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• UK Researchers Developing Rechargeable Lithium-Air Battery; Up to 10X the Capacity of Current Li-ion Cells
  
  Oxygen drawn from the air reacts within the porous carbon to release the electrical charge in this lithium-air battery. Researchers in the UK are developing a rechargeable lithium-air battery that could deliver a ten-fold increase in energy capacity compared to that of currently available lithium-ion cells. Tags: Batteries
  Green Car Congress - Monday, May 18, 2009
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• IBM Almaden Lab Exploring Lithium-Air Batteries for Next-Generation Energy Storage
  
  General schematic of a lithium-air battery. The company would license any intellectual property that may result from this research rather than manufacturing battery cells. Lithium-ion rechargeable (secondary) batteries are based on a pair of intercalation electrodes. Properties of metals used in metal air batteries.
  Green Car Congress - Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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• Broad-Based Challenges in Battery Implementation
  
  in 1970 to develop long-lived primary batteries to fuel pacemakers. The company has since expanded to develop and produce numerous implantable medical devices, and has expanded to provide technology solutions for critical industrial applications, including customized battery power and wireless sensing systems. Tags: Batteries
  Green Car Congress - Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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• Fraunhofer ICT Working on New Redox Flow Batteries with Improved Capacity for EV Applications
  
  Working principle of a redox flow battery. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT in Pfinztal near Karlsruhe are developing improved redox flow batteries for automotive applications in an attempt to address storage capacity and charging time limitations of current Li-ion battery solutions for electric vehicles.
  Green Car Congress - Thursday, October 15, 2009
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• AIST Developing New Lithium-Air Battery; Lithium Fuel Cell
  
  By comparison, conventional Li-ion batteries offer 120-150 mAh g -1 (active material + conduction assisting carbon + binder), and conventional lithium-air cells offer 700-3,000 mAh g -1. Only lithium ions pass through the solid electrolyte, and the battery reactions proceed smoothly.  . Tags: Batteries Source: AIST. Li + + e -.
  Green Car Congress - Monday, July 27, 2009
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• Researchers Develop Solid-State, Rechargeable Lithium-Air Battery; Potential to Exceed 1,000 Wh/kg
  
  Sample UDRI solid-state, rechargeable lithium-air batteries, and Dr. Engineers at the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) have developed a solid-state, rechargeable lithium-air battery. The theoretical specific energy of the Li-air cell is 13,000 Wh/kg—the highest of any metal-air battery system. Binod Kumar. mA/cm 2.
  Green Car Congress - Saturday, November 21, 2009
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• Celgard Seeks DOE Grant for Expansion of Electric Drive Vehicle Battery Separator Capacity
  
  and a leading global supplier of microporous separators used in primary and secondary (rechargeable) lithium-ion batteries, recently submitted an application for grant funding under the US Department of Energy (DOE) Electric Drive Vehicle (EDV) Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative (DE-FOA-0000026). Tags: Batteries
  Green Car Congress - Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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• MIT Team Uses Genetically Engineered Viruses to Build Cathode Material for Li-ion Battery
  
  MIT researchers have developed a strategy for using genetically engineered multifunctional viruses as scaffolds for the synthesis and assembly of cathode materials for high-power lithium-ion batteries. The team found that incorporating carbon nanotubes increases the cathode’s conductivity without adding too much weight to the battery.
  Green Car Congress - Friday, April 3, 2009
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• Near-Term Prospects for Automotive Li-ion Batteries: 21% of Hybrid and EV Market by 2011
  
  Representative battery pack size is below each segment. In the near-term (2011), lithium-ion batteries could grow to represent about 21% of the hybrid and EV advanced battery market, according to Dr. Referring to the PHEV/EV market, Anderman said: Lithium-ion is the preferred battery for a problematic market. Data: Dr.
  Green Car Congress - Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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• Better Place Demonstrates Battery Switch Technology
  
  Demo vehicle moving into position for battery switch. Better Place officially opened the Yokohama, Japan EV exhibit with the public debut of its automated battery switch system, designed to make long distance travel by EV convenient for customers. Better Place selected the Nissan Dualis to demonstrate the battery switch technology.
  Green Car Congress - Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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