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Study suggests lithium and cobalt for batteries may face supply risks by 2050

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The researchers present these results in the journal Nature Reviews Materials as part of a cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries. … Estimated number of devices and related energy demand for 2016–2050. Estimated number of devices and related energy demand for 2016–2050. —HIU system analyst Dr. Marcel Weil.

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OSU smart membrane could enable new category of high-energy, high-power energy storage for EVs

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Comparison of commercially available electric vehicles driving range to recharge time (min) (for a full recharge), abbreviated as MPM (and for use akin to MPG). Herya and Sundaresan (2016). Travis Herya and Sundaresan (2016). —Herya and Sundaresan (2016). plugin EVs to Tesla’s 85 kWh battery pack). Click to enlarge.

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China’s New Breeder Reactors May Produce More Than Just Watts

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Fast breeder reactors date back more than half a century, when the global nuclear community thought there wouldn’t be enough uranium fuel available for the nuclear-power industry. Liquid sodium is used as a coolant because it does not slow down neutrons as much as water does. Natural uranium is composed of only 0.7

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Swiss researchers devise simple procedure to enhance performance of conventional Li-ion batteries without changing chemistries

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Graphite is the most advanced commercially available anode material, due mainly to its relatively high energy density, good reversibility, non-toxicity, safety and low cost. And it has the additional bonus of being transferable to other anode-cathode batteries such as those based on sodium. All we did was optimise the anode structure.

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CMU study concludes lithium market fluctuations unlikely to impact Li-ion battery prices significantly

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Lithium ion battery powered electric vehicles are a reality, and with this comes much public and academic speculation concerning the importance of lithium availability and market price. Similarly, larger fluctuations in the global lithium price (from $0 to $25/kg from a baseline of $7.50 2016.04.073.

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Top 5 Electric Vehicle Start-Ups in India

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Gadkari also stated that 100 % lithium-ion batteries, which are a critical component in electric vehicles, will be manufactured in India, while the government also conducts research on other readily available materials for batteries such as aluminium ion, sodium ion, steel ion, and zinc ion. Tork Motors.

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Researchers synthesize new Li-S cathode based on “carbon compartments”

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The team then used ultrasonic irradiation to facilitate the reaction between dilute hydrochloric acid (HCl) solution and an aqueous sulfur precursor of sodium thiosulfate (Na 2 S 2 O 3 ) in the presence of CCs to yield a composite of CC particles with pure nano-size sulfur (CCs/S composite) and a water soluble by-product of sodium chloride (NaCl).

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