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AIST team developing Li-air capacitor-battery targeted for EVs

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

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PNNL team uncovers reaction mechanisms of Li-air batteries; how batteries blow bubbles

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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.

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Drawing a Li-air cathode with a pencil

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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. Energy Environ.

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MIT team synthesizes all carbon nanofiber electrodes for high-energy rechargeable Li-air batteries

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Li-air (or Li-O 2 ) batteries are receiving a great deal of attention and funding as a high-density energy storage solution, especially for electric vehicle applications. ” He added that this research “ demonstrates a very unique approach to preparing high-capacity electrodes for lithium-air batteries.

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Researchers show feasibility of lithium-metal-free anode for Li-air battery; addressing one of three main barriers to Li-air battery development

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The elimination of the lithium metal anode addresses one of the major issues affecting the development of the lithium-air battery: the safety hazard of the anode. “ The elimination of the lithium metal anode addresses one of the major issues affecting the development of the lithium-air battery: the safety hazard of the anode. “

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MIT, Toyota team clarifies role of iodide in Li-air batteries

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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 largely by disproportionation of LiO 2 , and at low potentials (~2.2

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BASF expanding catalyst and battery R&D site in Ohio with $25M investment; new cathode materials research

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In addition to developing advanced materials for lithium-ion batteries, BASF is also researching future battery concepts such as lithium-sulfur and lithium-air. BASF has also taken a stake in Sion.) ( Earlier post.). —Peter Pfab, BASF Vice President, Catalysis Research.

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