There are many topics debated in the lithium-ion battery category. For example, which cathode chemistry is most appropriate for which application be it nickel, cobalt, manganese or iron in varying ratios with lithium. Rarely up for debate, however, is the anode material. That’s because it’s almost always graphite. The problem for the auto industry is that the US government is trying to build a resilient electric vehicle (EV) supply chain that levers away mainland China’s influence on th...