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Echion and CBMM partner to build 2000 t/year manufacturing capacity for anode-grade niobium oxides

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Echion’s niobium-based anode material XNO enables lithium-ion batteries that can safely charge in less than 10 minutes, maintain high energy densities even at low temperatures, and deliver high power across a cycle life of more than 10,000 cycles.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Fifty years after the birth of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, it’s easy to see its value. Jonas Ekstromer/AFP/Getty Images In the early 1970s, Exxon scientists predicted that global oil production would peak in the year 2000 and then fall into a steady decline. Ultimately, Sony proposed a partnership.

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Tesla signs 2-year, $2.9B order with South Korea’s L&F for high-nickel cathode materials

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L&F was founded in July 2000 to produce LCD back lighting units. In August 2005, L&F Materials, a subsidiary of L&F, started the cathode active material business for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. L&F also supplies LG Energy Solutions among other battery makers.

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Ionic Mineral Technologies launches nano-silicon product for Li-ion cell manufacturers

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Ionic Mineral Technologies, a developer of advanced silicon anode battery materials, launched its Generation 1 Ionisil nano-silicon product for Li-ion cell manufacturers. Earlier post.) The initial coulombic efficiency (ICE) of 85% is a significant achievement without any prelithiation.

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Northvolt acquires US Li-metal battery company Cuberg; next-gen battery cells for electromobility

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European battery-maker Northvolt has acquired Cuberg , a US-based battery technology company delivering high-performance lithium-metal cells produced on existing lithium-ion manufacturing lines for electromobility solutions.

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Hitachi Develops Lithium-ion Batteries for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

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Positioning of the new Li-ion cells for PHEVs. which develops and manufactures lithium-ion batteries for automotive applications such as hybrid electric vehicles, have developed new lithium-ion batteries for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, a first for the Hitachi Group. Source: Hitachi. Click to enlarge.

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Optodot awarded new patent for Electrode Coated Separator technology

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Optodot (founded in 2000) continued to innovate, developing the patented nanocomposite all?ceramic Steve Carlson, founder, President and CEO of Optodot. 60µm anode layer (bottom) coated directly onto 8µm all-ceramic separator (top). Source: Optodot. In 1996, Dr. Carlson invented boehmite ceramic?coated