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Stellantis is about to test the first-ever production-line lithium-sulfur batteries

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Photo: Lyten In a milestone, supermaterials trailblazer Lyten has shipped lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries to Stellantis and other US and EU OEMs for testing. Ah Li-S pouch cells is the first major step in the commercial evaluation of lithium-sulfur batteries by leading US and European automakers.

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Oxis Energy to supply Li-S batteries to luxury yacht project

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Yachts de Luxe (YdL) of Singapore has placed a commercial 10-year worldwide contract with OXIS Energy valued at $5 million to build the world’s first luxury boat to be powered by Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) battery cells and battery systems technology.

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BASF pitching NiMH batteries for grid energy storage applications

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BASF Battery Materials will discuss its latest improvements in Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) battery technology for grid energy storage applications at the 8 th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition (IRES 2013), being held 18-20 November 2013 in Berlin, Germany.

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$1.6M UK project for next generation of Li-S batteries for marine autonomous systems

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million) to a consortium of UK companies and academic partners led by Steatite for the research and development of the next generation of Lithium batteries for marine autonomous systems. The mass density of Lithium Sulfur cells is very similar to that of water. Innovate UK will award £1.1 million (US$1.6

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German government funding development of Fraunhofer DRYtraec electrode dry-coating into “DRYplatform”

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The DRYtraec coating process developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS allows the dry production of battery electrodes without toxic organic solvents or water ( earlier post ). In addition to environmental protection aspects, there is enormous potential for cost reduction in the battery cell production.

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Stanford team develops new ultrahigh surface area 3D porous graphitic carbon material for improved energy storage

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The carbons simultaneously exhibit electrical conductivity more than 3x more than activated carbons; very high electrochemical activity at high mass loading; and high stability, as demonstrated by supercapacitors and lithiumsulfur batteries with excellent performance. Tests were also conducted on lithium-sulfur batteries.

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3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

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The plasma reformer, installed into the engine compartment, convert fuel into hydrogen. Vorbeck Materials , a startup company based in Jessup, Maryland, is using a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)-developed method for developing graphene for better lithium air and lithium sulfur batteries.

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