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OM Group to Acquire Advanced Battery Manufacturer EaglePicher Technologies for $171.9M

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has signed a definitive agreement to purchase EaglePicher Technologies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of EaglePicher Corporation, for $171.9 million to develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. OM Group, Inc., Earlier post.).

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Swiss researchers devise simple procedure to enhance performance of conventional Li-ion batteries without changing chemistries

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Graphite is the most advanced commercially available anode material, due mainly to its relatively high energy density, good reversibility, non-toxicity, safety and low cost. But performance will definitely be enhanced, perhaps by as much as 30 – 50%—further experiments should yield more accurate prognoses.

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