Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

Sodium-ion batteries have long been touted as a possible successor to the lithium-ion kind—they may have lower energy density, but they rely on more abundant sodium rather than lithium, perform better in cold temperatures, and above all, tend to be cheaper. The model’s sodium battery version has a smaller battery pack (21.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2023

Tests conducted by Titirici Group , a multidisciplinary research team based at Imperial College London, have found that a novel carbon nanotube electrode material derived from CO 2 —produced by Estonian nanotech company UP Catalyst ( earlier post )—enhances the cyclability of sodium-ion batteries.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

The world’s largest EV maker, BYD , broke ground on its first sodium-ion battery plant this week. Last June, the unit created its own joint venture with Huaihai Holding Group to expand into sodium-ion batteries. The company aims to be the world’s largest supplier of sodium battery systems. BYD is investing $1.4

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2023

Russia-based Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, presented its eleventh review of the nickel and platinum group metals (PGM) markets based on the fundamental analysis of world economic and industry data. Platinum Group Metals (PGM).

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Green Car Congress

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. His research group focuses on green and sustainable organic materials for energy generation and storage. —Yan Yao.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JANUARY 24, 2024

The first mass-produced electric vehicle (EV) using a sodium-ion battery has been introduced by JAC Motors. While lithium-ion batteries are more developed and have a higher density than sodium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries are cheaper, dependable, and have better cold-weather performance. Why Sodium-ion Batteries?

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2022

Blackstone Technology GmbH may begin commercialization of 3D-printed solid-state sodium-ion batteries as early as 2025. Furthermore, the upscaling of sodium-based solid-state electrolytes on a ton scale is being developed in order to be able to produce them in the Blackstone Group from 2025.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2021

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a nanometric graphite-like anode for sodium ion (Na + storage), formed by stacked graphene sheets functionalized only on one side, termed Janus graphene. The estimated sodium storage up to C 6.9 Na is comparable to graphite for standard lithium ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

—Christel Bories, Eramet group Chair and CEO. Purification of the lithium, then reaction with sodium carbonate to convert it to lithium carbonate. Since the early phases of the project in 2019, the teams have remained highly committed, preserving the assets and maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders. Background.

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Plug In India

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In India, OLA Electric and Tata group have plans to make cells at a large scale. Video: EV Guru: Sodium-Ion Batteries are Coming Sooner Than You think! The mining industry cannot keep up with the demand, so the alternative is to manufacture batteries based on sodium chemistry. Sodium is bigger and heavier than lithium cell.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2021

Johnson Matthey (JM) is partnering with Finnish Minerals Group to support development of its previously announced second eLNO cathode materials ( earlier post ) commercial plant, which will be in Finland, powered solely by renewable energy and incorporating an innovative effluent treatment solution.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded $3 million from its 2015 OPEN funding to a project to develop an all-solid-state sodium battery. A sodium-based battery, on the other hand, has the potential to store larger amounts of electrical energy at a significantly lower cost. Led by Steve W.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

Chemists at the University of Waterloo have identified the key reaction that takes place in sodium-air batteries. Understanding how sodium-oxygen batteries work has implications for developing the more powerful lithium-oxygen battery, which has been proposed by some as the “holy grail” of electrochemical energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

F 0.7 , for sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries (NIBs). by tailoring the polyanion group of the crystal and expanding the redox range to V3.8+/V5+ —can function as an excellent cathode for rechargeable sodium-ion batteries with a high energy density. Ragone plot for the new Na 1.5 cathode and other cathode materials for NIBs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2013

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) report in a paper in the ACS journal Nano Letters on high-capacity, high-rate sodium-ion (Na-ion) energy storage in functionalized high-surface-area nanocellular carbon foams (NCCF). Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e., Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2014

EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, (EPT), an OM Group, Inc. EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, (EPT), an OM Group, Inc. Overview of the original EPT/PNNL project on planar sodium batteries. The original ARPA-E effort, “ Planar Na-Beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications ,”—which received a $7.2-million

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

Phillips 66 is increasing its focus on lower-carbon initiatives across the company, including the creation of an Emerging Energy group early this year and ongoing research in its Energy Research and Innovation organization. A memorandum of understanding with Southwest Airlines to commercialize sustainable aviation fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2012

Produced water from coal-bed natural gas (CBNG) production may contain sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO 3 ) at concentrations that can harm aquatic life, according to a new study by the US Geological Survey; Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; the Bureau of Land Management and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Farag, A.M., and Harper, D.D.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Tin (Sn) shows promise as a robust electrode material for rechargeable sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries, according to a new study by a team from the University of Pittsburgh and Sandia National Laboratory. reversible and rapid ion insertion and extraction, but using sodium ions rather than lithium. for the positive electrode.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The new 3D-crosslinked binder (LiCMC-TA) is synthesized using the partially lithiated Carboxymethyl Cellulose Sodium (LiCMC) as a skeleton structure and Tannic Acid (TA) as cross-linker via multiple hydrogen bonding interactions. Lithium-ions are quickly transferred via partially lithiated groups of LiCMC-TA binder.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Schematic of a sodium-nickel chloride cell with planar design. A planar (flat) sodium-nickel chloride battery could deliver 30% more power at lower temperatures than the typical cylindrical design, according to researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2023

Luca de Meo, CEO of Renault Group, will also lead the executive team of Ampere, its electric vehicles and software subsidiary. Luca de Meo will retain his current responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer of Renault Group. Explore current and upcoming battery technologies from sodium-ion to solid-state.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Mercom Capital Group, LLC, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the global Battery Storage, Smart Grid, and Energy Efficiency sectors for the third quarter (Q3) and first nine months (9M) of 2020. billion compared to $1.2

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2023

Exceptionally high selectivity for lithium over other ions present in the brine (including sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and boron), meeting specifications for subsequent direct production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide monohydrate, without the need to first produce lithium carbonate. m3 per day.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In order to ensure product quality, our materials come from Australian mines where the group holds shares or signed underwriting agreements. —Wang Bin, general manager of the Ma Hong factory. produced during the production process. In 2019 alone, the company provided 540,000 tons of by-products to the cement industry.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2022

SK Group is among South Korea’s largest energy providers and the second-largest conglomerate. The Natrium technology has a 345MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten molten salt integrated energy storage system that will provide clean, flexible energy and stability for the grid. The fundraise was co-led by SK Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2023

Solvay is investing at its Livorno, Italy site to launch the company’s first unit of circular highly dispersible silica (HDS) made with bio-based sodium silicate derived from rice husk ash (RHA). The Group is also investigating projects on circular HDS in Asia and South America. Rice husk is an abundantly available agricultural waste.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2022

Credit: Zane Grady/The Randall Group. This unique microstructure provides both the ionic and electronic pathways necessary to drive the redox reaction in the electrode in a solid-state battery. This resulted in a highly conductive ceramic solid electrolyte without the use of any additional conductive salts.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2020

Brazilian researchers have demonstrated a new chemical approach for producing biodiesel from domestic cooking oil waste by using lithium hydroxide mixed with either sodium hydroxides or potassium hydroxides as catalysts. Before, in practice, these were just restricted to sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 3, 2023

In addition, the mass production of sodium-ion batteries has already caused an impact on the lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide industries, Wang said. Farasis Energy installed 0.19 GWh of power batteries in China in February, ranking No. 9 with a 0.88

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Researchers of the Thin Film Technology (TFT) Group headed by Professor Wilhelm Schabel and Dr. Philip Scharfer have been conducting research in this area for years now. Now, the group has combined coating and drying in a simultaneous concept. A big cost reduction potential thus lies in process engineering.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

Nina Fujikawa/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) There are many reactive species in seawater that can interfere with the water-to-hydrogen reaction, and the sodium chloride that makes seawater salty is one of the main culprits. A representation of the team’s bipolar membrane system that converts seawater into hydrogen gas.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

It is one of the most promising anodes for lithium-ion (LIB) and sodium-ion (NIB) batteries due to its high theoretical capacity 3590 mAh/g for Li 15 Si 4 and 954 mAh/g for NaSi. For sodium (Na), the slow kinetics and the ionic radius restrict the sodiation of c-Si. —Loaiza et al. 2019.02.030.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2021

Alkaline water electrolysis systems electrolyze water using an alkaline electrolyte such as potassium hydroxide (KOH) or sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Hyundai Motor Group, the parent of Hyundai Motor and Kia, has recently introduced HTWO, a new brand representing the Group’s hydrogen fuel cell system.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2009

OM Group, Inc., million to develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Scaminace, OM Group chairman and CEO. OM Group, Inc. Earlier post.). The transaction will be funded by OMG’s existing cash and credit facility.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2012

CEEC Jena will focus on three types of batteries: organic radical batteries, redox flow batteries and high-temperature batteries (such as sodium-sulfur batteries), with applications for the latter two targeted at energy storage from renewable generation.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2014

Photo: Maksym Kovalenko Group / ETH Zürich) Click to enlarge. Initial studies revealed that antimony could be suitable for both rechargeable lithium- and sodium-ion batteries because it is able to store both kinds of ions. TEM image (false colored) of monodisperse antimony nanocrystals. —Maksym Kovalenko.

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