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DECEMBER 13, 2011

A study led by researchers from Argonne National Laboratory reinforced that electrolyte solvent stability plays a key role in the performance of Lithium-air batteries, and that making advances in new electrolytes will be a key factor in reducing the large overpotential and improving reversibility of Li-air batteries.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Although lithium-air batteries—with high theoretical specific energies of up to ? 3400 Wh kg -1 of the electrode materials—are of great interest as next-generation, high specific-energy batteries for applications such as electric vehicles, the technology faces substantial challenges for commercialization.

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APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Earlier post.) Engineering E. per gallon.

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MARCH 24, 2015

In December, Bloomberg reported that Volkswagen Group had taken a 5% stake in the company, which formed in 2010 to commercialize a novel solid-state energy storage technology—the “All-Electron Battery” (AEB), originally developed at Stanford and supported by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) ARPA-E BEEST program ( earlier post ).

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JULY 25, 2016

loss after 130 cycles in lithium-matched full-cell tests against Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 anode), as well as a round-trip overpotential of only 0.24 V. Further, the cathode is automatically protected from O 2 gas release and overcharging through the shuttling of self-generated radical species soluble in the carbonate electrolyte.

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Driivz

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Toyota is aiming to have a solid-state battery ready for commercial use by 2027-2028 that will have a 1,000 km cruising range and a fast charge time of 10 minutes. The post What’s Happening in EV Battery Technology appeared first on Driivz.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2015

Advanced systems such as lithium-air, sodium-ion, as well as lithium-ion electrochemical energy storage are appropriate. Work on commercially available systems such as lead-acid and nickel-metal hydride batteries will not be considered by this program. Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Energy.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

The introduction of hydrogen into the engine virtually eliminates fuel emissions while greatly reducing the emissions of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide. In 2007, Vorbeck signed a worldwide license agreement with Princeton University for a patented method from the the Aksay Labs for manufacturing graphene at commercial scale.

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OCTOBER 31, 2014

BMW, together with the scientific teams of La Sapienza - University of Rome, University of Münster and Hanyang University in Seoul, initiated ABILE, which focuses on investigating the use of ionic liquids and alternative anodes as potential components for Li-air and Li-O 2 batteries. The extended cycling test was performed in the 2.0

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APRIL 7, 2013

Advanced systems such as lithium-air, sodium-ion, as well as lithium-ion with new cathode chemistries are appropriate. Work on commercially available systems such as lead-acid and nickel-metal hydride will not be considered by this program.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

optioned a PNNL-developed method for building titanium oxide and carbon structures that greatly improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries. The new material stores twice as much electricity at high charge/discharge rates as current lithium ion batteries, and creates increased battery capacity and a longer cycle life.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a new electrolyte that allows lithium-sulfur, lithium-metal and lithium-air batteries to operate at 99% efficiency, while having a high current density and without growing dendrites that short-circuit rechargeable batteries.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

A team of researchers at MIT led by Professor Yang Shao-Horn have found that gold-carbon (Au/C) and platinum-carbon (Pt/C) catalysts have a strong influence on the charge and discharge voltages of rechargeable lithium-air (Li-O 2 ) batteries, and thus enable a higher efficiency than simple carbon electrodes in these batteries.

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JULY 9, 2010

A “typical” aprotic design would consist of a metallic lithium anode, an electrolyte comprising a dissolved lithium salt in an aprotic solvent and a porous O 2 -breathing cathode composed of large surface area carbon particles and catalyst particles, bound to a mesh using a binder. Recommended key research. Resources.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

For vehicles, these included weight reduction and improvements in rolling and aerodynamic resistance; for fuels, carbon capture and storage (CCS). Fuel cells, batteries, biofuels, low-GHG production of hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, and vehicle efficiency should all be part of the current R&D strategy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2012

The top two awards, one of $9 million to a project led by Dow Chemical, and one of $8.999 million to a project led by PolyPlus, will fund projects tackling, respectively, the manufacturing of low-cost carbon fibers and the manufacturing of electrodes for ultra-high-energy-density lithium-sulfur, lithium-seawater and lithium-air batteries.

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

While the results, reported in the journal Science , are promising, the researchers caution that a practical lithium-air battery still remains at least a decade away. mAh based on 1 mg of carbon and binder). LiO 2 cells are very sensitive to moisture and carbon dioxide. volt, and impressive rechargeability. Hysteresis.

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MAY 13, 2013

O 2 batteries, many issues still must be resolved before these batteries can be exploited commercially, including electrolyte instability, poor cycle life and rate capability, and low round-trip efficiencies largely resulting from high over-potentials on charge. Credit: ACS, Zhong et al. Click to enlarge. —Yang Shao-Horn.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2013

Lithium-air batteries, with a theoretical gravimetric energy density of ?3500 Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries are based on a pair of intercalation electrodes. On charging, lithium ions move from the cathode through the electrolyte and insert into the anode; discharging reverses the process. Earlier post.). Batteries'

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APRIL 20, 2015

Their study, said Björn Nykvist and Måns Nilsson, has significant implications for the assumptions used when modeling future energy and transport systems and permits an optimistic outlook for BEVs contributing to low-carbon transport. If costs reach US$150 per kWh this is commonly considered as the point of commercialization of BEV.

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