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Tohoku, UCLA team advance 4V-class metal-free organic Lithium-ion batteries; croconic acid cathode

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APRIL 18, 2022

A joint research team from Tohoku University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has made a significant advance towards high-voltage metal-free lithium-ion batteries by using a small organic molecule: croconic acid. Most reported organic batteries to date, however, possess a relatively low (1-3V) working voltage.

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New organic cathode for high performance solid-state sodium-ion battery

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APRIL 22, 2019

Solid-state sodium-ion batteries are safer than conventional lithium-ion batteries, which pose a risk of fire and explosions, but their performance has been too weak to offset the safety advantages. Researchers at the University of Houston have now developed an organic cathode that improves both stability and energy density.

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Sodium Houston Batteries Battery

JenaBatteries and BASF cooperate in the development of electrolyte for redox flow battery

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

JenaBatteries GmbH and BASF are cooperating in the production of an electrolyte for a battery technology that is particularly suitable for stationary storage of electricity from renewable energy sources and for stabilizing conventional transmission grids. RFBs store electrical energy in chemical compounds. Background.

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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JANUARY 11, 2014

Researchers at Harvard have demonstrated a metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery—a quinone–bromide flow battery (QBFB)—as an example of a class of energy storage materials that exploits the favorable chemical and electrochemical properties of a family of molecules known as quinones. Background.

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Lamborghini licenses MIT’s Cobalt-free organic battery tech for EVs – ET Auto

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JANUARY 21, 2024

The new battery also has comparable storage capacity and can be charged up faster than cobalt batteries. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ), including one of Indian-origin, have designed a new battery material that could offer a more sustainable, cobalt-free way to power electric cars.

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USC team develops novel organic redox flow battery for large-scale energy storage

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JUNE 27, 2014

Scientists at USC have developed a novel water-based Organic Redox Flow Battery (ORBAT) for lower cost, long lasting large-scale energy storage. ORBAT employs two different water-soluble organic redox couples on the positive and negative side of a flow battery. —Yang et al. V is possible.

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Toyota, UH researchers improve performance of high-energy magnesium-ion batteries

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DECEMBER 22, 2018

Researchers from the University of Houston and the Toyota Research Institute of America have discovered a promising new version of high-energy magnesium batteries, with potential applications ranging from electric vehicles to battery storage for renewable energy systems. —Dong et al. Dong et al.

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Organically synthesized porous carbon shows “exceptional” potential as Li-ion anode material

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JUNE 26, 2018

A international team of researchers, led by Lancaster University in the UK and Jilin University in China, reports the first organically synthesized sp?sp ion batteries (LIBs) with high capacity, excellent rate capability, long cycle life and potential for improved safety performance. D Organically Synthesized Porous Carbon.”

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NTT DATA and DENSO building industry-wide dataspace for EV batteries

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

NTT DATA Corporation and DENSO Corporation have started to build an industry-wide ecosystem for electric vehicle (EV) batteries to create a global trusted dataspaces where only necessary data can be shared, while also protecting private data. The two companies were officially approved as business operators in September 2022.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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JANUARY 18, 2023

In a region known for long, dark winter nights, Polar Night Energy is building a system in the city of Tampere that can heat buildings with stored solar energy — all day, all night, and all winter long. To meet this challenge, many governments and organizations are investing in new technology to help lessen the use of fossil fuels.

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UH, Toyota researchers develop new cathode and electrolyte for high-power Mg battery rivaling Li-ion

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Magnesium batteries have long been considered a potentially safer and less expensive alternative to lithium-ion batteries, but previous versions have been severely limited in the power they delivered. The combination affords a Mg battery that delivers a specific power of up to 30.4?kW?kg —Dong et al.

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Albertsons makes first US commercial 100% electric refrigerated grocery delivery with a Class 8 truck; Volvo Trucks and AEM

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MAY 29, 2021

The VNR Electric models from Volvo Trucks North America are the first zero-tailpipe emission, battery-electric Class 8 trucks to be deployed in Albertsons Cos. company-wide fleet, and will be serving Albertsons, Vons, and Pavilions stores in Southern California. Albertsons Cos. Albertsons Cos.

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What is energy storage?

Setec Powerr

MAY 17, 2024

Energy storage systems – like battery storage – are ideal candidates for providing this flexibility. Energy storage systems can store surplus energy and dispatch flexible capacity to support the electrical grid during peaks of energy demand, such as when temperatures are high, or when intense weather events and power outages occur.

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Researchers achieve highest specific capacitance of 638 F g-1 using covalent triazine-based framework on nanostructured spherical carbon

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JULY 20, 2023

This study shows that covalently immobilizing triazine-based structures on spherical carbon nanostructures results in the organization of micro- and mesopores in a three-dimensional manner. … However, current supercapacitors can only store a low amount of energy, which limits their range of potential applications. Breczko, J.,

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HIU researchers develop extremely high energy density lithium-metal cell with good stability

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AUGUST 21, 2021

Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), founded by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in cooperation with the University of Ulm, have developed a new lithium-metal battery that offers extremely high energy density of 560 Wh/kg—based on the total weight of the active materials—with remarkably good stability.

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VinFast delivers first VF 8 City Edition vehicles to US customers

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MARCH 2, 2023

VinFast delivered the first 45 VF 8 City Edition all-electric SUVs to US customers at its 9 stores across California, signaling the company’s official entry into the North American market. The City Edition vehicles will continue be delivered to customers at VinFast’s stores or through a home-delivery service in the following days.

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Volvo partnership will recycle EV batteries into energy storage

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

As the world transitions to sustainable transportation through electric vehicles (EVs), some are considering ways to reduce EV battery waste. One such company includes Volvo, which has announced a partnership to recycle old EV batteries into new energy storage systems. This represents a key opportunity for OEMs like Volvo Group.

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What is a solid-state battery?

EV Central

DECEMBER 5, 2022

It’s a battery with no runny stuff inside. This tech will lead to better EV batteries, for reasons we’ll get to in a moment. Solid-state batteries being developed for automotive applications use lithium-based chemistries, just like the batteries in EVs you can buy today. READ MORE: Do EV batteries wear out?

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RPI researchers develop new aqueous Li-ion battery that improves safety without sacrificing performance

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

As the lithium-ion batteries that currently power most phones, laptops, and electric vehicles become increasingly fast-charging and high-performing, they also grow increasingly expensive and flammable. Moreover, the battery could be cycled at high rates; increasing the charge/discharge rate by an order of magnitude (0.5C–5C)

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Unifor visible unionizing Ford, GM battery subject material crops in Quebec

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

Unifor has arrange store within the rising Quebec battery hub of Bécancour, getting an early get started on organizing a line of battery fabrics crops scheduled to begin opening their doorways in 2025.

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Unifor perceptible unionizing Ford, GM JV battery subject matter crops in Quebec

Baua Electric

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Unifor has arrange store within the rising Canada battery hub of Bécancour, getting an early get started on organizing a line of battery fabrics crops scheduled to begin opening their doorways in 2025.

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USABC awards $1.08M Li-ion battery recycling project to Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, has awarded $1.08 million to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts for Phase II of a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery recycling contract.

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Toshiba doubles anode capacity in next-generation Li-ion battery; titanium niobium oxide; application in FY 2019

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Toshiba Corporation announced the development of its next-generation SCiB (Super Charge ion Battery), which uses a new material to double the capacity of the battery anode. The new battery offers high-energy density and the ultra-rapid recharging required for automotive applications.

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Li-ion 2019 Lithium Ion Batteries

U Waterloo team shows four-electron conversion for Li-O2 batteries for high energy density; inorganic molten salt electrolyte, high temperature

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AUGUST 26, 2018

Chemists from the University of Waterloo have successfully resolved two of the most challenging issues surrounding lithium-oxygen batteries, and in the process created a working battery with near 100% coulombic efficiency. However, long-standing issues with the battery’s chemistry and stability have kept them in the realm of academia.

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Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R) completed in Japan; aiming for low-cost green hydrogen production; P2G

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MARCH 8, 2020

Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS), Tohoku Electric Power Co., It has the capacity to produce, store, and supply up to 1,200 Nm 3 of hydrogen per hour (rated power operation).

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Low Cost Hydrogen Power Grid Japan

MOF-based cathode for Li-S battery shows long cycle life, high performance

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JUNE 4, 2014

Researchers from Peking University and Beijing Institue of Technology have designed a Li-sulfur battery cathode based on sulfur and a metal-organic framework (MOF) host. Metal-organic frameworks as a class are highly porous and well-defined crystalline materials, and a good prospect for such a host, the researchers posited.

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ViriCiti and Fraunhofer report on prolonging battery life of electric buses and trucks

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MAY 7, 2018

The Fraunhofer institute for Transportation and Infrastructure IVI, expert in the field of lithium-ion batteries, and real-time electric vehicle data specialist ViriCiti have been collaborating to prolong battery life and lower total cost of ownership of electric buses and trucks.

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Honda to invest $40B over 10 years in electrification and software; launching 30 EV models by 2030; > 2M units p.a.

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APRIL 12, 2022

To this end, Honda believes that a multifaceted and multidimensional approach is needed, not a mere replacing of engines with batteries. In the past, Honda divided its organization by products, namely motorcycle, automobile and power products. Honda notes that the key challenge in the EV era is the global procurement of batteries.

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Honda North America Automobile Connect

Stanford team develops sodium-ion battery with performance equivalent to Li-ion, but at much lower cost

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Stanford researchers have developed a sodium-ion battery (SIB) that can store the same amount of energy as a state-of-the-art lithium ion, at substantially lower cost. Crucial to the idea of lowering the cost of battery materials, myo-inositol is an abundant organic compound familiar to industry. —Lee et al.

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Sodium Li-ion Batteries Battery

ORNL solid-state 5V Li-ion battery shows cycle life of 10,000, 90% capacity retention

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OCTOBER 20, 2014

Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a solid-state high-voltage (5 V) lithium battery with an extremely long cycle life of more than 10,000 cycles, with 90% capacity retention. ORNL solid-state Li-ion battery. The energy stored in a battery of a given size is proportional to its voltage.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries Battery

Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem

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APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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New cathode design and understanding of electrolyte delivers greater efficiency in magnesium-ion batteries

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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. The battery demonstrates the reversible intercalation of 1 and 1.7 That altogether lowers the battery’s efficiency. —Hyun Deog Yoo, first author.

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New lithium polysulfide flow battery for large-scale energy storage

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APRIL 25, 2013

Stanford / SLAC’s new lithium-polysulfide flow battery design compared to conventional “redox” flow batteries. The new flow battery uses only one tank and pump and uses a simple coating instead of an expensive membrane to separate the anode and cathode. Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC). Click to enlarge. 1 and 190 Wh L ?1

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Goodenough perspective on Li-ion batteries; in transportation, PHEVs for the near-term, longer term requires new electrochemical strategies

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JANUARY 21, 2013

John Goodenough at the University of Texas at Austin and colleague Kyu-Sung Park have written a perspective paper on Li-ion batteries (LIBs), published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. This shift of emphasis leads inevitably to the electrolyte, catalysts, and organic multiple-electron redox centers.

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Li-ion PHEV Transportation Batteries

Huge Tesla Megapack project breaks ground in Queensland

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Construction has begun on a 250MW/500MWh Tesla Megapack project in Swanbank, Queensland, as part of a partnership on the Swanbank Clean Energy Hub between the company Yurika and public utility organization CleanCo, as detailed in a press release on Monday.

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Berkeley Lab team designs active polyelectrolyte binder that allows for a doubling in capacity of conventional Li-sulfur battery

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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. —Li et al.

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SolarCity introduces energy storage for businesses; Tesla battery technology

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DECEMBER 6, 2013

Developed with battery technology from Tesla Motors, SolarCity DemandLogic storage includes learning software that automates the discharge of stored energy to optimize utility charge savings for customers. Elon Musk is the Chairman of Solar City, and Chairman and CEO of Tesla Motors.

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Rechargeable membrane-less hydrogen bromine flow battery shows high power density

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AUGUST 16, 2013

MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable, membrane-less hydrogen bromine laminar flow battery with high power density. For applications that require the storage of large quantities of energy economically and efficiently, flow batteries have received renewed attention. One such permutation is the hydrogen bromine flow battery.

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Vattenfall, BMW and Bosch test second-life EV battery electricity storage in Hamburg for grid stabilization

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Vattenfall, BMW and Bosch are testing the use of second-life EV batteries in a 2 MW, 2,800 kWh energy storage system in Hamburg, Germany, to keep the electricity grid stable. The electricity storage facility comprises 2,600 battery modules from more than 100 electric vehicles.

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Researchers synthesize battery cathode from lignin derivatives

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MARCH 23, 2012

Grzegorz Milczarek from Poznan University of Technology (Poland), and Olle Inganäs from Linköping University (Sweden), have combined lignin derivatives, which are electronic insulators, with polypyrole, a conductive polymer, into an interpenetrating composite suitable for use as a battery cathode.

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DENSO and Nagoya University jointly develop in-vehicle battery-based energy management system for house and car; field testing begins

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Global automotive supplier DENSO and Nagoya University have developed an in-vehicle battery-based energy management system (EMS) which uses forecasting models of household electricity demand and vehicle use to reduce electricity costs. Electric (Battery) Plug-ins Smart charging V2X' Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MIT-led team devises new approach to designing solid ion conductors; implications for high-energy solid-state batteries

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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.

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CSIRO, GHD Advisory report calls for more focus on refueling infrastructure for hydrogen-powered transport in Australia

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AUGUST 21, 2023

While battery electric vehicles will drive decarbonization of road transport in Australia, there are opportunities for hydrogen-powered vehicles to play a significant role with long-haul travel and freight transport, the report says. of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, if the country is to meet its net zero commitments.

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Australia Hydrogen Transportation Power

Market launch of Mercedes-Benz GLC F-Cell fuel cell plug-in hybrid

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

kWh/100 km) features both fuel cells and a battery drive which can be charged externally using plug-in technology. Alongside various national and regional ministries as well as the National Organization Hydrogen (NOW) and H 2 Mobility, the first customers in the German market also include Deutsche Bahn, the German railways.

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Mercedes Plug-in Plug Market

Tohoku, UCLA team advance 4V-class metal-free organic Lithium-ion batteries; croconic acid cathode

New organic cathode for high performance solid-state sodium-ion battery

JenaBatteries and BASF cooperate in the development of electrolyte for redox flow battery

Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

Lamborghini licenses MIT’s Cobalt-free organic battery tech for EVs – ET Auto

USC team develops novel organic redox flow battery for large-scale energy storage

Toyota, UH researchers improve performance of high-energy magnesium-ion batteries

Organically synthesized porous carbon shows “exceptional” potential as Li-ion anode material

NTT DATA and DENSO building industry-wide dataspace for EV batteries

Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

UH, Toyota researchers develop new cathode and electrolyte for high-power Mg battery rivaling Li-ion

Albertsons makes first US commercial 100% electric refrigerated grocery delivery with a Class 8 truck; Volvo Trucks and AEM

What is energy storage?

Researchers achieve highest specific capacitance of 638 F g-1 using covalent triazine-based framework on nanostructured spherical carbon

HIU researchers develop extremely high energy density lithium-metal cell with good stability

VinFast delivers first VF 8 City Edition vehicles to US customers

Volvo partnership will recycle EV batteries into energy storage

What is a solid-state battery?

RPI researchers develop new aqueous Li-ion battery that improves safety without sacrificing performance

Unifor visible unionizing Ford, GM battery subject material crops in Quebec

Unifor perceptible unionizing Ford, GM JV battery subject matter crops in Quebec

USABC awards $1.08M Li-ion battery recycling project to Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Toshiba doubles anode capacity in next-generation Li-ion battery; titanium niobium oxide; application in FY 2019

U Waterloo team shows four-electron conversion for Li-O2 batteries for high energy density; inorganic molten salt electrolyte, high temperature

Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R) completed in Japan; aiming for low-cost green hydrogen production; P2G

MOF-based cathode for Li-S battery shows long cycle life, high performance

ViriCiti and Fraunhofer report on prolonging battery life of electric buses and trucks

Honda to invest $40B over 10 years in electrification and software; launching 30 EV models by 2030; > 2M units p.a.

Stanford team develops sodium-ion battery with performance equivalent to Li-ion, but at much lower cost

ORNL solid-state 5V Li-ion battery shows cycle life of 10,000, 90% capacity retention

Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem

New cathode design and understanding of electrolyte delivers greater efficiency in magnesium-ion batteries

New lithium polysulfide flow battery for large-scale energy storage

Goodenough perspective on Li-ion batteries; in transportation, PHEVs for the near-term, longer term requires new electrochemical strategies

Huge Tesla Megapack project breaks ground in Queensland

Berkeley Lab team designs active polyelectrolyte binder that allows for a doubling in capacity of conventional Li-sulfur battery

SolarCity introduces energy storage for businesses; Tesla battery technology

Rechargeable membrane-less hydrogen bromine flow battery shows high power density

Vattenfall, BMW and Bosch test second-life EV battery electricity storage in Hamburg for grid stabilization

Researchers synthesize battery cathode from lignin derivatives

DENSO and Nagoya University jointly develop in-vehicle battery-based energy management system for house and car; field testing begins

MIT-led team devises new approach to designing solid ion conductors; implications for high-energy solid-state batteries

CSIRO, GHD Advisory report calls for more focus on refueling infrastructure for hydrogen-powered transport in Australia

Market launch of Mercedes-Benz GLC F-Cell fuel cell plug-in hybrid

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