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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The Smartville 360 BESS is a fully integrated, turnkey energy storage system that combines high-quality repurposed automotive lithium-ion battery from multiple automotive makes and models that meet Smartville’s specifications matched with proprietary safety and life-cycle optimization controls. Smartville Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

CalBattery says it plans to move forward rapidly in the commercial scale-up and production of the novel composite anode material and to offer it in commercial production in the US by 2014. Current commercial LIBs have an energy density of between 100-180 Wh/kg and a specific anode capacity of 325 mAh/g. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

million to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts for Phase II of a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery recycling contract. The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, has awarded $1.08

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JUNE 14, 2023

Innolith , a European developer of Li-ion battery cell technologies, has begun the commercialization of its I-State battery technology platform for use in electric vehicles (EVs) and e-mobility applications. This gives the batteries higher gravimetric energy density of 300 Wh/kg and volumetric energy density of 825 Wh/L.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Sion Power reported that a Licerion-Ion system has achieved 400 Wh/kg, 700 Wh/L and 350 cycles under 1C discharge conditions. Sion combines its protected lithium anodes with intercalated metal oxide cathodes typically used for Li-ion batteries (Licerion-Ion) and with advanced sulfur cathodes (Licerion-Sulfur).

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

of industrial space available. Founded by industry veteran and former US Department of Energy executive Sanjiv Malhotra, SPARKZ will begin commercialization of a high energy-density cobalt-free, US-made Lithium-ion battery, while continuing its research and development focused on re-engineering the rest of the battery supply chain.

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APRIL 13, 2020

Researchers in Europe, with colleagues from Samsung R&D Institute in Japan, have developed a highly stable Fe 3 O 4 /C composite for use as a conversion electrode in all-solid-state Li-ion batteries. In addition, recently a new chemistry has surfaced, allowing to store more Li + by the so-called conversion mechanism. Resources.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

California-based Motiv Power Systems, a provider of medium-duty all-electric fleet chassis for trucks and buses ( earlier post ), announced a supply agreement with BMW to integrate the latest (third) evolution of BMW’s passenger car lithium-ion battery packs into Motiv’s EPIC (Electric Powered Intelligent Chassis).

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APRIL 27, 2022

South 8 will leverage the funding to accelerate the commercialization of its patented Liquefied Gas Electrolyte (LiGas) technology for high-performance batteries for electric vehicle, grid storage, aerospace, and defense applications. ? —Cyrus Rustomji, Ph.D., CEO of South 8 Technologies.

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JULY 19, 2023

The collaboration between KULR and Cirba Solutions is an exclusive nationwide program for consumer lithium-ion batteries focused on sustainability, for responsible and compliant recycling in the United States. The SafeCASE design provides safe transportation and storage for lithium-ion batteries up to 2.5

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JUNE 29, 2022

Leclanché reports a significant breakthrough in the safety of its lithium-ion batteries without compromising cell performance. Lithium-ion battery recalls are an expensive problem, including disruption they can cause to operations. Most efforts, until now, adversely impact the performance or longevity of cells.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Ascend Elements, a vertically integrated lithium-ion battery recycling and engineered materials company and Koura, an Orbia business and one of the world’s largest producers of fluoroproducts and technologies, launched a proprietary process technology yielding battery-grade graphite material from spent lithium-ion batteries.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has released a solicitation (GFO-19-305) to fund innovative, non-Li-ion energy storage research projects, including green electrolytic hydrogen systems. Group 1: Develop and validate new and emerging non-Lithium ion energy storage technologies that focus on customer side of the meter applications.

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JULY 26, 2017

Toyota, which has been working on solid-state batteries for EVs for a number of years ( earlier post ), is in the news with a report by the Wall Street Journal that it will be ready to commercialize a solid-state battery by 2022. However, there remain a number of unresolved issues precluding commercialization at this point.

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MARCH 27, 2023

Researchers from the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) and Kumoh National Institute of Technology (KIT), have developed a low-cost production technology for silicon disulfide (SiS 2 ) for solid-state electrolytes (argyrodite-type) that has potential to accelerate the commercialization of all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs).

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MARCH 12, 2012

According to a recent report examining batteries for electric vehicles from Pike Research, as manufacturing efficiencies improve and access to lithium expands, the installed cost of Li-ion batteries will fall by more than one-third by the end of 2017. global Li-ion battery production by the turn of the decade, Pike suggests.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Amprius Technologies, a developer of silicon anode Li-ion battery cells, announced a charging rate of six minutes to 80% from 0% state of charge. Extreme Fast Charge is available on battery cells that are currently in commercial production (P/N NW445060-2.6P-007)

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JANUARY 24, 2013

The new round will help fund productization and commercialization of Leyden Energy’s next-generation battery chemistries, built on research and development (R&D) advancements in both silicon anode (Si-anode) technology for mobile consumer electronics applications and advanced lithium ion (Li-ion) chemistry for start-stop automotive applications.

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JANUARY 12, 2018

a leading provider of sensing, modeling/simulation, and control products, has introduced CellMod , the first Li-Ion battery simulation tool that can predict cell and pack behavior with a percentage of error of less than 5% under a wide range of test conditions. Sendyne Corp.,

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AUGUST 26, 2016

Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and Georgia Tech have jointly developed unique Si-iron (Fe) based nanomaterials connected by Ge nanostructures for use as a high-capacity anode material for Li-ion batteries. —Fukata et al. 2016.05.007.

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MARCH 29, 2022

Amprius Technologies, a provider of silicon anode Li-ion battery cells with the Si-Nanowire platform ( earlier post ) is using Orbia’s Fluorinated Solutions brand Koura’s Silatronix OS3 electrolyte material in commercial lithium-ion batteries. —Ronnie Tao, Vice President of Business Development for Amprius.

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APRIL 21, 2021

SVOLT Energy Technology, a global advanced technology company and spin-off of Chinese automobile manufacturer Great Wall Motors, is the first to begin commercialization of lithium-ion batteries (LIB) utilizing metallic thin-film separator technology from Soteria Battery Innovation Group (BIG).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Although silicon anodes could greatly boost the capacity of Li-ion batteries, their performance rapidly degrades with use. With its self-healing properties, the PBS coating offers a much more stable performance in terms of capacity compared to a bare anode or one coated with PVDF, a polymer commercially used in lithium-ion batteries.

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OCTOBER 20, 2014

million to develop a next-generation lithium ion “6T” battery system for use in military applications, with a focus on ground combat vehicle applications. Navitas is the first, and so far the only, company to be awarded an additional contract for the development of a second-generation Li-ion 6T battery. Earlier post.).

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JULY 6, 2016

Materials researchers at the Swiss Paul Scherrer Institute PSI in Villigen and the ETH Zurich have developed a very simple and cost-effective procedure for significantly enhancing the performance of conventional Li-ion rechargeable batteries by improving only the design of the electrodes without changing the underlying materials chemistry.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

A 100 kWh, 400V Li-ion pack provides the ~235 miles of range. The Zero Labs all-wheel drive has two independent motors that digitally control torque to the front and rear wheels—for better handling and traction. At CES, Autel Energy will highlight a suite of EV charging solutions designed to advance the transition to e-mobility.

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JANUARY 21, 2013

John Goodenough at the University of Texas at Austin and colleague Kyu-Sung Park have written a perspective paper on Li-ion batteries (LIBs), published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Goodenough and Kyu-Sung Park (2013) The Li-Ion Rechargeable Battery: A Perspective. —Goodenough and Park.

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

Li-ion batteries) as 3D structures to enable the powering of smart dust mote devices, and outlined several theoretical 3D structures for the batteries, which would have to have very high capacities to be able to fit on the device but still provide sufficient power. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 31, 2015

The research team’s new solid electrolyte is prepared by adding iodized lithium (LiI) to the compound Li 4 SnS 4 in methanol. The combination of the two materials delivers a solid electrolyte with high ion conductivity and air stability. A newly developed solid electrolyte has the high ion conductivity and no toxicity problem.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

They air-activated the as-prepared carbonaceous particles at 300 °C, forming pores in the carbon structures to increase their energy-storage capacity, and then evaluated them as lithium-ion battery anodes at room (25 °C) and elevated (50 °C) temperatures. Findings showed the cattail pollens performed better than bee pollen.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

A new USC-developed process produces porous silicon nanoparticles for high-performance Li-ion anodes. Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have developed a new nanostructured silicon material for use as high performance lithium-ion battery anodes. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 12, 2016

University of Maryland (UMD) and US Army Research Lab (ARL) researchers are spearheading a public-private sector collaboration to further develop a lithium-ion battery that would be safer to operate and less costly to dispose of than those currently available on the market. A full lithium-ion battery of 2.3 Earlier post.)

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JUNE 26, 2021

Kynar CTO PVDF grades using the mass balance approach under the ISCC+ certification process will be produced first in Arkema’s Pierre-Bénite plant in France for its European customers, focusing initially on grades specifically targeted for the lithium-ion battery market. These grades are expected to be commercialized by mid-2022.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The company says that the energy version of technology (MN-eHP) exceeds 200 Wh/kg—one of the highest energy densities for a commercial Li-ion cell in a large prismatic design, according to the company. Typical MN-HP cells are available in 30Ah to 40Ah format (110 - 150Wh) and housed in a flat polymer pouch.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Li-ion battery maker Boston-Power Inc. Available in 155 Wh and 116 Wh increments, module designs can be created to meet a wide variety of voltage and capacity requirements. Sample, prototype and production volumes are currently available. Gravimetric energy density for the 5300 mAh, 19.3

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Variation in discharge capacity vs. cycle number for graphite, RGO, and Li-RGO cycled at a current rate of 25 mA/g between 3.0 V vs Li/Li +. Cyclic voltammograms (CV) of the Li-RGO electrode demonstrated that lithium could reversibly intercalate and deintercalate into graphene sheets. Credit: ACS, Kumar et al.

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AUGUST 23, 2012

Although activated carbon lies well within the Li-ion battery region for lower C rates (1 C), its performance drastically reduces at higher power rates. Although standard Li-ion batteries can provide very high energy densities, they are unable to provide high power densities, the authors note. Click to enlarge.

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