The global market for energy storage continues to rapidly expand, as global economies look to move away from fossil fuel-based energy sources and toward more sustainable alternatives. The shift to electric vehicles which employ batteries and supercapacitors is one example of this trend. The development of large-scale battery storage systems to capture and hold energy from intermittent sources such as wind and solar power is another example. Firms developing devices for these energy storage applications can turn to a familiar technology to aid in their design: activated carbon. Furthermore, as battery developers look to long term sustainability in their industry as well as stretching the supply of various critical materials used in these devices, the recycling of batteries to recover these materials will grow in importance in the future. Activated carbon and ion exchange, two technologies at the core of Jacobi’s business, will have a fit in these recycling applications as well.