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Cornell spin-off lithium-sulfur battery company NOHMs to locate in Lexington, KY

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Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced that start-up lithium-sulfur battery company NOHMs (Nano Organic Hybrid Materials) Technologies Inc. has selected to locate its research, manufacturing and product development facility for military, cell phone and electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries in Lexington. Source: NOHMs.

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Cornell study examines trade-off between critical metals requirement and transportation decarbonization

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b) Region-specific/vehicle-specific/battery-specific cumulative (from 2010 to 2050) demand for critical metals and the cumulative potential secondary production from recycling. (c) —Zhang et al. (a) a) Annual demand and recycling potential with or without a second use. (b) Zhang et al.

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Oxis Energy polymer Li-S pouch cell surpasses 450 cycles

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Oxis Energy, a UK-based developer of lithium-sulfur batteries, reported via Twitter that one of its standard polymer Li-S pouch cells surpassed 450 cycles this week. Battery systems using metallic Lithium offer very high specific energy; sulfur represents a natural cathode partner for metallic Li. Click to enlarge.

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Oxis Energy video of Li-S nail test

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Oxis Energy, a UK-based developer of lithium-sulfur batteries ( earlier post ), has published a video showing nail testing of one of its Li-sulfur batteries and a standard lithium cobalt oxide Li-ion cell. Oxis Lithium Sulfur cell: 2.1V, 4A. Chil-Hoon Doh and Angathevar Veluchamy (2010).

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Li-S company Sion Power raises $ 50M

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Lithium-sulfur battery company Sion Power recently reported to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it raised $50 million in equity sold to undisclosed investors. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Lithium-Sulfur batteries (LSBs) use a lithium metal anode and a soluble polysulfide cathode.

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USABC awards $1.64M to NOHMs Technologies for development of ionic liquid electrolytes for Li-ion batteries

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Founded in 2010 as a spin-off from Cornell University ( earlier post ), NOHMs Technologies currently has developed a battery that is based on lithium-sulfur chemistry, using its proprietary electrodes, ionic liquid based electrolyte and hybrid ceramic-polymer separator. LCO, NCA, LMNO, NMC and others).

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Researchers Develop Novel High-Performance Polymer Tin Sulfur Lithium Ion Battery

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Lithium-sulfur cells are based on the electrochemical reaction: 16Li + S 8 8Li 2 S. The practical development of the lithium–sulfur battery has been hindered to date by a series of shortcomings. Jusef Hassoun and Bruno Scrosati (2010) A High-Performance Polymer Tin Sulfur Lithium Ion Battery.