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AIST researchers synthesize new class of high-voltage, high-capacity cathode materials for Li-ion batteries

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Since the commercialization of Li-ion batteries by Sony in 1991, lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO 2 ) has been extensively studied as a positive electrode material in rechargeable lithium batteries. Kazuki Chiba, Noboru Taguchi, Masahiro Shikano, Hikari Sakaebe (2016) “Na x Li 0.7−x V, which is higher than that of the O2-type compound.

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Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

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They gradually lose capacity with each discharge and recharge cycle, and they can be fire hazards. The startup Kyoto Group , based in the Netherlands, is targeting this industrial use of heat with their thermal storage system, which stores energy in the form of molten salt. But the space is still young.

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Sadoway and MIT team demonstrate calcium-metal-based liquid metal battery

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MIT professor Donald Sadoway and his team have demonstrated a long-cycle-life calcium-metal-based liquid-metal rechargeable battery for grid-scale energy storage, overcoming the problems that have precluded the use of the element: its high melting temperature, high reactivity and unfavorably high solubility in molten salts.