Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2017

Researchers have achieved a significant boost in the storage capacity of magnesium-ion batteries through a new design for the cathode and a new understanding of the electrolyte. Magnesium ion is known to be hard to insert into a host. More than that, magnesium ions produced in that way move extremely slowly in the host.

Li-ion 210

Li-ion Design Batteries Battery 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2018

A team of researchers led by scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have designed an active polyelectrolyte binder (PEB) that actively regulates key ion transport processes within a lithium-sulfur battery, and have also shown how it functions on a molecular level. Rate of C/5.

Lithium Sulfur 199

Lithium Sulfur Polymer Design Li-ion 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2018

Researchers led by a team from MIT, with colleagues from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), BMW Group, and Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a fundamentally new approach to alter ion mobility and stability against oxidation of lithium ion conductors—a key component of rechargeable batteries—using lattice dynamics.

MIT 170

MIT Lithium Ion Li-ion Design 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2011

Flow diagram of the battery system, defined by the functional unit of 50 MJ stored and delivered to the powertrain. They compiled a transparent life cycle inventory (LCI) in a component-wise manner for nickel metal hydride (NiMH), nickel cobalt manganese lithium-ion (NCM), and iron phosphate lithium-ion (LFP) batteries.

Nickel Metal Hydride 334

Nickel Metal Hydride NiMH PHEV Li-ion 334

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. This article, by researchers at PARC and the University of Washington, is one possible answer.

Hydrogen 105

Hydrogen Green Molten Salt China 105

Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 10, 2021

Currently, India is importing 100% of lithium-ion batteries from China, Europe, the US and Japan. There are two types of batteries widely used in India at present is the lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries. Last year, it announced that it will boost the energy density of the EV batteries it supplies to Tesla by 20% in the next 5 years.

India 105

India Manufacturer Electric Vehicles Lithium Ion 105

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2011

The Ragone plots of graphene surface-enabled Li ion-exchanging cells with different electrode thicknesses. This approach obviates the need for lithium intercalation or deintercalation—the basic process used in Li-ion batteries. Credit: ACS, Jang et al. Click to enlarge. —Jang et al.

Li-ion 218

Li-ion Energy Storage Lithium Ion Power 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2015

Measurements also indicate that these new materials could yield a cathode that is extremely energy-efficient. However, transition metal fluorides, which contain the element fluorine plus one or more of the transition metals, such as iron and copper, have much higher ion-storage capacities than traditional cathodes.

Li-ion 150

Li-ion Batteries Battery Conversion 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2016

The scientists used this advanced technique, described in an open-access paper in Nature Communications , to observe the discharge of a lithium-ion battery cell containing nanoparticles of magnetite—an inexpensive, nontoxic, high-conducting, high-energy-storage material. Spinel transition metal oxides—e.g.,

Li-ion 150

Li-ion Lithium Ion Conversion Pennsylvania 150

Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In this article let us look at some of the trends that are being caught in the EV industry now and for the years to come. The solid-state battery, which promises to provide higher energy density, quicker charging, and increased safety, is anticipated to make significant progress towards mass production in 2024. With the delivery of 10.5

Li-ion 75

Li-ion Lithium Ion Grid Charging 75

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2015

After debuting the first solar air battery—a photo-assisted charging Li-O 2 battery—last fall ( earlier post ), researchers at The Ohio State University led by Professor Yiying Wu have now developed a new system combining a solar cell and a battery into a single device. —Yu et al.

Solar 150

Solar Li-ion Batteries Battery 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimates that the current power grid could handle many tens of millions of cars plugging in at off-peak hours before wed have any capacity issues [See EPRI article PDF ]. When plugged in, hybrids with advanced controllers can announce their identity, location and storage capacity to the grid.

PHEV 37

PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI 37