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Tsinghua, MIT, Argonne team discovers lithium titanate hydrates for superfast, stable cycling in Li-ion batteries

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An international research team from Tsinghua University, MIT and Argonne National Laboratory has discovered a series of novel lithium titanate hydrates that show better electrochemical performances compared to all the Li 2 O–TiO 2 materials reported so far—including those after nanostructuring, doping and/or coating.

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LLTO anode material for safe batteries with a long cycle life

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Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Jilin University in Changchun/China have investigated a highly promising anode material for future high-performance batteries: lithium lanthanum titanate with a perovskite crystal structure (LLTO). Illustration: Fei Du/Jilin University. —Helmut Ehrenberg.

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Researchers develop nanoscale LTO anode with superior high temperature performance

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Pankaj K Alaboina, Yeqian Ge, Md-Jamal Uddin, Yang Liu, Dongsuek Lee, Seiung Park, Xiangwu Zhang, and Sung-Jin Cho (2016) “Nanoscale Porous Lithium Titanate Anode for Superior High Temperature Performance” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces doi: 10.1021/acsami.6b00895. 6b00895.

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Researchers Develop Higher Performance Li-Ion Electrode Materials Using Ultracentrifugal Processing

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Researchers at the Naoi Laboratory at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology have used an in situ sol-gel process induced by ultra-centrifugal mechanical agitation to add an active material inside carbon for use as electrode materials in lithium-ion batteries to improve performance. Resources. Ishimoto, and K.

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Update on Select Argonne Lab Activity with HEV and PHEV Li-ion Batteries

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While other researchers have looked at stabilizing the spinel, Amine said, Argonne looked at replacing the carbon with a lithium titanate material. Argonne, in collaboration with Hanyang University, developed a nano-porous, micron-size LiFePO 4 particle that has high packing density and high volumetric energy density.

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EnerDel Teams With Nissan on Electrolyte Research at Argonne Lab

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million USABC research project, 50% cost-shared with DOE, in partnership with ANL on developing a battery system that matches the safety of its lithium titanate anode (Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 ) with a safe, high voltage 4.8V EnerDel is currently wrapping up an 18-month, $2.5 spinel cathode (LiMn 1.5 EnerDel Chief Operating Officer Naoki Ota.

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Porsche opens new plant for eight-cylinder engines; digitalization and data management; V8s for all VW Group brands

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The electric transporters, which are powered by lithium-titanate batteries, navigate over a grid network of 16,000 magnets that are mounted in the floors of the two plant levels. billion), which will assure the resources needed to support its successful growth course.

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