Green Car Congress

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. We have to learn how to design catalysts to understand exactly what’s involved in lithium-air batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2016

Conventional lithium-air batteries draw in oxygen from the outside air to drive a chemical reaction with the battery’s lithium during the discharging cycle, and this oxygen is then released again to the atmosphere during the reverse reaction in the charging cycle. —Zhu et al. 2016.111.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2017

Ford is exploring a variety of “beyond Li-ion” solutions, including Lithium-sulfur, Lithium-air and solid-state lithium-ion batteries. In November 2016, Ford was awarded a patent on a solid-state battery design ( US 20160329594 A1 ) with Anandan and his colleague Andrew Drews as the inventors.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Lithium-sulfur and lithium air batteries have the potential to store 10 times more energy in the same space as the current state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries. However, the Li-metal electrodes in these next-generation batteries are especially prone to forming dendrites. Wood, Eric Kazyak, Alexander F. 6b00260.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

Projected rates of fuel consumption improvement under different scenarios relative to past experience and the 2016 and 2025 CAFE standards. BEVs and PHEVs are likely to use lithium-ion batteries for the foreseeable future. Source: NRC. Click to enlarge. Several advanced battery technologies (e.g.,

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