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Monash researchers stabilize Li-S battery with saccharide-based binder

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Researchers from the Monash Energy Institute, with colleagues from CSIRO, have used a saccharide-based binder system to develop a durable sulfur cathode with minimal polysulfide escape in a lithium-sulfur battery. the viability of many emerging technologies, for example in aviation, require lighter-weight batteries.

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Sion Power projects Licerion EV Li-metal batteries will have 420 Wh/kg and 700 Wh/L when scaled to commercial design

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Sion Power, a developer of high-energy, lithium-metal rechargeable batteries, said that its Licerion EV technology will have energy capacities of 420 Wh/kg and 700 Wh/L when scaled to commercial design. Though battery experts know fast charging is not ideal for battery longevity, the market demands this as an option.

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Berkeley Lab team designs active polyelectrolyte binder that allows for a doubling in capacity of conventional Li-sulfur battery

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A team of researchers led by scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have designed an active polyelectrolyte binder (PEB) that actively regulates key ion transport processes within a lithium-sulfur battery, and have also shown how it functions on a molecular level.

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OXIS Energy hits 425 Wh/kg with Li-S cell,expects to achieve 450 Wh/kg by end of year

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OXIS Energy UK has achieved 425 Wh/kg on a High Energy 16Ah pouch Lithium Sulfur (Li-S) cell design for HAPS applications (High Altitude Pseudo Satellites) and expects to achieve 450Wh/kg at cell level by the end of 2018. The battery module uses a High Power, Ultra-Light Lithium Sulfur pouch cell at 300 Wh/kg.

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Fraunhofer develops new dry-coating process for battery electrodes

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Conventional processes for manufacturing battery electrodes involve mostly toxic solvents and require a lot of space and energy. DRYtraec thus is a promising solution developed by an interdisciplinary research team at Fraunhofer IWS in Dresden that focuses on the production of the battery electrodes. —Benjamin Schumm.

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Li-S battery company OXIS Energy receives 2014 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation

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Consultancy Frost &Sullivan has selected UK-based lithium-sulfur battery developer OXIS Energy to receive the 2014 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation. Additionally, OXIS Energy’s lithium-sulfur battery has long lifecycles. Further, the ESC will utilize 90-95% of the stored energy.

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New hybrid Li metal/graphite anode enables high-performance Li-S battery with significantly extended life

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Schematic of hybrid anode placed in a Li–S battery. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have designed a lithiumsulfur battery using electrically connected graphite and lithium metal as a hybrid anode to control undesirable surface reactions on lithium.