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Ionic Materials raises $65M in Series C; polymer electrolyte for solid-state batteries

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The special properties of Ionic Materials’ polymer electrolyte allow the use of high-energy materials and support solid-state lithium-ion cells with little to no cobalt in their cathodes. Joy served as chief scientist there until 2003.

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Lithium-Ion Battery Maker Ener1 Receives $20M Strategic Equity Investment from ITOCHU

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Large-format lithium-ion battery maker Ener1, Inc. ITOCHU, which began its strategic relationship with Ener1 in 2003, purchased 3.2 has received $20 million in fresh investment capital from ITOCHU Corporation, a long-term strategic partner of and current investor in Ener1. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Hamburg putting its first Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid buses into service

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Energy storage. Energy storage power. Energy capacity. H 2 storage capacity. They are now accompanied by the lithium-ion batteries which store energy that is recovered during braking; the new hybrid is able to run for several kilometers on battery power alone. Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid.

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EnerDel, ITOCHU Announce Second Smart Grid Battery Storage Project

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US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel is partnering with the real estate arm of Japan’s industrial trading giant, ITOCHU Corporation, to develop and produce the advanced battery systems for a residential smart grid energy storage project to be installed in a major apartment building near Tokyo. since 2003.

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Dow and HPL Sign Li-ion Technology Transfer Agreement; Dow Kokam JV Acquires Assets of Kokam America

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HPL was spun out from Professor Graetzel’s laboratory at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland) in 2003 and is focused on the development of nano-structured metal oxide energy storage materials and novel electrolytes for use in next generation lithium ion batteries.

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Pellion Technologies leveraging high throughput computational materials design to make progress on Mg-ion rechargeable batteries

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Last week’s 4 th Symposium on Energy Storage: Beyond Lithium-ion , hosted by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), brought together researchers tackling the “Beyond Li-ion” problem by working on a number of different platforms (e.g., Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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News: 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV

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This breaks the norm of a fuel cell vehicle run solely on hydrogen or simply with a battery for energy storage. A fairly conventional look Through a chemical process, the fuel cell uses hydrogen and oxygen to create electricity to power the motor and charge the lithium-ion battery.

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