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AUGUST 16, 2023

Yaocai Bai and Yuzhang Li have received the 2023–2024 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowships for projects in green energy technology. He will investigate effective and green processes to separate active materials from delaminated cathodes, a sustainable low carbon footprint approach with the elimination of hazardous materials.

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MARCH 27, 2013

EnerG2, a manufacturer of advanced carbons for next-generation energy storage ( earlier post ), has begun production of nano-structured hard carbon for Li-ion battery anodes that it says can boost anode capacity by more than 50% over standard graphite. — Dr. Aaron Feaver, CTO and Co-Founder of EnerG2.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

In a paper published in the Journal of Power Sources , a team from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University report showing that diesel carbon nanoparticles collected from diesel engines can be chemically activated to create a porous structure. The resulting nanostructured carbon electrodes have a high specific capacity of 936 mAh g ?1

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

Carbon fibers have already beeen demonstrated as high-capacity Li-ion battery anodes, opening the way for their use as structural electrodes—i.e., This is why the IM CFs with a lithiation mechanism reminiscent of disordered carbons outperform the HM CF with its larger crystallites highly oriented along the fibre direction.

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JUNE 28, 2012

The individual Si nanoparticles contained within the carbon shell expands without breaking the coating or disrupting the SEI layer. have much higher Li storage capacity than the intercalation-type graphite anode that is currently used in Li-ion batteries. 100 nm) as the “yolk” and amorphous carbon (5?10

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MARCH 23, 2014

A team from Brown University and General Motors Global Research and Development has calculated optimum design geometries that will avert fracture and debonding in silicon/carbon heterostructures—such as the hollow core-shell nanostructure proposed by Prof. Yi Cui (e.g., accommodates for the deformation of the core.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2021

Australia-based Li-S Energy has entered into an agreement with Janus Electric to develop and to test lithium sulfur and/or lithium-metal battery cells to suit the requirements of the Janus Electric exchangeable prime mover battery packs. MWh) by the end of 2023, with additional demand growth expected in future years.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a nanometric graphite-like anode for sodium ion (Na + storage), formed by stacked graphene sheets functionalized only on one side, termed Janus graphene. Na is comparable to graphite for standard lithium ion batteries. 100 to 150 mA h g ?

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JULY 7, 2016

Silatronix, a developer of unique organosilicon (OS) electrolytes for use in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) ( earlier post ), has raised US$8 million in new equity capital, and secured partnerships for distribution and joint technological development. Current Li-ion electrolytes are unstable above 60 °C and at charge voltages above 4.3

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Researchers at Rice University have created an inexpensive silicon-based anode material for Li-ion batteries consisting of macroporous silicon particulates (MPSPs) created by crushing porous silicon films they had earlier developed. Thakur et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Toyota Motor’s Central R&D Labs, along with Nippon Soken and four universities (Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kyoto, and Ritsumeikan) has developed the first method for observing the real-time behavior of lithium ions (Li-ions) in an electrolyte as a Li-ion battery charges and discharges.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Researchers affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, and Stanford University have demonstrated the feasibility of a next-generation hybrid anode for high-capacity Li-on batteries using silicon-nanolayer-embedded graphite/carbon. 2016.113.

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MAY 21, 2013

a developer of lithium-ion batteries using silicon nanowire anodes ( earlier post ), has launched the first generation of its high-capacity and high-energy-density Li-ion batteries. Amprius has also signed contracts with its OEM customers to design batteries that meet custom specifications. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

New research conducted by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has identified a specific building block that improves the anode in lithium-ion batteries. Traditionally, graphite is used for the anode of a lithium-ion battery, but this carbon material has major limitations.

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MARCH 29, 2013

A team at the University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei) has developed hollow porous SiO 2 (silicon dioxide, or silica—e.g., sand, or quartz) nanocubes as an anode material for Li-ion batteries (LIBs). 2001] reported that commercial SiO 2 nanoparticles could react with Li between 0.0 Click to enlarge.

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MAY 6, 2020

A team of researchers at the Institute of Technological Sciences at Wuhan University has demonstrated a prototype design of a propulsion thruster that utilizes air plasma induced by microwave ionization. —Jau Tang, a professor at Wuhan University. Credit: Jau Tang and Jun Li. —Jau Tang.

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JULY 9, 2014

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), with colleagues at UC San Diego, have developed a “mesoporous silicon sponge” material that, when applied as an anode in a lithium-ion battery, can deliver capacity of up to ~750?mAh?g 1 based on the total electrode weight with more than 80% capacity retention over 1,000 cycles.

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APRIL 30, 2022

The selected projects are: Advanced Manufacturing Process Innovations – Flex-Ion Battery Innovation Center. The Flex-Ion Battery Innovation Center, a division of Ventra Group Co., will establish a center of excellence for advanced Li-Ion battery manufacturing, in collaboration with partner eCAMION. Lead: Ventra Group Co.;

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Li-ion cathode materials that deliver high power and capacity and that also do not contain heavy metals are highly desired from a viewpoint of sustainability, the team notes in their paper. discharge properties as a cathode material in a Li-ion battery. Extended charge?discharge Credit: ACS, Nokami et al.

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JUNE 24, 2012

Researchers from Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China, report that black phosphorus (black P) anode materials for lithium-ion batteries exhibit high specific capacity and excellent cycling performance. The discharge-charge capacity profiles of black P derived from red phosphorus from 0-2 V (vs. Credit: ACS, un et al.

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JUNE 19, 2014

A team led by Argonne National Laboratory and including Brookhaven and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories and the University of Utah, is developing a new high energy redox couple (250 Wh/kg) based on a high-capacity full gradient concentration cathode (FCG) (230 mAh/g) ( earlier post ) and a Si-Sn composite anode (900 mAh/g).

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MARCH 8, 2017

The goal of the novel type of high-voltage battery is to extend the range of electric vehicles, to shorten charging times, to reduce battery weight, to enhance stability and durability, and above all, to substitute critical or precious raw materials commonly used in conventional lithium-ion batteries.

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MAY 5, 2016

The Carnegie Mellon University researchers, whose study was published in the Journal of Power Sources , analyzed multiple lithium-ion battery chemistries and cell formats to see whether extreme lithium price variations would have a substantial impact. per kg of Li 2 CO 3 ) do not change the cost of lithium-ion cells by more than 10%.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

A team from Hanyang University (S. Korea), Northwestern University, Samsung Electronics Co. and the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign has developed a double-layered silicon-germanium nanotube array as an anode material for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries. conductivity and high Li-ion diffusivity of Ge.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. Feedstocks will include Li/Ni/Ca/Mg-rich igneous and sedimentary minerals.

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JULY 17, 2012

Researchers at Rice University and Lockheed Martin have developed a method for creating macroporous silicon thin films (MPSF) for use as cost-effective and high-performance anode materials in Li-ion batteries. lithium atoms per silicon atom, Li 22 Si 5. Credit: ACS, Thankur et al. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 5, 2014

Woven carbon fiber can act as an electrode for lithium ion batteries. Researchers in Sweden are exploring the use of carbon fiber as an active electrode in a multifunctional structural Li-ion battery in an electric car; i.e., electrical storage is incorporated into the body of the car. In this €3.4-million

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MARCH 26, 2019

Researchers at MIT and in China are proposing a new class of dense intercalation-conversion hybrid cathodes by combining intercalation-type Mo 6 S 8 with conversion-type sulfur (HMSC) to realize a Li–S full cell. Design strategy for jointly high gravimetric–volumetric energy density. 1 and a volumetric energy density of 581?Wh?l

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JUNE 4, 2014

For the near term, they have been working on a dual-battery combining a lithium-ion battery with a 12-volt lead-acid battery that could enable regenerative braking technology in non-hybrid vehicles for greater fuel savings. The research advances lithium-ion battery technology currently available on Ford’s electrified vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Scanning electron microscope image of polyethylene microcapsules spin coated onto Li-ion battery anode. These microcapsules are thermally triggered during thermal runaway conditions and infuse the anode shutting down ion transport and preventing lithium fires. Photo credit: Marta Baginska. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

A major barrier to the use of high energy capacity silicon in a lithium-ion battery is the volumetric expansion of silicon under lithiation and delithiation, which results in electrode degradation and capacity fade. Silicon (shown in grey) is capable of holding 10 times as many lithium ions (shown in pink) as currently-used anodes.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

Historical prices and future cost predictions for lithium-ion batteries. They noted that due to current sales trends, three lithium-ion chemistries account for nearly all of the storage capacity, and half of the cells are cylindrical. Electric vehicle sales and pack sizes also impact the most commonly used lithium-ion chemistries.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

Illustration of the carbon-coated SnO 2 hollow nanospheres in solvothermal synthesis with different thicknesses of SnO 2 shell. Researchers at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan have synthesized tin oxide (SnO 2 ) hollow nanospheres covered with a carbon layer for anode material in lithium-ion batteries.

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MAY 14, 2012

Although silicon has a large charge storage capacity, making it an attractive anode material for advanced Li-ion batteries, the pulverization it experiences during cycling and an unstable solid–electrolyte interphase has limited the cycle life of silicon anodes to the order of hundreds of cycles. —Wu et al.

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APRIL 2, 2014

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) report in an open access paper in Scientific Reports that bulk antimony sulfide (Sb 2 S 3 ) with a size of 10–20 ?m m used as a Li-ion electrode material exhibits a high capacity and stable cycling of 800 mAh g ?1. —Yu et al.

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MAY 2, 2013

Olivine-typed LiFePO 4 is considered to be an attractive cathode material for lithium-ion bateries (LIBs) applied in the new generation of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs). Image depicts the LiFePO 4 particles anchored to the crimped unfolded graphene. Source: Jinli Yang. Click to enlarge. 1 in the 1st cycle.

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

The thin graphene sheet, wrapped around the sulfur/zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 derived carbon (S/C ZIF8-D ) composite, has excellent electrical conductivity and mechanical flexibility. 1 (by cell weight), compared to current Li-ion batteries at 130–220 Wh kg ?1. Chen et al. Click to enlarge. 1 and 500 Wh l ?1

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