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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

A simpler and more efficient way to predict performance will lead to better batteries, according to Rice University engineers. Tang said it will allow researchers to quickly evaluate the rate capability of batteries that power the planet. The method is 100,000 times faster than current modeling techniques. —Ming Tang.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

A research team led by a group from Peking University has designed a new 3D carbon monolith, Hex-C 57 , using 5–7 nanoribbons as the building block, for use asan anode material for sodium-ion batteries.A paper on their work appears in the Journal of Power Sources. —Sun et al. 2023.233594

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AUGUST 9, 2022

A team from Central South University in China has developed a new type of deep eutectic solvent (DES) that can efficiently leach metal elements from spent Ni-Co-Mn lithium-ion batteries (LNCM). In reality, the production of nickel–cobalt–manganese (NCM) lithium-ion (LNCM) batteries is much larger than that of LCO batteries.

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JULY 26, 2023

Hyundai Motor Group announced the inauguration of its Joint Battery Research Center with Seoul National University (SNU). This collaborative effort between the Group and SNU aims to advance battery technologies and foster industry-academia cooperation to establish global leadership in the battery field.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

QM Power and the SPARK Lab at University of Kentucky shared the combined results of a large-scale, multi-objective design optimization study, and lab testing of a prototype motor designed to meet the 2025 power density goals set by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Ionel, FIEEE, who serves as the inaugural L. Essakiappan S.,

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MARCH 25, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and Stellantis launched of the Battery Workforce Challenge , which includes a three-year collegiate engineering competition; vocational training; youth education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM); and career and technical education.

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JUNE 8, 2021

CMAL) to partner in designing a hydrogen fuel-cell sea-going passenger and car ferry—a first for Europe. Lithium-ion batteries. Battery firefighting systems. The ferry will be designed around the requirements of Shapinsay in Orkney where hydrogen fuel is generated through wind power. Source: HYSEAS III.

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APRIL 29, 2022

Michigan State University officially has deployed its full-size autonomous electric bus ( earlier post ) and is accepting passengers on the 2.5-mile mile campus route. The autonomous bus is one of the largest of its kind to be deployed on US roadways to date.

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MARCH 31, 2023

Umicore and Blue Current , a manufacturer of silicon elastic composite solid-state batteries, have agreed to strengthen their collaboration on the development of solid-state battery technology, with Umicore investing a minority stake in the US-based start-up. In June 2022, Umicore and Idemitsu Kosan Co.,

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JANUARY 12, 2022

A University of Michigan team has shown that a network of aramid nanofibers, recycled from Kevlar, can enable lithium-sulfur batteries to overcome their Achilles heel of cycle life, delivering an estimated 1,000 real-world cycles. Credit: Ahmet Emre, Kotov Lab, University of Michigan.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Researchers at MIT and their colleagues are proposing a new design for electrodes that, based on the long-sought goal of using pure lithium metal as the anode, could lead to longer-lived batteries with higher energy densities. The metal then shrinks again during discharge, as the battery is used. —Ju Li.

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

Penn State researchers have developed a lithium-ion battery that charges at an elevated temperature to increase reaction rate but keeps the cell cool during discharge, showing the potential to add 200 miles of driving range to an electric car in 10 minutes. Wang and the team found that the batteries preheated to 60 ?C Yang et al.

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APRIL 12, 2021

In the reported study, the team designed and evaluated a machine learning pipeline for estimation of battery capacity fade—a metric of battery health—on 179 cells cycled under various conditions. A paper describing the method is published in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence.

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AUGUST 22, 2022

Researchers at Nanjing University (China) have introduced a new layered C2/m oxide—Li 2 Ni 0.2 Bingyu Ke, Shiyong Chu, Jing-Chang Li, Xiang-Qun Xu, Huan Yao, Shaohua Guo and Haoshen Zhou (2022) “A new Li-rich layered cathode with low lattice-strain for Lithium-ion batteries” Chem. in the voltage window of 2.0-4.6

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

Tackling the extremely complex technical questions that battery scientists face requires huge amounts of data to generate AI and machine learning algorithms. —Argonne battery scientist Sue Babinec. For batteries, there are many common types of data, but there’s no uniform way of approaching them. —Noah Paulson.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

and Waseda University have started testing in Japan of a jointly developed recycling process that efficiently recovers high-purity rare-earth compounds from electrified vehicle motor magnets. Nissan Motor Co., The testing is aimed at enabling practical application of the new process by the mid-2020s.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Williams Advanced Engineering: final iteration of prototype WAE battery pack incorporating dedicated cell packaging for optimum centre of gravity, vehicle control unit, DCDC converter, integrated cooling, charge port, and styled carbon covers. The all-new battery has peak power of 170kW and continuous power of 90kW, with a capacity of 15 kWh.

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JUNE 14, 2023

million for the Recirculate project, which will address the most pressing challenges in the European battery recycling sector and battery materials logistics. The main goal of the project is to enhance end-of-life battery repair, reuse, remanufacture and recycling. The European Union has awarded €4.9

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

Hyundai unveiled an EV-derived, futuristic design for its new generation KONA subcompact SUV. The upscaled model will be available in four variants, including all-electric (EV); hybrid-electric (HEV); internal combustion engine (ICE); and sporty N Line, with a universal architecture for all and unique styling for each.

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APRIL 11, 2021

Scientists from Tohoku University have developed a new fluorine-free calcium (Ca) electrolyte based on a hydrogen (monocarborane) cluster that could potentially realize rechargeable Ca batteries. High-energy-density and low-cost calcium (Ca) batteries have been proposed as ‘beyond-Li-ion’ electrochemical energy storage devices.

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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. Janghyuk Moon at Chung-Ang University for theoretical validation of the effectiveness of this material’s design.

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MAY 20, 2020

state lithium batteries (SSLBs) to realization, due to properties such as high ionic conductivity, stability under ambient conditions, wide electrochemical stability window, and inexpensive production. The interlayer makes the battery cell much more stable, and therefore able to withstand much higher current density. Inorganic NASCION?type

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MAY 8, 2023

Researchers led by a team at Temple University have developed a soft solid electrolyte—(Adpn) 2 LiPF 6 (Adpn, adiponitrile)—that exhibits high thermal and electrochemical stability and good ionic conductivity, overcoming several limitations of conventional organic and ceramic materials. Resources Prakash, P., Aguirre, J.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

A consortium of seven UK-based organizations has signed a memorandum of understanding to combine ambitions to develop world-leading prototype solid-state battery technology, targeting automotive applications. E+R (Emerson & Renwick) – a world leading designer of manufacturing equipment. Sources of funding are currently being sought.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

announced that commercial development work has commenced for the first phase of key design and engineering of next-generation vanadium redox flow-battery systems (VRFB Battery) for marine propulsion applications. VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. Champagne.

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JUNE 30, 2021

Researchers working on the Faraday Institution project on the recycling of lithium-ion batteries (ReLiB) at the Universities of Leicester and Birmingham say they have solved a critical challenge in the recovery of materials used in electric vehicle batteries at the end of their life, enabling their re-use in the manufacture of new batteries.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

The University of Michigan Chemical Sciences and Engineering team, led by Professor Nicholas Kotov, has developed a “new biologically inspired battery membrane” with recycled Kevlar fibers that could quintuple electric vehicle ranges and have a lifespan of 1,000 cycles. ” Credit: University of Michigan.

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MARCH 23, 2021

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, in collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. Both the carbon fiber and the aluminum foil contribute to the mechanical properties of the structural battery.

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MARCH 11, 2021

ion Ventures, a modern utility and energy storage infrastructure specialist, and LiNa Energy , a solid-state battery technology developer, concluded their first successful trial of LiNa’s proprietary solid-state sodium-nickel battery platform at an undisclosed location in South East England last week.

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JUNE 18, 2022

Optodot is a developer and licensor of nano-composite battery separators and infrared optical coating technologies, based in Devens, Massachusetts. META’s Advanced Materials and Battery Products group will continue joint development, licensing, and manufacturing scale-up of Optodot’s technology in partnership with leading OEMs.

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JUNE 28, 2022

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed an optimized generic battery cycling framework that could reduce the time for both simulation and physical testing of new electric vehicle battery designs by about 75%. cycling the battery—1,000 times to mimic a decade of use.

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JULY 28, 2020

Octillion Power Systems, a provider of advanced lithium-ion storage systems for electric mobility, announced it has reached two milestones: 100,000 electric vehicles worldwide powered by its batteries and 2 billion kilometers driven. Twenty percent of the electric vehicles in China today are using Octillion batteries, the company said.

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MARCH 4, 2021

The Government of British Columbia and Eagle Graphite confirmed release of the first tranche of grant funding in support of a 2-year program to develop and commercialize silicon-modified battery anodes made with graphite from Eagle’s Black Crystal graphite quarry and plant in Valhalla, British Columbia.

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JUNE 29, 2023

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have developed a fluorinated cation electrolyte that could enable high-voltage lithium metal batteries. Fluorides have been identified as a key ingredient in interphases supporting aggressive battery chemistries. An open-access report on their work is published in Nature Communications.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Among her achievements: She invented an inexpensive, battery-operated optical imaging system that can detect premalignant tissues—no biopsy required—to help prevent oral and cervical cancer. in 1990, she joined the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of biomedical engineering. After earning her Ph.D.

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JULY 9, 2022

Glencore’s Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations (INO) has ordered a full fleet of Epiroc battery-electric equipment for use at the Onaping Depth Project in Ontario, Canada. Traditionally, mining machines are diesel-powered, though more and more mining companies are adding battery-electric machines to their fleets. Scooptram loader.

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APRIL 20, 2023

Eight German partners are collaborating in a project, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, to develop new technologies and components that can be used to produce lithium-ion batteries more efficiently and in a way that conserves resources.

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