# @ucirvine on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRPnftjDSJd
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37073047-ucirvine-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/07872216c8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-11-19T16:02:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UC Irvine (@ucirvine) — https://gondola.cc/ucirvine

## Caption

🔋🚘 UC Irvine’s Huolin Xin is turning battery recycling into upcycling by using a chemical process that transforms old lithium-ion batteries into ones that perform even better than the originals. What begins with a laptop battery today could power tomorrow’s EVs. Reduced mineral mining = lower costs and a greener future. 

💵 This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Advocate for critical research funding. #SpeakUp4Science

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