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China team develops highly active catalyst for hydrogen production from methanol-water

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A team from Peking University and colleagues have now developed a nickel-supported over face-centered cubic (fcc) phase ?-MoC Under optimized conditions, Ni/?-MoC In a paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society , the team reported that Ni is atomically dispersed over ?-MoC 0c10776.

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UMD team uses high concentration of LiFSI salt to suppress dendrite formation on Li-metal anode; paired with Ni-rich cathode

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of Li deposition and stripping, along with an anodic stability of >5.5 Pairing a Li-metal anode in this electrolyte with and LiNi 0.6 mAh/cm 2 ) created a NMC622||Li cell, which showed a high capacity retention of 86% after 100 cycles at a high cutoff voltage of 4.6 When coupled with a high Ni-content cathode such as LiNi 0.6

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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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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New self-purifying electrolyte for high-energy Li-ion batteries

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A research team in China has developed a new type of electrolyte for high-energy Li-ion batteries with a self-purifying feature that opens a promising approach for electrolyte engineering for next-generation high-energy Li-ion batteries. Electrochemical performance of Li||NMC811 half-cells using different electrolytes. (a)

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New high-voltage electrolyte additive supports high energy density and stability in LMNC Li-ion battery; 2x energy density over LiCoO2

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A team led by researchers at Chungnam National University (S. Korea) has developed a novel high-voltage electrolyte additive, di-(2,2,2 trifluoroethyl)carbonate (DFDEC), for use with the promising lithium-rich layered composite oxide high-energy cathode material xLi 2 MnO 3 ·(1-x)LiMO 2 (M = Mn, Ni, Co). O 2 (Li 1.2

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Sulfur nanodots on nickel foam as high-performance Li-S cathode materials; carbon- and binder-free

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A team at Nankai University in China has devised high-performance Li-sulfur battery cathode materials consisting of sulfur nanodots (2 nm average) directly electrodeposited on flexible nickel foam; the cathode materials incorporate no carbon or binder. However, the electrochemical inertness of bulk sulfur in the cathode of Li?S

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Dahn team develops ethylene-carbonate-free electrolytes for better-performing high-voltage Li-ion cells

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Conventional electrolytes for Li-ion batteries contain ethylene carbonate (EC) and other additives. However, the cycling performance of Li-ion cells using these carbonate-based electrolytes has been poor at higher voltages (≥4.4 A paper on their work is published the Journal of Power Sources.

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