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OCTOBER 10, 2016

Because of the abundance of sulfur on the Earth, the high theoretical specific capacity (1675 mAh g -1 ) of sulfur cathode, and the high theoretical gravimetric as well as volumetric energy density (2567 Wh kg -1 and 2800 Wh L -1 , respectively) of the battery, lithium-sulfur battery is attracting more and more attention.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

UK-based Lithium-sulfur battery company OXIS Energy ( earlier post ) reported developing a Lithium-sulfur cell achieving in excess of 300 Wh/kg. The OXIS scientific team expects to achieve a goal of an energy density in excess of 400 Wh/kg by the end of 2016 and in excess of 500Wh/kg by the end of 2018.

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JUNE 8, 2016

Li-sulfur battery developer OXIS Energy UK ( earlier post ) and Lithium Balance of Denmark are partnering to build a prototype Lithium-sulfur battery system primarily for the e-scooter market in China. The timescale for this second phase is the fourth quarter of 2016. —Lars Barkler,Lithium Balance CEO.

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DECEMBER 27, 2011

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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JUNE 24, 2016

As described in a paper published in the ACS journal Nano Letters , the new nanocomposite serves as a mechanically robust and mixed conductive (ionic and electronic conductive) sulfur electrode for all-solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries (ASSLSBs). —Han et al. —Han et al. 6b01754.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a novel electrode for lithium-sulfur batteries that improves cyclic stability and rate capability significantly. In a paper published in the ACS journal Nano Letters , they report using polypyrrole-MnO 2 coaxial nanotubes to encapsulate sulfur. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 23, 2016

The researchers said that their work, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), represents a significant breakthrough to enable high performance lithium batteries. Using lithium metal in organic liquid electrolyte systems faces many challenges in terms of battery performance and safety. La 3 Zr 2 Al 0.2

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MARCH 31, 2016

Lithium-sulfur batteries—comprising a sulfur cathode and Li metal anode—are widely seen as a very promising next-generation electric energy storage system due to their very high theoretical specific energy (2550 Wh kg −1 ) and energy density (2862 Wh L −1 ). Background. Ji-Guang (Jason) Zhang, study leader.

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JUNE 18, 2014

The technologies covered in the report include Lithium sulfur (LiS); Magnesium-ion (Mg-ion); solid electrolyte; next-generation flow batteries; and metal-air batteries. In a new report , Navigant Research forecasts that the market for next-generation advanced batteries (i.e., billion in 2023.

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JULY 21, 2014

CALEB Technology and California Lithium Battery ( CalBattery )—both based in California— signed an MOU to establish a joint venture to produce a new line of safe, high performance lithium ion batteries for consumer electronic devices, power tools, and electric vehicles (EVs).

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DECEMBER 2, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: Saab 9-3 production resumes, the 2014 Lexus CT 200h hybrid is priced, and the Audi Q1 compact crossover is confirmed for a 2016 debut. Lithium-sulfur.' All this and more on Green Car Reports. Two recent Tesla Model S fires have highlighted the danger of road debris.

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APRIL 5, 2017

Ford is exploring a variety of “beyond Li-ion” solutions, including Lithium-sulfur, Lithium-air and solid-state lithium-ion batteries. In November 2016, Ford was awarded a patent on a solid-state battery design ( US 20160329594 A1 ) with Anandan and his colleague Andrew Drews as the inventors.

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MAY 25, 2016

Lithium-sulfur batteries are considered as highly promising candidate applied for EVs due to their high specific energy. These issues are related to the limited conductivity of the MLD coating; the nanostructure of the carbon host; and the components of carbonate based solvents. Future work is aimed at addressing these issues.

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JULY 12, 2017

The award is from the FY 2017 Vehicle Technologies Program-Wide Funding Opportunity (DE-FOA-0001629) issued in December 2016. Design, engineer, develop, and integrate pouch-format cells for lithium-sulfur batteries to achieve high energy density and long cycle life. Earlier post.) Organization. Description. Cornell University.

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JULY 21, 2017

Announced in 2016, the Battery500 consortium, led by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), intends to build a battery pack with a specific energy of 500 Wh/kg, compared to the 170-200 Wh/kg per kilogram in today’s typical EV battery. Earlier post.) University of Pittsburgh. Cornell University.

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DECEMBER 24, 2016

Moreover, the issues of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery, including formation of soluble long-chain polysulfides, which easily diffuse out of the cathode scaffold and cause shuttle reaction, insulator nature of sulfur material, and huge volume change (76%) during charge and discharge, become much more serious in high-loading Li-S battery.

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JULY 2, 2015

The market launch of the new smart fortwo and forfour is fully under way right now; electric variants will follow in 2016. In 2009, with the S 400 Hybrid, Mercedes-Benz was the first manufacturer worldwide to bring a series production vehicle with a lithium-ion battery to market. in the same measure.

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AUGUST 11, 2016

Lithium-sulfur batteries are extremely attractive as a next-generation energy storage solution due to their high theoretical energy density (2600 W·h·kg −1 ), environmental friendliness, and low cost due to the earth-abundant resource of elemental sulfur—also a byproduct from the petroleum industry. Credit: ACS et al.

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OCTOBER 19, 2016

Lithium-sulfur and lithium air batteries have the potential to store 10 times more energy in the same space as the current state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries. However, the Li-metal electrodes in these next-generation batteries are especially prone to forming dendrites. Wood, Eric Kazyak, Alexander F. 6b00260.

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MAY 16, 2016

Weina Deng, Aiping Hu, Xiaohua Chen, Shiying Zhang, Qunli Tang, Zheng Liu, Binbin Fan, Kuikui Xiao (2016) “Sulfur-impregnated 3D hierarchical porous nitrogen-doped aligned carbon nanotubes as high-performance cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries,” , Volume 322, Pages 138-146 doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.05.024.

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APRIL 28, 2016

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are of great interest as next-generation energy storage solutions, especially for electric vehicles, due to their high energy density, low production cost and environmental friendliness. a) Schematic illustration of a new configured lithiated silicon-sulfur battery onto 3D graphene networks.

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JANUARY 12, 2012

BASF has invested $50 million to acquire an equity ownership position in privately held Sion Power, the leading developer of rechargeable lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. BASF had previously announced its intention to invest a three-digit million euro sum in researching, developing and producing advanced battery materials through 2016.

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APRIL 8, 2017

Nichols, Dongwook Shin, (2017) “High performance all-solid-state lithium-sulfur battery using a Li 2 S-VGCF nanocomposite,” Electrochimica Acta , Volume 230, Pages 279-284 doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.01.155. Shin et al. 2017); Hanyang University in Korea (e.g., Park et al. 2017.01.155. 2017.01.005. 6b03870.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Pol (2016) “Towards Next Generation Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Non-Conventional Carbon Compartments/Sulfur Electrodes and Multi-Scale Analysis” J. Dysart, Juan C. Burgos, Aashutosh Mistry, Chien-Fan Chen, Zhixiao Liu, Chulgi Nathan Hong, Perla B. Balbuena, Partha P. Mukherjee, and Vilas G. Electrochem.

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