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JULY 27, 2009

Long-term discharge curve of the newly developed lithium-air cell. Researchers at Japan’s AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) are developing a lithium-air cell with a new structure (a set of three different electrolytes) to avoid degradation and performance problems of conventional lithium-air cells.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2009

Sample UDRI solid-state, rechargeable lithium-air batteries, and Dr. Binod Kumar. Engineers at the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) have developed a solid-state, rechargeable lithium-air battery. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Binod Kumar, leader of UDRI’s electrochemical power group.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

BASF will acquire the electrolytes business for high-performance batteries from chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck. Merck has more than 10 years experience in the production of electrolytes for Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors. The companies have agreed not to disclose financial details of the transaction.

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MARCH 8, 2013

Schematic illustration of the aqueous rechargeable lithium battery (ARLB) using the coated lithium metal as anode, LiMn 2 O 4 as cathode and 0.5 mol l -1 Li 2 SO 4 aqueous solution as electrolyte. Combining with the coated lithium metal as anode, LiMn 2 O 4 as cathode and 0.5 Wang et al. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

PolyPlus Battery Company a privately-held company focused on the development of the first rechargeable Li metal battery with a ionically conductive glass separator, has entered into the first stage of a joint development agreement with SK Innovation Co. Korea’s first and largest energy and chemical company.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Lithium-air (or lithium-oxygen) batteries potentially could offer three times the gravimetric energy of current Li-ion batteries (3500 Wh/kg at the cell level); as such, they are looked to a potential solution for long-range EVs. V), where Li 2 O 2 is formed directly through electrochemical steps.

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JULY 29, 2021

Awardees across 12 projects will focus on developing next-generation lithium batteries with improved lifespan, safety, and affordability; improving the performance and durability of electrolytes that carry ions within batteries; and increasing the power density of electric drive systems. Total award amount: $1 million).

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APRIL 27, 2017

Lithium-air batteries are looked to by many as a very high-energy density next-generation energy storage solution for electric vehicles. One reaction that hasn’t been fully explained is how oxygen blows bubbles inside a lithium-air battery when it discharges. —Luo et al.

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APRIL 3, 2014

one of the industry leaders in the development and manufacture of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, are entering exclusive negotiations to form a joint venture for cathode active materials (CAM) based in Japan. BASF is also researching future battery technologies such as lithium-sulfur and lithium-air.

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JUNE 15, 2012

A team from Hanyang University (Korea) and University of Rome Sapienza (Italy) have demonstrated a lithium–air battery capable of operating over many cycles with capacity and rate values as high as 5,000 mAh g carbon ?1 1 and 3 A g carbon ?1 1 , respectively. Nature Chemistry doi: 10.1038/nchem.1376 1376 10.1038/nchem.1376.

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JUNE 24, 2009

General schematic of a lithium-air battery. The team plans to explore rechargeable Lithium-Air systems, which could offer 10 times the energy capacity of lithium-ion systems. The company would license any intellectual property that may result from this research rather than manufacturing battery cells.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Voltage profiles (A) and initial cycling behavior (B) of the Li x Si-O 2 -C cell. Although the resulting battery has lower voltage and capacity than a conventional Li-air battery, it offers enhanced safety and an energy density higher than Li-ion batteries. oxygen battery.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Researchers at startup Liox Power, a California-based company developing rechargeable Li-air batteries, have demonstrated for the first time the operation of a lithium-air battery with a Li anode in a straight-chain alkyl amide electrolyte solvent (N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA)/lithium nitrate (LiNO 3 )).

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JULY 25, 2016

An international team from MIT, Argonne National Laboratory and Peking University has demonstrated a lab-scale proof-of-concept of a new type of cathode for Li-air batteries that could overcome the current drawbacks to the technology, including a high potential gap (>1.2 V) V versus Li/Li +. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 16, 2014

Researchers at Mie University in Japan have developed a new protected lithium electrode for aqueous lithium/air rechargeable batteries. Lead researcher Nobuyuki Imanishi said that the system has a practical energy density of more than 300 Wh/kg, about twice that of many commercial lithium-ion batteries.

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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. A Li-air battery, with its air cathode, is a low-cost system, Anandan said. None of the technologies are ready right now.

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MARCH 12, 2012

In an open access paper published in the International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials , researchers from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences review significant developments and remaining challenges of practical Li–air batteries and the current understanding of their chemistry.

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MARCH 26, 2013

A new study by a team at MIT led by Dr. Yang Shao-Horn and Dr. Carl Thompson sheds more light on the morphological evolution of Li 2 O 2 particles in Lithium-air batteries. Lithium-air (Li?O In previous studies, it has been demonstrated that the first discharge in Li?O —Mitchell et al.

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MAY 1, 2017

Lithium-air (Li-O 2 ) batteries are among the nost energy-dense electrochemical platforms for mobile energy storage, and are thus considered promising for electrified transportation. the formation of a stable interphase with lithium, protecting the metal while promoting ion transport. —Choudhury et al.

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

Andrews in Scotland report in a paper in the journal Nature Materials that titanium carbide (TiC) may represent a viable, stable cathode for rechargeable lithium-air batteries. Li-air batteries are receiving intense interest because of their extremely high theoretical specific energy.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2011

A team from Japan’s AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) reports on the development of a “lithium–air capacitor–battery based on a hybrid electrolyte” in a paper in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). —Wang et al. Energy Environ.

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APRIL 17, 2012

Li-ion technology and cost directions through 2030. These developments could take the energy density of lithium-ion cells close to 300 Wh/kg. The Committee on Climate Change commissioned energy consultancy Element Energy , Li-ion manufacturer Axeon, and Prof. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

A study led by researchers from Argonne National Laboratory reinforced that electrolyte solvent stability plays a key role in the performance of Lithium-air batteries, and that making advances in new electrolytes will be a key factor in reducing the large overpotential and improving reversibility of Li-air batteries.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Synthesis step of the metal nanoparticle/M13 virus-templated manganese oxide nanowires (bio MO nanowires) and the operational reaction inside Li-O 2 battery cells. The increase in surface area produced by this method can provide a big advantage in lithium-air batteries’ rate of charging and discharging. error bars.

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MAY 24, 2013

A team including researchers from Hanyang University (South Korea) and University of Rome Sapienza (Italy) have shown that operating temperature plays an important role in the performance of Lithium-air batteries. 10 to 70 °C. Earlier post.] —Park et al.

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JULY 27, 2014

are proposing a new sealed rechargeable battery system operating on a redox reaction between an oxide (O 2- ) and a peroxide (O 2 2- ) in the cathode. As described in a paper in the Nature open access journal Scientific Reports , the proposed battery system would have a theoretical specific energy of 2,570?Wh and Li 2 O 2 (or O 2 2? ).

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

Carbon is seen as an attractive potential cathode material for aprotic (non-aqueous) Lithium-air batteries, which are themselves of great interest for applications such as in electric vehicles because of the cells’ high theoretical specific energy. For their study, they cycled carbon cathodes in Li?O —Thotiyl et al.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

The companies also today signed a binding agreement to commence collaborative research on lithium-air batteries. This agreement marks the second phase of collaborative research into next-generation lithium-ion battery cells that commenced in March 2012. Li-air battery. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 31, 2014

A multinational team including researchers from the BMW Group have optimized an ionic liquid electrolyte for Li-air batteries, which resulted in a stable electrode-electrolyte interface and a highly reversible charge-discharge cycling behavior in a test Li-air coin cell.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

Although lithium metal is a promising anode material for Li-ion rechargeable batteries due to its theoretical high capacity (3,860?mAh It is obvious that Li–S and Li–air batteries have the potential to considerably improve the driving ranges of EVs. 1 —i.e., ~10x 10x that of the 372?mAh

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AUGUST 10, 2011

Discharge–charge performance of lithium-oxygen batteries with (a) GNSs, (b) BP-2000, and (c) Vulcan XC-72 cathodes at a current density of 75 mA g -1. mAh g -1 —the highest capacity of any carbon-based materials in lithium-oxygen batteries reported so far, according to the team. —Li et al.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2017

In a new study published in the journal Nano Energy, researchers from Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) provide in-depth insight into the electrochemically induced surface reaction processes on iron anodes in concentrated alkaline electrolyte in iron-air batteries.

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MARCH 11, 2011

Scientists at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan have made an electrode for a lithium-air battery using a pencil. Haoshen Zhou and Yonggang Wang designed a battery in which the lithium is encapsulated by an organic electrolyte topped with a ceramic protection layer.

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MARCH 24, 2015

According to the report, Winterkorn said that the technology’s potential to boost the range of battery-powered vehicles is compelling and tests are progressing. The All-Electron Battery stores energy by moving electrons, rather than ions, and uses electron/hole redox instead of capacitive polarization of a double-layer.

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MARCH 7, 2018

Lithium-metal batteries are among the most promising candidates for high-density energy storage technology, but uncontrolled lithium dendrite growth, which results in poor recharging capability and safety hazards, currently is hindering their commercial potential. —Hanqing Jiang.

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OCTOBER 26, 2015

Gasteiger, Chair of Technical Electrochemistry, Technische Universität München; and Dr. Jens-Peter Suchsland, SolviCore GmbH, delve into the technological barriers for all-electric vehicles—battery-electric or PEM fuel cell vehicles. kWh name-plate /kg battery-system are not yet on the horizon. wind and solar).

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MAY 8, 2012

Much further out (Horizon 3) are efforts on Lithium-air batteries and other potential chemistries. One-third of the cost of an electric vehicle is the battery itself. We are focused on developing technologies that provide higher performance while reducing battery cell cost, and ultimately the cost of EVs.

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