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DECEMBER 21, 2009

Argonne National Laboratory, which has contributed heavily to the research and development of Li-ion battery technology, is now pursuing research into Lithium-air batteries. Li-air batteries use a catalytic air cathode that converts oxygen to lithium peroxide; an electrolyte; and a lithium anode.

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MAY 18, 2009

Diagram of the STAIR (St Andrews Air) cell. Oxygen drawn from the air reacts within the porous carbon to release the electrical charge in this lithium-air battery. Lithium-air batteries use a catalytic air cathode in combination with an electrolyte and a lithium anode. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 24, 2009

General schematic of a lithium-air battery. The team plans to explore rechargeable Lithium-Air systems, which could offer 10 times the energy capacity of lithium-ion systems. Original lithium-air batteries—aqueous batteries, or with an aqueous electrolyte/air interface—were primary cells—i.e.,

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APRIL 17, 2023

Higher EV penetration reduces GHG emissions from fuel use regardless of the transportation energy transition, while those from fuel production are more sensitive to energy-sector decarbonization and could reach nearly “net zero” by 2040. —Zhang et al. (a) a) Annual demand and recycling potential with or without a second use. (a)

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APRIL 27, 2017

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. The paper is published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

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JULY 27, 2015

Processes for sustainable energy production must be environmentally benign, reduce greenhouse gas production, and utilize renewable resources. Advanced systems such as lithium-air, sodium-ion, as well as lithium-ion electrochemical energy storage are appropriate. Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Energy.

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JUNE 15, 2012

A team from Hanyang University (Korea) and University of Rome Sapienza (Italy) have demonstrated a lithium–air battery capable of operating over many cycles with capacity and rate values as high as 5,000 mAh g carbon ?1 1 and 3 A g carbon ?1 1 , respectively. Nature Chemistry doi: 10.1038/nchem.1376 1376 10.1038/nchem.1376.

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APRIL 7, 2013

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a grants opportunity notice ( PD-14-7644 ) for up to about $13 million in awards to fundamental research and education that will enable innovative processes for the sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels. The duration of unsolicited awards is typically three years.

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MARCH 16, 2014

Researchers at Mie University in Japan have developed a new protected lithium electrode for aqueous lithium/air rechargeable batteries. Lead researcher Nobuyuki Imanishi said that the system has a practical energy density of more than 300 Wh/kg, about twice that of many commercial lithium-ion batteries.

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MARCH 26, 2021

The new application was found somewhat serendipitously, after it had initially been developed a few years ago by MIT professor Yang Shao-Horn, Johnson, and others, in a collaborative venture aimed at lithium-air battery development. There’s still really nothing that allows a good rechargeable lithium-air battery.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

SK has built an efficient battery production infrastructure through continuous investment and partnerships with major global automakers. Laboratory cells validate predictions—continuous monolithic glass prevents dendrites and promotes efficient cycling of lithium metal. Other terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

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JULY 25, 2011

In earlier lithium-air battery research that Shao-Horn and her students reported last year, they demonstrated that carbon particles could be used to make efficient electrodes for lithium-air batteries. Source: Mitchell et al. Click to enlarge. A team at MIT, led by Carl V. ” Resources. Mitchell, Betar M.

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

A study led by researchers from Argonne National Laboratory reinforced that electrolyte solvent stability plays a key role in the performance of Lithium-air batteries, and that making advances in new electrolytes will be a key factor in reducing the large overpotential and improving reversibility of Li-air batteries.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Researchers at startup Liox Power, a California-based company developing rechargeable Li-air batteries, have demonstrated for the first time the operation of a lithium-air battery with a Li anode in a straight-chain alkyl amide electrolyte solvent (N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA)/lithium nitrate (LiNO 3 )).

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The goal of the Energy for Sustainability program is to support fundamental engineering research that will enable innovative processes for the sustainable production of electricity and fuels, and for energy storage. Advanced systems such as lithium-air, sodium-ion, as well as lithium-ion electrochemical energy storage are appropriate.

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MARCH 24, 2015

Quantumscape several days ago posted 11 job openings, seeking a manager or director of battery manufacturing operations; a process engineering manager to lead a team in the development of a new energy storage technology from initial process concept through demonstration of stable production; and R&D technicians, battery engineers and scientists.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Although lithium-air batteries—with high theoretical specific energies of up to ? These side reactions deplete the electrolyte during cycling and limit the reversibility of Li-air batteries. V and discharge voltages of about 2.5–3.0 V; and low power densities. Earlier post ). Physical Review B. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.205446.

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MARCH 26, 2013

A new study by a team at MIT led by Dr. Yang Shao-Horn and Dr. Carl Thompson sheds more light on the morphological evolution of Li 2 O 2 particles in Lithium-air batteries. Lithium-air (Li?O O 2 cells containing a relatively stable electrolyte (e.g.,

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APRIL 17, 2012

The report— Cost and performance of EV batteries —describes the current state of development and cost of batteries, before mapping the future cost and performance of lithium-ion batteries out to 2030. The cost benefits brought by high production volume of battery packs are highly dependent on the uptake of EVs.

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JULY 7, 2011

BASF says it will invest a “three-digit million euro” sum over the next five years in the research, development and production of advanced traction battery materials. Part of the investment is going to the construction of a new cathode materials plant in Elyria, Ohio. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 15, 2017

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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AUGUST 26, 2018

The new work, published in Science , shows that four-electron conversion for lithium-oxygen electrochemistry is highly reversible. The Waterloo team is the first to achieve four-electron conversion, which doubles the electron storage of lithium-oxygen, also known as lithium-air, batteries. —Xia et al.

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MAY 24, 2013

A team including researchers from Hanyang University (South Korea) and University of Rome Sapienza (Italy) have shown that operating temperature plays an important role in the performance of Lithium-air batteries. 10 to 70 °C. All of the cycles were run under a fixed capacity regime of 1000 mAh g ?

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JANUARY 19, 2016

Lithium-air batteries form lithium peroxide (Li 2 O 2 )—a solid precipitate that clogs the pores of the electrode and degrades cell performance—as part of the charge−discharge reaction process. This remains a core challenge that needs to be overcome for the viable commercialization of Li-air technology.

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APRIL 3, 2014

one of the industry leaders in the development and manufacture of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, are entering exclusive negotiations to form a joint venture for cathode active materials (CAM) based in Japan. These materials are used in lithium-ion batteries for the automotive, consumer electronics and stationary storage markets.

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

Andrews in Scotland report in a paper in the journal Nature Materials that titanium carbide (TiC) may represent a viable, stable cathode for rechargeable lithium-air batteries. Li-air batteries are receiving intense interest because of their extremely high theoretical specific energy.

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MARCH 12, 2012

In an open access paper published in the International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials , researchers from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences review significant developments and remaining challenges of practical Li–air batteries and the current understanding of their chemistry. —Zhang et al.

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JULY 25, 2016

The alarmingly large η charging indicates severe kinetic bottlenecks in gas-evolving solid products (for example, Li 2 O and Li 2 O 2 ) being dynamically dismantled during charging. Overall, the new battery system is “ very scalable, cheap, and much safer ” than lithium-air batteries, Li says. —Zhu et al.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Advances in connectivity and automation have the potential to improve transportation system-level energy efficiency, energy productivity, and affordability. Advanced liquid electrolytes for lithium-ion cells under extreme conditions, such as extreme fast charging, and mechanical, thermal, or electrical abuse.

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MAY 8, 2012

The coated NMC and graphite materials are current products—what DEM calls Horizon 1, said Dr. Alan Nelson, DEM R&D Director. For Horizon 2 products, DEM is working on layered-layered NMC cathode materials as well as silicon-based anodes. Earlier post.). Next-generation.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The increase in surface area produced by this method can provide a big advantage in lithium-air batteries’ rate of charging and discharging. Belcher emphasizes that this is early-stage research, and much more work is needed to produce a lithium-air battery that’s viable for commercial production. —Oh et al.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

Non-aqueous Li-air batteries are one of the promising systems being explored for “beyond Li-ion” energy storage solutions for electric vehicles (EVs) because of their extremely high theoretical energy density. They also developed an idea of applying a graphene-like thin film on a ceramic state electrolyte in a lithium-air battery.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Over the next five years, BASF will invest a three-digit million euro sum in researching, developing and the production of battery materials. Effective 1 January 2012, Meixner will assume the role of BASF Senior Vice President, Battery Materials, and become part of the company’s Catalysts division leadership team, based in Iselin, New Jersey.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The acquisition comprises the technologies and products for enhancing battery performance that Merck has developed, patented and brought to market, including the complete line of finished LiPF 6 -based and LiFAP-based electrolytes which are marketed under the Selectilyte brand. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Vorbeck, a manufacturer and developer of applications using its proprietary graphene material ( earlier post ), optioned the technology for use in a graphene-based electrode for lithium-air and lithium-sulfur batteries. The company’s business plan is based on manufacturing devices to detect pests in buildings.

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

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.).

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JULY 23, 2012

Very high energy density rechargeable lithium air (or Li-O 2 ) batteries are of great interest for future electrified transportation because at best their practical energy density could approach that of current gasoline engined vehicles (after factoring in tank-to-wheel efficiencies). Earlier post.).

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