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SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Gerbrand Ceder (now at UC Berkeley/Lawrence Berkeley Lab as of 1 July, formerly at MIT) have developed a new class of high capacity cation-disordered oxides—lithium-excess nickel titanium molybdenum oxides (Li-Ni-Ti-Mo, or LNTMO)—for Li-ion cathode materials which deliver capacities up to 250 mAh/g. —Lee et al.

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APRIL 27, 2014

Capacity and coulombic efficiency versus cycle index of Li-PGN cathodes at a rate of ~1C. O 2 and Li 3 V 1.98 Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a safe, extended cycling lithium-metal electrode for rechargeable Li-ion batteries by entrapping lithium metal within a porous graphene network (Li-PGN).

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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. The LiRAP solid electrolytes conduct Li + ions well at high voltage and high current, providing much enhanced energy density and power capacity as well as safety.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Researchers at A*STAR in Singapore are proposing the use of monolayer phosphorene—a 2D material isolated from black phosphorus—as an anode material for high charging voltage, high rate capability Li-ion batteries. However, in a 2014 study led by Prof. —Li et al. V, suitable as anodes.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

As part of its new 3-year business plan , Sumitomo Metal Mining (SMM) will boost production of NCA ((lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide) materials for Li-ion cathodes, expanding from 1,850 tons/month to 2,550 tons/month (+38%). SMM is targeting supplying Tesla with the battery materials for the Model 3 being released next year.

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MAY 31, 2016

kWh SCiB ( earlier post ) pack, Toshiba’s advanced lithium-ion rechargeable battery, and will make regular trips between All Nippon Airways Co. Development of this system has been supported by the Ministry of the Environment under its Low Carbon Technology Research and Development Program since 2014. The 11-kilometer (6.8-mile)

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) battery scientist Nitash Balsara and co-inventor Joseph DeSimone of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have launched Blue Current , a startup company backed by investment firm Faster LLC, to commercialize their non-flammable electrolytes for Li-ion batteries.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

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. The metal is specifically used in a battery’s cathode, the positively charged end that determines much of a battery’s performance.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Researchers at University of Limerick and University College Cork (Ireland) have developed high-performance and high-capacity lithium-ion battery anodes from high-density tin-seeded germanium nanowire arrays grown directly from the current collector. Credit: ACS, Kennedy et al. Click to enlarge. —Kennedy et al.

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MARCH 23, 2015

Purdue researchers have developed a process to manufacture carbon-nanoparticle and microsheet anodes for Li-ion batteries from polystyrene and starch-based packing peanuts, respectively. These carbonaceous electrodes could also be used for rechargeable sodium-ion batteries. Batteries'

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

Global automotive Li-Ion battery production capacity is outstripping demand five-to-one as automakers refocus on hybrids and away from full electric vehicles, according to Dr. Menahem Anderman’s recently released xEV Industry Insider Report. The associated Li-Ion automotive battery business will expand from $1.4

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JULY 27, 2014

are proposing a new sealed rechargeable battery system operating on a redox reaction between an oxide (O 2- ) and a peroxide (O 2 2- ) in the cathode. As described in a paper in the Nature open access journal Scientific Reports , the proposed battery system would have a theoretical specific energy of 2,570?Wh Wh kg -1 (897?mAh

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JULY 30, 2014

Schematic illustration of the the hybrid Mg-Li battery designed in this work. This battery has a piece of Mg foil as the anode, Mo 6 S 8 as the cathode, and the electrolyte contains both Mg 2+ and Li +. Interest in rechargeable magnesium batteries has increased due to a number of factors. Cheng et al.

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

The Nikkei, citing unnamed sources, reports that R&D organization Saitec (Saitama Industrial Technology Center) and Honda Motor have developed a practical magnesium-ion rechargeable battery and hope to commercialize it. The two are slated to announce the battery next month. Mg 2+ rather than Li + ).

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AUGUST 18, 2014

Ragone plot, comparing Li-CNT-F batteries with other batteries in terms of weight of cathode materials. The highest energy density for Li-CNT-F batteries, 4,113 Wh kg carbon ?1 Their system is based on a lithium-carbon battery configuration, but with a different approach. 1 is presented as a red star.

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JANUARY 31, 2015

SolidEnergy , an MIT spin-out commercializing solid electrolyte technology enabling the use of lithium metal anodes for high energy density rechargeable batteries ( earlier post ), says that in 2016, it and its battery manufacturing partners will release a 2 Ah commercial battery for the smartphone and wearable market.

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JANUARY 20, 2016

Pellion Technologies, a startup commercializing magnesium-ion battery technology ( earlier post ), announced an investment by Motorola Solutions. Because magnesium is divalent, it can displace double the charge per ion (i.e., Mg 2+ rather than Li + ). Earlier post.) Doe, Ruoban Han, Jaehee Hwang, Andrew J.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

As described in an open access paper in the journal NPG Asia Materials , the system is an intermediate between a battery and a fuel cell, and is accordingly referred to as a hybrid fuel cell. Sodium can serve as an alternative to lithium in rechargeable batteries as the reversible storage mechanisms for sodium ions are very similar (e.g.,

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

At the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA), Bosch is highlighting its solid-state Li-ion battery technology, saying that the technology for electric cars could be production-ready in as little as five years. KG, the objective of which is to develop a more powerful generation of lithium-ion batteries.

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MAY 2, 2014

Researchers from the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology report enhancing the energy density of manganese oxide (Na x MnO 2 ) cathode materials for sodium rechargeable batteries by incorporating aluminum. O 2 , suggest a strategy for achieving sodium rechargeable batteries with high energy density and stability.

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AUGUST 25, 2017

Researchers have achieved a significant boost in the storage capacity of magnesium-ion batteries through a new design for the cathode and a new understanding of the electrolyte. The battery demonstrates the reversible intercalation of 1 and 1.7 Magnesium ion is known to be hard to insert into a host.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

The UK’s Network Rail, the company that runs, maintains and develops Britain’s rail tracks, signaling, bridges, tunnels, level crossings, viaducts and 17 key stations, is part of an industry study into the feasibility of using battery electric trains on parts of the railway which have not been electrified.

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MARCH 27, 2013

2014 Pathfinder Hybrid. Nissan introduced the 2014 Pathfinder Hybrid at the New York International Auto Show. liter gasoline engine and an electric motor paired with a compact Li-ion battery. Click to enlarge. It is expected to be priced at around $3,000 more than Pathfinder 3.5-liter liter V6 models.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

(In the disordered material, the blue lines show the pathways that allow lithium ions to traverse the material.) In a rechargeable lithium-based battery, lithium ions move out of the battery’s cathode during the charging process, and return to the cathode as power is drained. Image courtesy of the researchers.

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a novel strategy to improve the efficiency and performance of non-aqueous lithium-oxygen (Li-air) batteries. O 2 batteries are based on the oxidation of lithium at the (lithium) metal electrode and reduction of oxygen at the air electrode to induce current flow.

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APRIL 17, 2014

Sony and Hydro-Québec plan to establish the new company in June, 2014. Hydro-Québec and Sony Corporation will establish a joint venture to research and develop a large-scale energy storage system for power grids.

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JULY 28, 2014

Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate and the former Secretary of Energy, now a professor in the Physics department at Stanford— report progress toward a stable lithium metal anode for use in high-energy-density batteries such as Li-sulfur or Li-air systems. A) depicts an unprotected Li metal anode on a copper substrate.

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JUNE 1, 2015

A team at Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA) reports a critical advance in the the development of electrolytes for magnesium (Mg) batteries in the journal Angewandte Chemie. TRINA researchers have been investigating magnesium batteries for a number of years (e.g., Mg 2+ rather than Li + ). earlier post ).

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MAY 5, 2014

Schematic cell configurations for the four types of Li?air air batteries. Li-air batteries are of great interest (as evidenced by more than 300 research papers on the topic in the past 3 years). air battery potentially offers densities of up to 2?3 A fully developed Li?air air battery system (i.e.,

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DECEMBER 20, 2014

High-capacity electrode materials are inherently accompanied by large volume changes that pose a significant, multifaceted challenge to their functions in rechargeable batteries. 10 times that of graphite anodes used in lithium ion batteries. Batteries' However, the large volume change (?270%) Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 1, 2014

USC Viterbi School of Engineering professor Chongwu Zhou and his research team have developed a silicon nanoparticle anode and a sulfur-based cathode with low fabrication cost and high electrode performance for rechargeable lithium-sulfur batteries. sulfur (Li?S) S) battery cathodes. Other advantages of Li?S

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JANUARY 23, 2014

Although lithium metal is a promising anode material for Li-ion rechargeable batteries due to its theoretical high capacity (3,860?mAh It is obvious that Li–S and Li–air batteries have the potential to considerably improve the driving ranges of EVs. 1 —i.e., ~10x 10x that of the 372?mAh

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JANUARY 10, 2014

Schematic of hybrid anode placed in a Li–S battery. The graphite/Li connected in parallel forms a shorted cell where the graphite is always lithiated at equilibrium and maintains a pseudo-equal potential with the Li metal. Among these technologies, Li–sulphur (Li–S) batteries hold great promise.

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MARCH 12, 2020

The 90 kWh (usable) Li-ion battery pack in the vehicle’s underbody is configured low down and centrally, which has a positive effect on the eVito Tourer handling. Drivers have a huge influence on recuperation used to recharge the batteries while driving.

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

SolidEnergy says that its Solid Polymer Ionic Liquid technology can deliver energy densities upwards of 800 Wh/kg—twice the densities of advanced startup batteries and four times the density of current conventional batteries. Test results are expected to be ready for discussion with target customers in the latter part of 2014.

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

Vasant Kumar at the University of Cambridge and Professor Renjie Chen at the Beijing Institute of Technology has devised a three-dimensional hierarchical sandwich-type graphene sheet-sulfur/carbon (GS-S/C ZIF8-D ) composite to address performance-related issues in Lithium-sulfur batteries such as low efficiency and capacity degradation.

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MARCH 8, 2013

The QX60 Hybrid’s Infiniti “Direct Response Hybrid” system uses a compact Lithium-ion battery and electric motor to provide supplementary power through its one-motor/two-clutch system. An Intelligent Regenerative Braking system partially recharges the battery during vehicle braking.

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