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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

A lithium-sulfur cell. Sion Power Corporation has received a three-year, $800,000 research grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support Sion’s ongoing work to develop a new class of electrolytes used in lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries for electric vehicle (EV) applications. Lithium-sulfur batteries.

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MARCH 15, 2020

Sion Power, a developer of high-energy, lithium-metal rechargeable batteries, said that its Licerion EV technology will have energy capacities of 420 Wh/kg and 700 Wh/L when scaled to commercial design. Sion Power has the technology to produce a viable alternative to traditional lithium-ion cells for many applications, including EV.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

One of the major issues hobbling the commercialization of high energy-density lithium-sulfur batteries is the “polysulfide shuttle”—the shuttling of polysulfide ions between the cathode and anode. Top: Schematic of the electrochemical processes in a generic lithium-sulfur battery. C = Charge, D = Discharge.

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MAY 15, 2009

Sion Power Corporation and BASF SE have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to accelerate the commercialization of Sion Power’s proprietary lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery technology for the electric vehicle (EV) market and other high-energy applications. Ragone plots for different rechargeable systems from a 2006 Sion paper.

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JUNE 8, 2016

Li-sulfur battery developer OXIS Energy UK ( earlier post ) and Lithium Balance of Denmark are partnering to build a prototype Lithium-sulfur battery system primarily for the e-scooter market in China. The volume of E-scooters in China is 30 million, of which 98% use lead acid with the remaining 2% using Lithium-ion.

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DECEMBER 27, 2011

Lithium-sulfur battery company Sion Power recently reported to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it raised $50 million in equity sold to undisclosed investors. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Lithium-Sulfur batteries (LSBs) use a lithium metal anode and a soluble polysulfide cathode.

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JUNE 6, 2013

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have designed and tested an all-solid lithium-sulfur battery with approximately four times the energy density of conventional lithium-ion technologies. C, which is 8 orders of magnitude higher than that of Li 2 S (lithium sulfide). Dudney, N. and Liang, C.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

The BMW Group is partnering with Solid Power , a developer of solid-state rechargeable batteries, in a joint effort to develop Solid Power’s solid-state batteries for electric vehicle applications. The battery materials are 100% inorganic and possess no flammable or volatile components. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 28, 2018

Jeongwoon Hwang, both of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, worked with other regional scientists to improve lithium-sulfur batteries. However, sulfur is a poor electrical conductor and can become unstable over just several charge-and-recharge cycles.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

OXIS Energy will develop a low temperature electrolyte for Lithium Sulfur (Li-S) rechargeable battery chemistry and Hyperdrive Innovation Ltd will develop a chemistry-agnostic battery management system and packaging that will withstand and outperform the current lead-acid battery solutions.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have demonstrated in the laboratory a lithium-sulfur (Li/S) battery that has more than twice the specific energy of lithium-ion batteries, and that lasts for more than 1,500 cycles of charge-discharge with minimal decay of the battery’s capacity.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Yi Cui at Stanford University have demonstrated a new proof-of-concept lithium metal-free battery with high specific energy consisting of a lithium sulfide (Li 2 S)/mesoporous carbon composite cathode and a silicon (Si) nanowire anode. The lithium/sulfur system, which during the redox process behaves according to the reaction 2Li + S

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MAY 1, 2010

Sion Power Corporation has received a three-year research grant worth up to $5 million from the United States Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) ( earlier post ) for the development of practical, economical and safe lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries for powering electric vehicles. Click to enlarge.

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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. Long-Life Rechargeable Alkaline Battery for EVs. Lead organization. Description. University of Houston.

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MARCH 26, 2021

Moreover, dissolved TMs eventually waft to the anode side where they can be reduced and accumulated, similar to the ‘shuttling effect’ in lithium–sulfur batteries, leading to the destruction of the anode’s solid–electrolyte interphase (SEI), consumption of active Li, and impedance growth. —Jeremiah Johnson.

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OCTOBER 26, 2015

Next, we will briefly review the current status and the expected future progress in lithium ion battery (LiB) technology, which is currently used to power BEVs. In some studies it has been noted that the adequate BEV range perceived by the customer could be lower if the recharging time would be sufficiently short. kgH 2 /min.

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APRIL 13, 2015

A team of researchers in South Korea and Italy has demonstrated a highly reliable lithium–sulfur battery showing cycle performance comparable to that of commercially available lithium-ion batteries while offering more than double the energy density. Another major concern regarding the lithium?sulfur 750 mAh g ?1

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Merck has more than 10 years experience in the production of electrolytes for Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors. Also included in the transaction is a variety of additives for electrolytes used to produce lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 2, 2013

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, led by Professor Arumugam Manthiram, have demonstrated that lithiated graphite can serve as a lithium donor in lithium-deficient cathodes used, for example, in high energy density lithium-sulfur chemistry batteries. Lithium-sulfur (Li?S) S batteries.

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APRIL 28, 2015

Supported by an ARPA-E grant, LiRAP has proven to be a safe alternative compared to the liquid electrolytes used in most of today’s lithium ion batteries. PATHION is working on a derivative for Li-sulfur batteries as well as a derivative that could be applied in a sodium-ion battery. Lithium sulfur.

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JULY 12, 2017

One of the most significant impediments to an increased market share for plug-in vehicles is the high cost of rechargeable energy storage. This can represent a very significant cost element of a typical battery electric vehicle (BEV); manufacturers need to strike a balance between product affordability and available range between recharges.

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MAY 5, 2017

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are one of the most attractive candidates for the next generation of high-energy rechargeable Li batteries because of their high specific energy at a working voltage of ca. Capacity remains at 85% of the initial value over the 25 first charge/discharge cycles. V vs. Li + /Li. V vs. Resources.

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JANUARY 10, 2014

As such, it functions as an artificial SEI layer of Li metal that supplies Li + ions on demand, while minimizing direct contact between soluble polysulfides and the metal surface. Lithium–sulfur cells incorporating such hybrid anodes deliver capacities of >800?mAh?g Huang et al. Click to enlarge. —Huang et al.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

A team from the University of Rome Sapienza has developed a rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery based on the combination of a high capacity sulfur-carbon cathode, nanostructured Li x Sn-C anode and polysulfide-added PEO-based gel membrane. Batteries Li-Sulfur' —Agostini & Hassoun (2015).

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JANUARY 1, 2015

A team at the Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO) has demonstrated that the electrochemical performance of sulfur nanoparticles (NPs) in the cathode of a Lithium-sulfur battery is critically dependent on the sulfur particle size. When paired with lithium metal anode to form rechargeable lithium?sulfur

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MARCH 30, 2018

Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a new technique using heat to enable self-healing lithium-metal anodes to eliminate dangerous dendrite buildup, paving the way for higher energy density battery technologies. The RPI researchers first demonstrated this smoothening (healing) of the dendrites in a lithium-lithium symmetrical cell.

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JUNE 16, 2009

Topics include improved anode materials, improved mechanisms for safety and management, electrode manufacturing, and lithium-sulfur chemistry. million for a project aimed at understanding and preventing internal short circuits in lithium-ion cells. The total DOE investment for these projects is up to $10.96 MaxPower Inc.

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JULY 2, 2011

Yi Cui and Hongjie Dai report the synthesis of a graphene–wrapped sulfur composite material that shows high and stable specific capacities of up to 600 mAh/g over more than 100 cycles. Earlier post.) —Wang et al. Nano Letters Article ASAP doi: /10.1021/nl200658.

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MAY 28, 2015

Developing Robust all-Solid-State Li Battery with a Ceramic Electrolyte and Interfacially Engineered Lithium Metal Anode A next generation of a low cost and high energy density advanced solid state rechargeable lithium battery will be developed through the proposed project for use in the next generation of PHEV and EV rechargeable batteries.

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JULY 8, 2013

A team from Japan’s RIKEN, led by Hye Ryung Byon, has developed a lithium-iodine (Li-I 2 ) battery system with a significantly higher energy density than conventional lithium-ion batteries. The Li-I 2 batteries showed high energy density and excellent recharge ability. Click to enlarge. kWh kg -1 cell (1.0

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Li-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries are of interest for applications such as transportation due a high theoretical specific energy density (~2,600 Wh/kg) that exceeds that of conventional (LiCoO 2 /graphite) lithium-ion batteries by about a factor of five, good low-temperature performance, and its use of inexpensive and nontoxic raw materials.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

The researchers suggested that their results showed that the inverse opal structure of hydrogen-reduced TiO 2 represents an effective strategy in improving the performance of lithium sulfur batteries. Despite the various advantages, sulfur cathodes suffer from several inherent challenges.

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

The battery in her EV is a variation on the flow battery , a design in which spent electrolyte is replaced rather than recharged. Ions pass from one solution to the other by crossing a membrane, which keeps the solutions apart. Their energy density is as little as 10 percent that of lithium-ion batteries.

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JUNE 5, 2009

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and BASF have signed a world-wide licensing agreement to mass produce and market Argonne’s patented composite cathode materials to manufacturers of advanced lithium-ion batteries. and a rechargeable capacity of up to 250 mAh g -1 over the same window.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

A team from the University of Picardie Jules Verne (France) and Alistore ERI (European Research Institute) has demonstrated new approaches to lithium-sulfur (Li-S) rechargeable batteries ( earlier post ) with improved capacity retention. Click to enlarge. This poor performance comes from each cell compartment.

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APRIL 30, 2010

This novel high energy battery concept is based upon a closed loop system in which the zinc (anode), suspended as slurry in a storage tank, is transported through reaction tubes (cathode) to facilitate the discharge and recharge of the battery. Sion Power Corporation. PolyPlus Battery Company. A123 Systems, Rutgers University). 4,973,724.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Yi Cui, has developed a simple and scalable approach to utilizing Li 2 S (lithium sulfide) as the cathode material for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries with high specific energy. x S exists as a single phase with a lithium-poor shell on the surface. Summary of the model for the initial charging of Li 2 S.

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