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New aqueous rechargeable lithium battery shows good safety, high reliability, high energy density and low cost; another post Li-ion alternative

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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 The safety and reliability is greatly improved when compared with conventional lithium ion batteries. Lower cost of production, using well-known materials. Wang et al.

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What’s Happening in EV Battery Technology

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Up next: LFPs and solid-state batteries Already powering most of the EVs made in China, lithium iron phosphate batteries , or LFPs, are making their way onto US, European, and other markets in select models from Tesla, Toyota, Ford, and Hyundai. The post What’s Happening in EV Battery Technology appeared first on Driivz.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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This project will develop and optimize a novel, engineered microorganism that produces a biodiesel-equivalent fuel from renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide, at costs of less than $2.50 Li-Air Battery : Development Of Ultra-high Specific Energy Rechargeable Lithium/Air Batteries Based On Protected Lithium Metal Electrodes.

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NRC report concludes US LDVs could cut oil consumption and GHGs by 80% by 2050; reliance on plug-ins, biofuels and hydrogen; strong policies mandatory

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The committee supports consistent R&D to advance technology development and to reduce the costs of alternative fuels and vehicles. BEVs and PHEVs are likely to use lithium-ion batteries for the foreseeable future. PHEVs offer substantial amounts of electric-only driving while avoiding the range and recharge-time limitations of BEVs.

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DOE awards $54M to 13 projects for transformational manufacturing technologies and materials; top two awards go to carbon fiber materials and electrodes for next-gen batteries

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The top two awards, one of $9 million to a project led by Dow Chemical, and one of $8.999 million to a project led by PolyPlus, will fund projects tackling, respectively, the manufacturing of low-cost carbon fibers and the manufacturing of electrodes for ultra-high-energy-density lithium-sulfur, lithium-seawater and lithium-air batteries.