Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2019

University College London and University of Illinois at Chicago researchers report a new, scalable method for making a material that can reversibly store magnesium ions at high-voltage. One factor limiting lithium-ion batteries is the anode. —Professor Jordi Cabana (University of Illinois at Chicago).

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JULY 20, 2011

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has entered into a licensing agreement with Xerion Advanced Battery Corp under which Xerion has the exclusive right to bring the University’s patented StructurePore electrode technology to the market. Earlier post.). Xerion Advanced Battery Corp. Huigang Zhang, Xindi Yu & Paul V. 2011.38.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2022

The finalists are: George Washington University – Team Ellexco: “Chemical-Free Extraction of Lithium from Brines”. Rice University – Team LiSED: “Lithium Selective ElectroDialysis”. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – Team SelectPureLi: “A Redox Membrane for LiOH Extraction”.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2021

Retriev has processed more than 30 million pounds of lithium batteries over the last 25 years. Retriev’s patented process utilizes a hydrometallurgical process which recovers critical materials necessary for the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries. The Retriev facility in Canada is R2 and ISO certified.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

A firefighter from the Illinois Fire Service Institute demonstrates occupant extraction best practices for EVs by cutting interior structural components of a GMC HUMMER EV Pickup. First responders are being taught to look out for orange-colored wiring that indicates high voltage.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2021

Novel Organosulfur-Based Electrolytes for Safe Operation of High Voltage Lithium-ion Batteries Over a Wide Operating Temperature. Fluorinated Ester Local High Concentration Electrolytes For Operation of Lithium-ion Batteries Under Extreme Conditions. University of Illinois at Chicago. SUNY University @ Stony Brook.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2013

million to develop a solid-state Lithium-ion battery that requires less protective packaging, which reduces cost and overall vehicle weight to improve driving range. Advanced Aqueous Lithium-Ion Batteries. For example, Solid Power located in Louisville, CO will receive approximately $3.5 Lead organization. Description.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2022

ORNL has partnered with six universities on FaCT including The Pennsylvania State University; the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Texas A&M University; the University of California, Santa Barbara; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and Georgia State University.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2020

m 3 /h) from the Lanxess South Plant, which is equivalent to an annual production of between 100-150 tonnes per year of lithium carbonate. LiSTR selectively extracts lithium ions from raw brine (no pre-concentration). Data from these tests will be released when available.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2017

Researchers at the University of Illinois, Xerion Advanced Battery Corporation and Nanjing University in China have developed a method for electroplating lithium-ion battery cathodes, yielding high-quality, high-performance battery materials that could also enable flexible and solid-state batteries. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

This acquisition enabled Navitas to keep intact all of the scientists and engineers necessary to develop and commercialize Nanophosphate lithium-ion battery chemistry and other advanced battery technologies being developed for military and government applications.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Area of Interest (AOI) 01a: Lithium Ion Batteries using Silicon-based Anodes-Research. Rational Electrolyte Design for Li-ion Batteries with Micro-Sized Silicon Anodes. AOI 01b: Lithium Ion Batteries using Silicon-based Anodes-Research, Development, and Validation. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2018

Dendritic growth of lithium (Li) on lithium metal anodes has hobbled the practical application of Li-metal batteries, despite their theoretical benefits such as high capacity and low redox potential. This delayed Li transfer eliminates the “tip effect” leading to a more homogeneous Li nucleation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

EnerDel’s 2nd generation Mobile Hybrid Power System (MHPS) offers up to a 70% reduction in diesel fuel consumption compared to stand-alone generators, and has been tested by the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Center (USACE-ERDC) in Champaign, Illinois. Ideal Power Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2018

—Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Engineering and lead author. Lithium-oxygen batteries have been tantalizing to battery researchers for years because of their potential high energy density.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2014

Researchers at the University of Maryland, with colleagues at the University of Illinois at Chicago, report on a new method for expanding graphite for use as a superior anode for sodium-ion batteries in a paper in Nature Communications. to enlarge the interlayer lattice distance to accomodate the larger sodium ions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2011

and the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign has developed a double-layered silicon-germanium nanotube array as an anode material for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries. this system is that it requires high- power-rate properties, due to the inherently low electron conductivity and ion diffusivity of silicon.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2011

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a self-assembling three-dimensional nanostructure for battery cathodes (Li-ion and NiMH) that allows for faster charging and discharging without sacrificing energy storage capacity. (a) Cross-sectional SEM image of an MnO 2 cathode. (b) Zhang et al.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Conventional lithium-ion cells “typically” have less energy available than they are charged with when used the first few times. Natrion is based in Binghamton, New York, and has operations in Champaign, Illinois. The cell with the LISIC279 separator also displayed a high initial coulombic efficiency.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 9, 2022

EV drivers in parts of the country where charging is more expensive (like Alabama, Illinois, and Nevada) can save as much as $7,500 in lifetime fuel costs or as little as $2,300. There are two primary types of hybrid vehicle batteries: nickel-metal hydride batteries and lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-Ion Batteries.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2014

High speed precision printing and UV curing for ceramic separators This project will develop the next generation of safer Lithium Ion PEV batteries by combining high speed precision printing and UV curing to instantly fixture ceramics on separator film. University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. Miltec UV International, LLC.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

This project will develop and demonstrate low cost flexible aerosol manufacturing technology for the production of high performance lithium-ion battery cathodes with long cycle life. This project will develop an integrated flame spray process for low cost production of battery materials for lithium ion batteries and beyond.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Areas of particular interest include: Post-lithium ion batteries (including all-solid, air cathode, high-power aqueous, flow-based, lithium metal protection, and non-Li based systems). Professor Joaquin Rodriguez Lopez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

The Maya 300 is powered by Electrovaya’s Lithium Ion SuperPolymer battery, which uses ExxonMobil Chemical’s separator film. million) grant from the government of Ontario to develop its patented Lithium Ion Superpolymer battery technology. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). The AltCar Maya 300. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2010

As has been noted many times, silicon is a promising candidate for electrodes in lithium ion batteries due to its large theoretical energy density of about 4,200 mAhg -1 —10x higher than graphite (372 mAhg -1 )—and relatively low working potential (~0.5 Cycle performances of the silicon nanowire arrays at a rate of 0.05 V vs Li/Li + ).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Demonstrate plug‐in electric vehicles through local showcases in key markets throughout major metropolitan areas in seven Midwest states: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Illinois Institute of Technology. American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest. Drive Oregon. 993,450. .

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2009

The National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries (NAATBatt) ( earlier post ) has selected a site in Hardin County, Kentucky to build a more than $600-million automotive lithium-ion battery plant. Kentucky was selected over Texas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2009

Texas will be competing against seven other states—Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina—for the battery project, which could bring more than 2,500 jobs over five years and attract battery-related suppliers to the state. “.There

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Their energy density is as little as 10 percent that of lithium-ion batteries. To shrink them enough to fit in electric vehicles, you need to raise their energy density to that of lithium-ion batteries. In comparison, lithium-ion batteries cost around $138/kWh.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2013

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated a high-power and high-energy density microbattery constructed from interdigitated three-dimensional (3D) bicontinuous nanoporous electrodes. The lithium-ion microbatteries show power densities up to 7.4 Source: Pikul et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2016

In a conventional lithium-ion battery, the cathode material is a lithium transition metal oxide, with the content of the lithium and the transition metal, such as nickel or cobalt, balanced, as described above. That limited choice constrains battery design; further, their availability is limited. It’s not scalable.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2010

An LG Chem lithium-ion battery cell, as used in the 2011. The 360V, liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery pack, which one GM representative referred to as the “fifth passenger”, is bolted to the underside of the vehicle floor from underneath. A Chicago Fire Department firefighter using a hydraulic. Chevrolet Volt.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2016

And because such batteries could be installed and operated just like conventional solid lithium-ion batteries, without any of the auxiliary components needed for a lithium-air battery, they could be easily adapted to existing installations or conventional battery pack designs for cars, electronics, or grid-scale power storage.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

According to Ford , a driver can roll this beast into a garage mounted with the $1310 80-amp Ford Charge Station Pro, where its AC pins can deliver a full overnight charge at 19 kW output to the truck’s 98 kWh (131 kWh if you have the extended extra-big-range) lithium-ion battery.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 23, 2008

A coalition of 14 companies this week announced the creation of a new business alliance aimed at promoting domestic production of lithium ion batteries. Fourteen companies join to promote domestic production of lithium ion batteries for autos. See the LA Times article: U.S. Battery Makers Work to Power Up.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Deploy and evaluate an 8 MW utility-scale lithium-ion battery technology to improve grid performance and aid in the integration of wind generation into the electric supply. Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project. 24,978,264. 53,510,209. Beacon Power 20MW Flywheel Frequency Regulation Plant. 24,063,978. 48,127,957. 12,392,120.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Illinois Department of Transportation on behalf of seven transit agencies, Illinois: $4,030,000. Battery Powered Zero Emission Circulator Buses: Innovative Quick Opportunity Charge, Lithium-Ion Titanate Battery Powered Community Bus program. Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois: $1,500,000.

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