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APRIL 20, 2018

China will account for more than 60% of the world’s production of wet-process separators for Li-ion batteries, with more than 10 billion square meters capacity, according to China-based market intelligence firm CCM. Separators are a key element in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries with liquid electrolytes.

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AUGUST 17, 2018

Rolls-Royce is launching a lithium-ion based energy storage system for ships. Rolls-Royce has been delivering energy storage systems since 2010, however the actual energy storage units were previously supplied by an external party. Illustration of a ship system setup with batteries. Source: Rolls Royce.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2011

will supply Li-ion battery and management systems to Swiss-based ABB under a newly signed long-term agreement. In October 2010, Southern California Edison (SCE) selected LG Chem, Ltd. LG Chem Ltd. Among the projects to be undertaken will be a power system stabilization demonstration project. Earlier post.).

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JULY 8, 2013

The working concept of I3 – /I – redox reaction in the aqueous Li-I 2 battery. A team from Japan’s RIKEN, led by Hye Ryung Byon, has developed a lithium-iodine (Li-I 2 ) battery system with a significantly higher energy density than conventional lithium-ion batteries. Zhao et al.

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MARCH 21, 2016

In 2015, China’s total output of Li-ion batteries increased by 3.13% year-on-year (YoY)—a significant slowdown in the output growth rate from the prior 5 years, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of the People’s Republic of China. Output and YoY growth rate of Li-ion batteries in China, 2010-2015.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

The new Li-ion starter battery. Porsche will offer a lithium-ion starter battery option—the first automaker to do so—as of January 2010 for the 911 GT3, 911 GT 3 RS, and Boxster Spyder. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Enevate, a developer of advanced silicon-dominant Li-ion battery technology capable of extreme fast charging for electric vehicles (EVs), announced its new fourth-generation technology optimized for high volume commercialization and manufacturing at gigafactory scale. Achieves 800 Wh/L and 340 Wh/kg in large-format EV cells.

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MARCH 11, 2016

Li-ion battery maker LG Chem was named a GM Supplier of the Year by General Motors during the automaker’s 24 th annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony at Cobo Center in Detroit, Mich. LG Chem’s close partnership with GM was highlighted in 2010 when LG was honored by GM with the title: Corporation of the Year.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

Yaocai Bai and Yuzhang Li have received the 2023–2024 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowships for projects in green energy technology. Dr Bai is the focus area lead for the Advanced Resource Recovery research thrust in DOE’s ReCell Center for Advanced Battery Recycling. Yuzhang Li, University of California, Los Angeles.

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JANUARY 16, 2011

Researchers in South Korea report the synthesis of high capacity Mn-rich mixed oxide cathode materials for Li-ion batteries. Novel cathode active materials, Li[Li x (Ni 0.3 Novel cathode active materials, Li[Li x (Ni 0.3 high capacity and environmentally benign layered Li[Li x (Ni 0.3

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AUGUST 28, 2011

The Nikkei reports that Japanese makers of Li-ion batteries are boosting R&D to bolster their position as lower-cost South Korean rivals threaten to steal a slice of their market. Japanese manufacturers started developing Li-ion batteries for vehicles in the 1990s and have become world leaders.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

CD-adapco announced the successful completion of a project to develop advanced Li-ion battery stimulation tools to enable faster design and development of advanced electric drive vehicle power systems. CD-adapco, Battery Design LLC, A123 Systems, and Johnson Controls Inc. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

Global automotive Li-Ion battery production capacity is outstripping demand five-to-one as automakers refocus on hybrids and away from full electric vehicles, according to Dr. Menahem Anderman’s recently released xEV Industry Insider Report. The associated Li-Ion automotive battery business will expand from $1.4

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JULY 25, 2017

Shinzoom), a lithium-ion battery anode producer and developer. The purpose of the proposed collaboration is to participate actively in the growing North American Li-Ion battery anode material market. The JV will exclusively market Shinzoom’s anode materials to lithium battery manufacturers in North America.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

a consortium of businesses spearheaded by three “Southern Tier” companies, will establish Li-ion research and development and production operations at the Huron Campus in Endicott, Broome County. C&D Assembly (Groton) is supplying electronic board assembly and battery testing. Cuomo announced that Imperium3 New York, Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

China BAK Battery, Inc. has received a new contract to supply high-power batteries used in the Chery Automobile Ruilin M1 electric car. According to the contract, China BAK will supply 100 units of lithium-ion high-power batteries, which will be used to power Chery’s electric cars in the first half of 2012.

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

Vanadium pentoxide offers the advantages of being cheap, easy to synthesize, and having high energy densities and, thus, has attracted much interest for both battery and supercapacitor electrodes. Such performance shows very promising potential in the application of a high-rate lithium battery, they conclude. Wang, 2006). 20050066.

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OCTOBER 2, 2010

A team from Central South University, China; the US’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL); and the University of Washington have developed a new nanostructured composite vanadium phosphate material for Li-ion battery cathodes for use in high-power batteries. —Pan et al. 2010.09.014.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

China’s Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp (CGNPC) announced this week the results of the bidding for their largest high-power, high-capacity battery back-up stations to date, with BYD Ltd of Shenzhen winning the bid. MWh back-up Li-ion batteries with their nuclear power stations to deliver power up to 2.5MW levels.

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JUNE 16, 2010

Saft is unveiling Eurosatory 2010 a new Li-ion battery system concept designed specifically for starting and silent watch applications in armoured vehicles. The new Li-ion battery concept offers a high-performance alternative to conventional lead-acid batteries for armoured military vehicles.

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MAY 1, 2010

—a designer and manufacturer of cab climate systems for heavy duty commercial trucks, off-highway machines and specialty vehicles—and Johnson Controls-Saft have developed a lithium-ion battery for NITE no-idle systems that will improve power efficiency, result in longer run times and enhance the environmental benefits of its no-idle units.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The military is interested in replacing lead-acid batteries with higher performing Li-ion systems. A123 Systems has introduced the Military 6T Battery, a robust Li-ion battery system engineered specifically to meet the demanding requirements of military vehicles. From a 2011 TARDEC presentation.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

has acquired a carbon nanotube technology that can significantly improve the power capability of lithium-ion batteries, through an exclusive technology licensing agreement with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Contour Energy Systems, Inc. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 6, 2012

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany in New York has licensed a silicon/silicide nanostructured anode technology developed there for Li-ion batteries to spin-out company BESS Technologies. The branched, flexible nanowires relieve the stress of lithium ion insertion.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

million in new funding for the continued development of a Li-ion energy storage system for the US Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program. Saft, which is designing and building ultra- high-power cells for the vehicle’s hybrid electric drive system, has already completed the demo battery system including hardware and software.

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

ITOCHU will utilize the technological capability and production facilities of Toda Kogyo to strengthen its trade business in Li-ion cathode materials—a market expected to exceed ¥300 billion (US$3.5 ITOCHU Corporation signed a capital/business partnership with materials company Toda Kogyo through which ITOCHU will own 20.7%

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Overview of the project from a 2010 Axeon presentation. The battery uses Nickel Cobalt Manganese (NCM) electrochemistry [Li(NiCoMn)O 2 ], which theoretically requires 50% less volume and 30% less mass when compared to Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) chemistry (at the cell level). The assembled prototype battery pack.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

A new ternary Sn–Ni–P anode material for Li-ion batteries shows high reversible capacity and excellent coulombic efficiency, with an initial discharge capacity and charge capacity of 785.0 mAh g -1 and 567.8 mAh g -1 , respectively. After the 100 th discharge–charge cycling, capacity retention is 94.2% with a value of 534.8

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MARCH 1, 2010

plans to begin mass production of cathode materials for automotive Li-ion batteries. It recently began shipping samples of both to battery makers for use in vehicle batteries, according to the report in the Nikkei. Almost all output is shipped to manufacturers of lithium ion batteries for mobile phones.

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MARCH 8, 2022

Cobalt remains the most expensive, but a lot of attention is now on nickel.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

SB LiMotive, the 50:50 Li-ion battery joint venture between Robert Bosch and Samsung SDI, will supply Li-ion battery packs to Mahindra & Mahindra for a new hybrid SUV from the Indian company in 2013. Series production of battery cells began at Ulsan in 2010.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

A team from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) compiled a detailed lifecycle inventory of a Li-ion battery and produced a rough lifecycle analysis (LCA) of battery-electric vehicle mobility. Click to enlarge. or 37,700 kg CO 2 equivalents; CED, +23.5% or 2530 points). Notter et al.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Following receipt of a $95 million grant from the US Department of Energy under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and successful negotiations between Saft, the state of Florida, and the city of Jacksonville, construction will soon begin in Jacksonville for a lithium-ion battery factory.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

France-based hazardous waste recycler Recupyl is establishing a North American joint venture with Michigan-based battery recycler Battery Solutions Inc. to develop US battery recycling for alkaline and Li-ion batteries. The center is schedule to open in Q2 2010. A hat-tip to Anton!).

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JUNE 28, 2010

Tarascon’s view of the battery landscape for the next few decades. Jean-Marie Tarascon of the Laboratoire réactivité et chimie des solides (LRCS) at Université de Picardie Jules Verne, CNRS proposes a two-fold increase in energy density over the next 30 years, most likely coming from the Li–air system.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Honeywell announced it has landed a new partnership with Nexceris, the company that developed Li-ion Tamer lithium-ion gas detection solutions, in an attempt to increase electric vehicle safety. The sensors will detect gases produced from excessive temperatures in lithium-ion batteries.

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MARCH 6, 2012

As cycle life still needs to be improved for automotive applications (USABC long-term goals for EV batteries call for 1,000 cycles at 80% DOD and 10 years, earlier post ), the advanced batteries with their attractive energy densities may emerge earlier in critical portable power applications. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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