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Pellion Technologies leveraging high throughput computational materials design to make progress on Mg-ion rechargeable batteries

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Gerbrand Ceder, funded by Vinod Khosla, and recipient of an ARPA-E grant ( earlier post ) that is developing a magnesium-ion (Mg-ion) rechargeable battery. Aurbach (2010) On the Way to Rechargeable Mg Batteries: The Challenge of New Cathode Materials. Chemistry of Materials 2010 22 (3), 860-868 doi: 10.1021/cm9016497.

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Rio Tinto to invest ~$200M to progress the Jadar lithium project to feasibility study stage; jaderite

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This will primarily fund the feasibility study, including the completion of detailed engineering designs, as well as permitting and land acquisition by the end of 2021, in line with the initial project schedule. The unique mineral— jadarite —was discovered by Rio Tinto geologists in 2004 near the city of Loznica in Western Serbia.

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Electrochemical energy storage startup SPARKZ licenses ORNL cobalt-free battery tech

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has exclusively licensed five battery technologies from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) designed to eliminate the use of cobalt metal in lithium-ion batteries. in 2004, which he sold to a private equity firm in 2014. Stealth-mode electrochemical energy storage startup SPARKZ Inc. SPARKZ Inc.

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Japan researchers propose trilithium niobate as high-energy cathode for Li-ion batteries

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A team of researchers in Japan, including colleagues from the R&D Center at batter-maker GS Yuasa, are exploring Li 3 NbO 4 -based (trilithium niobate) materials as new and promising electrode materials for high-energy rechargeable lithium batteries. A paper on their work is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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GM Ventures invests in battery-electric bus company Proterra

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Using technology developed by Proterra, the lightweight, composite-body bus recharges in about 10 minutes. was founded in 2004 and is currently manufacturing buses in a temporary plant in Greenville, S.C. Proterra Inc. near Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research. later this year.

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OXIS Energy and Lithium Balance partner on Li-sulfur battery system for China e-scooter market; targeting spring 2018

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In effect, the market of rechargeable lithium batteries will undergo a quantum leap forward in the adoption of state of the art renewable energy technology. OXIS Energy has been involved in the design, development and now the move towards commercial production of Polymer Lithium Sulfur cells for electric vehicle battery systems since 2004.

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Ricardo and QinetiQ Demonstrate New Iron-Sulphide Li-ion Pack for HEVs

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The Ricardo-designed pack incorporating QinetiQ iron sulphide cells for the RED-LION project. Ricardo designed the overall battery pack to directly replace the existing unit, developing a new battery management system to manage the iron sulphide chemistry. Scattergood (2004) Lithium-ion/iron sulphide rechargeable batteries.

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