Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

Sodium-ion batteries have long been touted as a possible successor to the lithium-ion kind—they may have lower energy density, but they rely on more abundant sodium rather than lithium, perform better in cold temperatures, and above all, tend to be cheaper. The model’s sodium battery version has a smaller battery pack (21.4

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Green Car Congress

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). Project K is developing and commercializing a potassium-ion battery, which operates similarly to Li-ion batteries. Award amount: $3,198,085).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Building on earlier work, researchers in China have fabricated a hierarchical metal-organic nanocomposite for use as a cathode in sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). Moreover, the transition metal ions participate in the electrochemical reaction at high potentials that is helpful to raise the battery voltage. —Huang et al.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Scheme of the new full sodium-ion battery, which combines an intercalation cathode and a conversion anode. This battery system combines an intercalation cathode and a conversion anode, resulting in high capacity, high rate capability, thermal stability, and much improved cycle life. (In Credit: ACS, Oh et al. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

The high surface area and large pore volume of aCNS in the positive electrode facilitated NaCl or LiCl deposition and trapping of Cl 2 for reversible NaCl/Cl 2 or LiCl/Cl 2 redox reactions and battery discharge/charge cycling. This work could open up widely available, low-cost graphitic materials for high-capacity alkali metal/Cl 2 batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2019

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden have developed a new battery cell production process that coats the electrodes of the energy storage cells with a dry film instead of liquid chemicals. BroadBit uses it to produce new types of sodium-ion batteries. © Fraunhofer IWS.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Stanford researchers have developed a sodium-ion battery (SIB) that can store the same amount of energy as a state-of-the-art lithium ion, at substantially lower cost. Thus, further research is required to find better sodium host materials. The sodium salt makes up the cathode; the anode is made up of phosphorous.

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JANUARY 1, 2022

Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd, will acquire 100% shareholding in sodium-ion battery developer Faradion Limited ( earlier post ) for an enterprise value of £100 million (US$135 million). Sodium is the sixth-most abundant element on the planet. billion ($73.8 billion ($10.9

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JULY 29, 2021

UKRI announced a further investment of £10 million (US$14 million) from the Faraday Battery Challenge to support collaborative R&D projects co-funded by industry and managed by Innovate UK on behalf of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Professor John Goodenough, the inventor of the lithium-ion battery, and his team at the University of Texas at Austin have identified a new cathode material made of the nontoxic and inexpensive mineral eldfellite (NaFe(SO 4 ) 2 ), presenting a significant advancement in the quest for a commercially viable sodium-ion battery.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2019

nine battery-related efforts. The battery-related projects are: Coreshell Technologies : Thin-film battery electrode coating technology for lower costs and doubled battery life. NanoDian : Low-cost, safer, cobalt-free, nanostructured lithium-ion battery cathode material. Among the projects are.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

F 0.7 , for sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries (NIBs). While high-energy Li-ion batteries (LIBs) are expected to contribute in part to the solution, the high cost and low stability prohibit wide application in this area, the researchers observe. Batteries' Ragone plot for the new Na 1.5 Credit: ACS, Park et al.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The abundance and low cost of sodium has made it a promising alternative to lithium for an ion battery system. Overall, the outlook for the use of sodium-ion batteries in current technology is favorable, as long as cost, safety, cyclic stability, and energy density guidelines are met.

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Electric Vehicles India

APRIL 6, 2021

Low-cost 5V dual carbon battery development for EV . A 5V Dual Carbon Battery that uses self-standing carbon fibre mats as both electrodes such as cathode and anode has been developed by the Electrochemical Energy Storage Lab at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH). A research group led by Surendra K.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2016

John Goodenough, known around the world for his pioneering work that led to the invention of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, have devised a new strategy for a safe, low-cost, all-solid-state rechargeable sodium or lithium battery cell that has the required energy density and cycle life for a battery that powers an all-electric road vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Mangrove is the developer of a modular platform for the cost-effective production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide. Canada-based Mangrove Lithium closed a $3-million financing from BDC Capital’s Cleantech Practice. —Mangrove’s CEO Saad Dara. Mangrove plans to leverage technology platform advancements made possible with $7.1

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Bristol-led team uses nanomaterials made from seaweed to create a strong battery separator, paving the way for greener and more efficient energy storage. Sodium-metal batteries (SMBs) are one of the most promising high-energy and low-cost energy storage systems for the next-generation of large-scale applications.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

nm, average) of iron pyrite (FeS 2 ) nanoparticles are advantageous to sustain reversible conversion reactions in sodium ion and lithium ion batteries. FeS 2 is particularly attractive for energy storage technology due to its earth abundance, low toxicity, and low raw material cost. … nanometers in size.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2015

E-bike powered by Faradion prototype Na-ion battery pack. For the proof-of-concept, the cells were manufactured to be larger than necessary to avoid unnecessary costs and lengthy manufacturing processes at this early stage. Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e., Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $45 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002760 ) to support the domestic development of advanced batteries for electric vehicles. Advanced batteries capable of safe, rapid charging are necessary to appeal to these Americans who are unable to charge cars at home for long periods of time.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Yi Cui has developed nanoparticle copper hexacyanoferrate (CuHCF) battery cathode materials that demonstrate long cycle life and high power for use in grid storage applications. Stationary energy storage systems that can operate for many cycles, at high power, with high round-trip energy efficiency, and at low cost are required.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

High-energy nickel (Ni)–rich cathode will play a key role in advanced lithium (Li)–ion batteries, but it suffers from moisture sensitivity, side reactions, and gas generation. Nickel offers relatively low cost, wide availability and low toxicity compared to other key battery materials, such as cobalt.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2024

Aqua Metals has developed a process for recycling lithium-ion batteries that it says is much cleaner, more efficient and more cost-effective than current methods (see our recent in-depth interview with company execs ). At full scale, Aqua will provide 30% of the nickel and lithium carbonate needed at 6K’s PlusCAM facility.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2018

Lithium and cobalt are fundamental components of present lithium-ion batteries. Analysis by researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) suggests that, given the foreseen scaling of battery demand up to 2050, each may face supply risks, albeit for different reasons.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2019

A team of researchers from China and Germany have used azulene—a benzene-free and vinyl-free molecule—to polymerize with sulfur to create a cathode material for Li-S batteries. Hence, it is urgent to develop new organosulfur polymers with high sulfur content as candidates for Li-S batteries. Chen et al. —Chen et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2011

Example of a lithium-water rechargeable battery. Researchers at the University of Texas, including Dr. John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. The present sodium-sulfur battery operates above 300 °C.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Haldor Topsøe A/S, a global market leader in catalysis and related process technologies, recently acquired 18% of the shares in sodium-ion battery technology company Faradion Ltd, based in Sheffield, UK. Other partners in the investment included Finance Yorkshire’s Seedcorn Fund and Rising Stars Growth Fund II LP.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2019

Natron Energy, a developer of new battery cell technology based on Prussian Blue analogue electrodes and a sodium-ion electrolyte, has ( earlier post ), has been awarded a $3-million grant by the California Energy Commission (CEC) for “Advanced Energy Storage for Electric Vehicle Charging Support.”

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The Faraday Institution will award up to £55 million (US$67 million) to five UK-based consortia to conduct application-inspired research to make step changes in battery chemistries, systems and manufacturing methods. Next generation sodium ion batteries–NEXGENNA.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2017

lithium, sodium or potassium) on a copper–carbon cathode current collector at a voltage of more than 3.0 Traditional rechargeable batteries use a liquid electrolyte and an oxide as a cathode host into which the working cation of the electrolyte is inserted reversibly over a finite solid-solution range.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2015

Researchers led by a team from Griffith University in Australia have developed a multifunctional polymer binder that not only maintains the outstanding binding capabilities of sodium alginate but also enhances the mechanical integrity and lithium-ion diffusion coefficient in a LiFePO 4 (LFP) electrode during the operation of the batteries.

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Driivz

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

From how much they cost and weigh to the amount of power they store and how long they take to charge, electric vehicle (EV) batteries have a significant impact on EVs themselves, the EV industry as a whole, and ultimately EV buyers. Anodes are most commonly made of graphite.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2014

One molar LiPF6 in ethylene carbonate/dimethyl carbonate mixture containing 3 wt % of FEC was used as electrolyte for Li-ion cells, whereas 1 M NaClO 4 in propylene carbonate containing 10 wt % of FEC was used for Na-ion batteries. All batteries were cycled in the 20 mV to 1.5 Batteries' V potential range. Credit: ACS, He et al.

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AUGUST 9, 2018

A team of researchers from institutions in China and the US report the design of a negatively charged graphene composite separator for the effective suppression of the polysulfide shuttling effect in Li-sulfur batteries. —Lei et al. 2018.07.022.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

As described in an open access paper in the journal NPG Asia Materials , the system is an intermediate between a battery and a fuel cell, and is accordingly referred to as a hybrid fuel cell. Sodium can serve as an alternative to lithium in rechargeable batteries as the reversible storage mechanisms for sodium ions are very similar (e.g.,

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Using metals as anodes in metal batteries is considered as the most promising approach to achieve high energy density in next-generation batteries, and it is applied in commercial low-cost batteries such as zinc (Zn) metal batteries and lead acid batteries. at a commercial-level areal capacity.

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

These are the best rate capability and cycling performance ever reported for a carbon-based Na-ion battery anode, to the best of their knowledge, the researchers said. A key challenge for next-generation batteries is to simultaneously improve multiple metrics over state-of-the-art devices to enable wide use in emerging applications.

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