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Silatronix, a developer of unique organosilicon (OS) electrolytes for use in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) ( earlier post ), has raised US$8 million in new equity capital, and secured partnerships for distribution and joint technological development. Current Li-ion electrolytes are unstable above 60 °C and at charge voltages above 4.3

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FEBRUARY 24, 2015

A team at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) reports a new method for the synthesis of polycrystalline silicon nanoparticles for use as anode materials in Li-ion batteries in a paper in the journal Angewandte Chemie. 2015) “Preparation of Nanocrystalline Silicon from SiCl 4 at 200?°C and Qian, Y.

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SiiLion had received a $150,000 SBIR Phase I award in 2015. SiiLion is a recent spin-out of CU-Boulder with exclusive rights to its technology developed at the University. The company is focused on developing highly compatible electrode-electrolyte sets to address the challenge of next-generation Li-ion batteries.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is contributing about €19 million (US$24 million) to a new €36-million ($US46 million), 3-year, public-private research project to improve further the safety of lithium-ion batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles. SafeBatt began in July 2012 and will end on 30 June 2015.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

A team from the University of Rome Sapienza has developed a rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery based on the combination of a high capacity sulfur-carbon cathode, nanostructured Li x Sn-C anode and polysulfide-added PEO-based gel membrane. —Agostini & Hassoun (2015).

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries power much of our digital and mobile lifestyle. V) is too narrow to support most of the electrochemical couples used in Li-ion batteries. V versus Li, depending on pH value) far above where most Li-ion battery anode materials operate. C) and high (4.5

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

In a paper published in the Journal of Power Sources , a team from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University report showing that diesel carbon nanoparticles collected from diesel engines can be chemically activated to create a porous structure. The resulting nanostructured carbon electrodes have a high specific capacity of 936 mAh g ?1

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AUGUST 19, 2015

A team from Chonnam National University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a 3D nanoarchitecture of germanium (Ge) coated with carbon (3D-Ge/C) for use as ultra-high rate anodes for Li-ion batteries. The 3D-Ge/C shows excellent cyclability: almost 86.8% Duc Tung Ngo, Hang.

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

According to a new report from Pike Research, a rapidly growing global market for electrified vehicles—particularly plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles—will create a Li-ion transportation battery industry with nearly $8 billion in sales worldwide by 2015, up from $878 million in 2010.

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A team of researchers from Kongju University in Korea, with colleagues from Samsung SDI, Sapphire Technology and MK Electronics have synthesized a novel nanocomposite—Si 80 Fe 16 Cr 4 —to alleviate the severe volume changes and associated performance impacts of silicon anode materials for rechargeable Li-ion batteries.

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APRIL 28, 2015

At the Spring 2015 Materials Research Conference in San Francisco earlier this month, PATHION presented two new derivative superionic solid-state electrolytes built upon LiRAP (Lithium-Rich Anti-Perovskite). PATHION is working on a derivative for Li-sulfur batteries as well as a derivative that could be applied in a sodium-ion battery.

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JULY 23, 2015

Nanoporous silicon is considered an attractive next-generation anode material in lithium-ion batteries due to its much higher theoretical capacity and lower operating voltage than the commonly used graphitic carbon materials. Even after 4,000 cycles and at a rate of 10C, the anode achieved a specific capacity of 420 mAhg -1.

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in partnership with Kyoto University, has developed a lower temperature molten-salt rechargeable battery that promises to cost only about 10% as much as lithium ion batteries. Sumitomo Electric worked with researchers at Kyoto University to develop a sodium material that melts at 57 C.

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In a paper published in Nature Communications , they report that the porosity of the ion-conducting membrane (ICM) is smaller than the growth area of the dendrites; the aramid nanofibers thus eliminate “weak links” where dendrites can pierce a membrane. Mass production is expected to begin in the fourth quarter 2016. Batteries'

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AUGUST 3, 2015

A team at Zhejiang University (China) has developed a high-performance lithium ion battery anode material consisting of free-standing and binder-free 3D porous carbon coated MoS 2 /nitrogen-doped graphene (C-MoS 2 /N-G). Resources. 2015.07.074.

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A team from University of Science and Technology of China and Max Planck Institute in Germany has synthesized 3D V 6 O 13 nanotextiles from interconnected 1D nanogrooves with diameter of 20–50 nm. Energy density comparison of the 3D nanotextile electrode and conventional LiMn 2 O 4 , LiCoO 2 , LiFePO 4 , and LiNi 0.5 O 4 electrodes.

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A team of researchers in South Korea and Italy has demonstrated a highly reliable lithium–sulfur battery showing cycle performance comparable to that of commercially available lithium-ion batteries while offering more than double the energy density. Another major concern regarding the lithium?sulfur Batteries Li-Sulfur'

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The projects end in 2015. Envia has licensed Lithium-rich Layered-Layered Li 2 MnO 3 ·LiMO 2 composite patents from Argonne National Laboratory, and has developed HCMR (High Capacity Manganese Rich) cathodes based on these layered-layered composite structures. Penn State/University of Texas at Austin. Batteries'

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Researchers from the University of Waterloo and General Motors Global Research and Development Center have developed a new electrode material for Li-ion batteries that leverages the strong covalent interactions that occur between silicon, sulfur, defects and nitrogen. —Hassan et al. DE-AC02-05CH11231, subcontract no.

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Other silicon anode projects supported by the DOE includes those being done by Amprius, Angstrom Materials and NC State University. Consequently, the market may be poised for the entrance of a first wave of higher-energy density—and lower-cost—automotive Si-C cells in the 2014 or 2015 timeframe. (As Click to enlarge.

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Researchers at Vanderbilt University have demonstrated that ultrafine sizes (∼4.5 nm, average) of iron pyrite (FeS 2 ) nanoparticles are advantageous to sustain reversible conversion reactions in sodium ion and lithium ion batteries. A paper on their work is published in the journal ACS Nano. Cohn, and Cary L.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Embedded metal oxide compounds for Li-ion cathode material. million) as part of the “Lithium Ion Battery LIB 2015” alliance for innovation. The BMBF initiative LIB 2015, with a total sponsorship volume of €60 million (US$81.4 Source: BASF. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Professor John Goodenough, the inventor of the lithium-ion battery, and his team at the University of Texas at Austin have identified a new cathode material made of the nontoxic and inexpensive mineral eldfellite (NaFe(SO 4 ) 2 ), presenting a significant advancement in the quest for a commercially viable sodium-ion battery.

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A team of researchers at MIT and Tsinghua University has developed a high-rate, high-capacity and long-lived anode for Li-ion batteries comprising a yolk-shell nanocomposite of aluminum core (30 nm in diameter) and TiO 2 shell (~3 nm in thickness), with a tunable interspace (Al@TiO 2 , or ATO). —Li et al.

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JUNE 21, 2015

Researchers at Zhejiang University (China) have developed a multi-functional binder with cation-conductive polymer and polysulfide absorbents that improves the discharge capacity and rate cycleability of Li-sulfur batteries. The Li–S battery showed very low capacity degradation rate of 0.08% per cycle at 1C rate.

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A team led by researchers from the University of Alberta (Canada) Scientists has developed a hybrid sodium-ion capacitor (NIC) using active materials in both the anode and the cathode derived entirely from peanut shells—a green and highly economical waste globally generated at more than 6 million tons per year. Scanned from 1.5–4.2

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Researchers at the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL), a leading international research center for neutron science and technology, and their colleagues have elucidated the structure and dynamics of the solid superionic conductor Li 4 C 60 using neutron scattering. Their paper is published in the journal Physical Review B. Source: ILL.

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Researchers at Rice University, with colleagues at Wayne State University, report the development of a new class of quasi-solid-state Li-ion battery electrolytes which have the structural stability of a solid and the wettability of a liquid. Credit: ACS, Kalaga et al. Click to enlarge. 5b07636.

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Vattenfall and the BMW Group have signed a contract for the delivery of up to 1,000 lithium-ion batteries this year. In 2015, Bosch, BMW and Vattenfall launched the Second Life Batteries alliance and interconnected used batteries from electric vehicles to form a large-scale energy storage system in Hamburg. Earlier post.).

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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have developed a novel nano-silicon paper electrode material for high capacity lithium-ion batteries. The researchers’ future work involves implementing the silicon nanofibers into a pouch cell format lithium-ion battery.

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Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), with colleagues from the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), Qatar University and major battery manufacturer LG Chem have developed a technique for the delicately controlled prelithiation of SiO x anodes for high-performance Li-ion batteries.

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billion) to establish a network of 1 million charging points by 2015 and the building of a €625 million (US$910 million) lithium-ion battery plant at a plant owned by Renault with a public contribution of €125 million (US$182 million) toward the total. Compulsory charge points in parking for office buildings by 2015.

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Researchers from Tsinghua University have developed what they call a “promising strategy” to tackle the intrinsic problems of lithium metal anodes for Lithium sulfur batteries—dendritic and mossy metal depositing on the anode during repeated cycles leading to serious safety concerns and low Coulombic efficiency.

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As part of the $125 million awarded to 41 projects under its 2015 OPEN funding ( earlier post ), ARPA-E has selected two projects developing manufacturing techniques for ceramic electrolytes for solid-state EV batteries for awards of a combined $6.6 million will go to a consortium led by the University of Michigan, and $3.1

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million in the 2015 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 2 Awards. American Lithium Energy Corporation. High Loading Lithium-Ion Electrode Architecture for Low Cost Electric Vehicle Batteries Ballast Energy, Inc. Earlier post.) 148,393.82. 149,999.70.

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Past awards have gone to: 2015: Dr. Bryan McCloskey, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, for Li-O 2 battery work. Earlier post.). Among her other research areas, Dr. Wood analyzed how the microstructure of electrodes influences the efficiency of batteries. Earlier post.).

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A team from the University of Waterloo in Canada and BASF has devised a successful new strategy to stabilize cathode in Li-S batteries, thereby significantly improving performance and cycle life. Linda Nazar at the University of Waterloo, showed a capacity of 1,300 ? —Liang et al. —Linda Nazar. Resources. Garsuch, T.

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