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MAY 1, 2020

Silicon is an appealing anode material for Li-ion batteries because it can hold about 10 times the electrical charge per gram compared to graphite. Here we design and synthesize hierarchical carbon-nanotube@silicon@carbon microspheres with both high porosity and extraordinary mechanical strength (>200?MPa)

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Researchers from Western University, Canadian Light Source, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a novel solid-phase Li-S transformation mechanism that enables high energy Li-S batteries in conventional Li-ion carbonate electrolytes. —Li et al.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

Coordination compounds are molecules that possess a metal center bound to ligands (atoms, ions or molecules that donate electrons to the metal); these complexes can be neutral or charged. The phases are insoluble in battery electrolytes, have high gravimetric density, and can be cycled with low carbon content and high mass loading.

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MAY 17, 2023

Ionic Mineral Technologies, a developer of advanced silicon anode battery materials, launched its Generation 1 Ionisil nano-silicon product for Li-ion cell manufacturers. This technology can increase the capacity at the anode level by >100% compared to graphite batteries. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 25, 2020

Mass production of LIBs can result in environmental concerns during battery manufacturing and disposal. million kg per year of NMP is used for depositing the cathode layers for a battery manufacturing plant producing 100,000 packs per year of 60 kW, 10 kWh plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) batteries. —Li et al.

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JUNE 22, 2021

The energy density of traditional lithium-ion batteries is approaching a saturation point that cannot meet the demands of the future—in electric vehicles, for example. Lithium metal batteries can provide double the energy per unit weight when compared to lithium-ion batteries.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Toyocolor, the colorants and functional materials arm of the specialty chemicals company Toyo Ink Group of Japan, announced that the company’s Lioaccum conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions ( earlier post ) have been selected by the world’s largest battery manufacturer CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.,

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APRIL 20, 2023

At Auto Shanghai, Chinese battery giant CATL launched what it calls a “condensed battery”—a type of semi-solid state cell with an energy density of up to 500 Wh/kg. CATL says the cell can achieve high energy density and high level of safety at the same time, opening up a new electrification scenario for passenger aircraft.

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JUNE 9, 2020

Roskill forecasts that Li-ion battery demand will increase more than ten-fold by 2029, reaching in excess of 1,800GWh capacity. The pipeline capacity of battery gigafactories is reported by Roskill to exceed 2,000GWh in 2029, at more than 145 facilities globally.

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JULY 14, 2021

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have conducted life cycle analyses (LCAs) for battery-grade lithium carbonate (Li 2 CO 3 ) and lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LiOH•H 2 O) produced from Chilean brines (Salar de Atacama) and Australian spodumene ores. Kelly et al. —Veronica Gautier, SQM’s head of innovation.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

A research team at Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has developed a high-capacity Li-metal battery with improved rate performance and stability using a one-dimensional Li-confinable porous hollow carbon host. However, these hosts suffer from unwanted Li growth on their surface (i.e., Kang et al.

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MARCH 29, 2020

Researchers at the Graduate School of Engineering and Graduate School of Science at the University of Tokyo have designed and synthesized a fluorinated cyclic phosphate solvent, 2-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-1,3,2-dioxaphospholane 2-oxide (TFEP), for use in lithium-ion batteries. Nat Energy doi: 10.1038/s41560-020-0567-z.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

-sulfur phase within carbon nanofibers that enables successful operation of Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries in carbonate electrolyte for 4000 cycles. Carbonates are known to adversely react with the intermediate polysulfides and shut down Li-S batteries in first discharge. —Pai et al.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

Group14, a provider of silicon-carbon composite materials ( earlier post ) and China-based Li-ion battery maker Farasis Energy ( earlier post ) reported a 25% boost in energy density for EV batteries made with Group14’s silicon-carbon anode material. Keith Kepler, CTO of Farasis Energy.

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APRIL 13, 2021

The financing will support the development of a commercial-scale processing facility with the annual capacity to process 10,000 tons of batteries—the batteries from approximately 20,000 electric vehicles (EVs) a year. Lithium carbonate (Li 2 CO 3 ) is also a current product offering.

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APRIL 26, 2023

The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden is leading a research project targeting a new generation of sulfur-based batteries. Free of the critical elements cobalt and nickel used in lithium-ion technology, sulfur achieves very high energy densities in solid-state batteries.

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APRIL 23, 2018

The “classic” high-energy capacity Lithium-sulfur battery is predicated on the use of a sulfur-based cathode and a Lithium-metal anode. ion battery using an enhanced sulfur–carbon composite cathode that exploits graphene carbon with a 3D array (3DG?S) based anode (Li y SiO x –C)—i.e.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

Rising raw material and battery component prices and soaring inflation have led to the first increase in lithium-ion battery pack prices since BloombergNEF (BNEF) began tracking the market in 2010. he upward cost pressure on batteries outpaced the higher adoption of lower cost chemistries like lithium iron phosphate (LFP).

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

A team from Zhejiang A&F University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), and Stanford University have developed a binder-free, flexible, and free-standing electrode comprising an unprecedented 92% silicon content for Li-ion batteries. 1 (Li 15 Si 4 ). —Wang et al. —Wang et al.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Market analysis firm FutureBridge expects that cost-parity between Li-ion and solid-state batteries could be achieved in another five years. 2020 saw a growing number of research projects to improve cycle life, energy density, and ionic conductivity—the main three challenges for mass-adoption of SSBs for EVs.

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OCTOBER 24, 2018

Enevate Corporation, developer of a silicon-dominant composite anode material and high energy density batteries ( earlier post ), announced that LG Chem has participated in Enevate’s recent funding. Enevate’s HD-Energy Technology is a self-standing, silicon-dominant composite anode with more than 70% silicon. —,Robert A.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

Aqua Metals has successfully recovered critical battery metal from spent lithium-ion batteries at production scale by electroplating. Copper is the first of the products recycled using electricity in the patent-pending Li AquaRefining process.

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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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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Aqua Metals has recovered high-purity lithium hydroxide (LiOH) from lithium-ion battery black mass at the company’s Li AquaRefining recycling facility located at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRIC). Aqua Metals in January electroplated its first critical battery metal—copper—from Li-ion black mass.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Lithium Australia NL reported that its wholly owned subsidiary VSPC Ltd has successfully produced Li-ion battery cathode material, and Li-ion batteries (LIBs), from tri-lithium phosphate produced directly from mine waste using the SiLeach process. LFP and batteries from waste. SiLeach background.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

The new entity produces and markets Lioaccum carbon nanotube (CNT) conductive dispersions for lithium-ion battery cathodes specifically developed for electric vehicles (EVs).

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APRIL 13, 2020

Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan have developed an active sulfur material and carbon nanofiber (S-CNF) composite material for all-solid-state Li-sulfur batteries using a low-cost and straightforward liquid phase process. Copyright Toyohashi University Of Technology. —Phuc et al.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

RecycLiCo Battery Materials (formerly American Manganese), has delivered samples of its battery-grade lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide to battery manufacturers in Japan and South Korea. 2020) “Experimental Study on Recycling of Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode Materials” J. Electrochem.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Korea) has developed a novel high-voltage electrolyte additive, di-(2,2,2 trifluoroethyl)carbonate (DFDEC), for use with the promising lithium-rich layered composite oxide high-energy cathode material xLi 2 MnO 3 ·(1-x)LiMO 2 (M = Mn, Ni, Co). O 2 (Li 1.2 V with 5 wt% of the fluorinated linear carbonate DFDEC as an additive.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award $42 million to 12 projects to strengthen the domestic supply chain for advanced batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs). The EVs4ALL program is managed by DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Award amount: $3,198,085). Award amount: $2,120,120).

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

China dominates BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking in 2020, having quickly surpassed Japan and Korea that were leaders for the majority of the previous decade. —James Frith, BNEF’s head of energy storage. In 2020, Japan and Korea rank number two and three respectively.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Li-Cycle Holdings, the leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, and Vines Energy Solutions ( VinES ), a Vingroup company that specializes in the research, development and manufacturing of advanced batteries for mobility and energy storage applications, launched a global recycling partnership.

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MARCH 20, 2017

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have synthesized a new class of fluorinated sulfone electrolytes to enable high-voltage, high-energy Li-ion batteries. A paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science. The conventional lithium ion battery electrolyte is a 1.0-1.5

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MARCH 26, 2019

Researchers at MIT and in China are proposing a new class of dense intercalation-conversion hybrid cathodes by combining intercalation-type Mo 6 S 8 with conversion-type sulfur (HMSC) to realize a Li–S full cell. 1 and a volumetric energy density of 581?Wh?l Design strategy for jointly high gravimetric–volumetric energy density.

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MAY 2, 2023

ENTERA aerogel particles are a thermal insulation additive designed to enable the development of ultra-thin thermal barriers for electric vehicle (EV) lithium-ion batteries. To meet increased EV demand, battery manufacturers are developing higher performing lithium-ion battery packs with increased range.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

EV charging manufacturer Autel Energy will showcase a $350,000 electrified classic 1969 Ford Bronco in its booth at CES. The custom Bronco SUV features a carbon fiber body and has been fully electrified with a 600-horsepower, dual-motor propulsion system featuring a 100-kWh battery and 235-plus miles of all-electric range.

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MARCH 5, 2023

In order to enable fast-charging ability in batteries, researchers have attempted to enhance the mass transfer of electrolytes and charge transfer in electrodes, with extensive research carried out on the former compared to the latter. Generally, when charging surpasses rate of intercalation, Li + plating occurs on graphite electrodes.

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