of critical minerals for the clean energy transition last year, framing the problem in the context of geopolitical competition between the US and China.

Jan 18, 2024 | mdpi.com | Daisuke Masuda |Ikuo Nakanishi |Kei Ohkubo |Hiromu Ito

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Feb 27, 2023 | mdpi.com | Daisuke Masuda |Hiromu Ito |Hiroko P. Indo |Sompong Sriburee

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