Carbon, Range, Recharge and Sodium

Sodium-ion battery cathode company Altris opens China office

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NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Swedish battery materials company Altris AB, which specializes in producing highly sustainable cathode materials for rechargeable sodium batteries, has officially opened its first office in China. Altris has developed a method to produce Fennac in a form that is suited for use as a cathode material in sodium-ion batteries.

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Sodium China Companies Batteries

How do sodium-ion batteries charge within seconds – ET Auto

Baua Electric

MAY 13, 2024

Sodium-ion batteries have been of considerable interest due to sodium’s abundance compared to lithium, which is over 500 times less common. The new battery technology addresses some of the fundamental limitations of current sodium-ion batteries , such as lower power output and longer charging times.

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Sodium Auto Charging Batteries

Faradion demonstrates proof-of-concept sodium-ion electric bike

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MAY 15, 2015

British battery R&D company Faradion has demonstrated a proof-of-concept electric bike powered by sodium-ion batteries at the headquarters of Williams Advanced Engineering, which collaborated in the development of the bike. Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e., Oxford University was also a partner. Earlier post.)

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Sodium Concept Li-ion Lithium Ion

ARPA-E awards $42M to 12 projects for advanced EV batteries; EVs4ALL program

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JANUARY 11, 2023

Projects selected for the Electric Vehicles for American Low-Carbon Living (EVs4ALL) program ( earlier post ) aim to expand domestic EV adoption by developing batteries that last longer, charge faster, perform efficiently in freezing temperatures and have better overall range retention. Award amount: $3,198,085).

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Sodium

Carnegie Mellon researchers develop semi-liquid lithium metal anode for use with solid electrolytes

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JUNE 13, 2019

Solid electrolytes are considered to be key components for next-generation lithium metal-based rechargeable batteries. The method used in this work has great potential for building reliable alkaline metal-based rechargeable batteries. The interdisciplinary research team published their findings in the current issue of Joule.

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Polymer Recharge Energy Storage Sodium

Goodenough and UT team report new strategy for all-solid-state Na or Li battery suitable for EVs; plating cathodes

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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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Li-ion Sodium Austin Batteries

Antimony nanocrystals as high-capacity anode materials for both Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

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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. V potential range. 1 , 9 cycles at each C-rate, first cycle at 0.1C).

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Li-ion Sodium Batteries Battery

ANL team develops new class of Li- and Na- rechargeable batteries based on selenium and selenium-sulfur; greater volumetric energy densities than sulfur-based batteries

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MARCH 1, 2012

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have developed selenium and selenium–sulfur (Se x S y )-based cathode materials for a new class of room-temperature lithium and sodium batteries. The team built coin cells using carbon nanotube-containing composite Se and SeS 2. C in the range 0.8 Click to enlarge. V) without failure.

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Recharge Ni-Li Li-ion Batteries

OSU team demonstrates concept of potassium-air battery as alternative to lithium-air systems

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Recently, researchers have also found out the instability of electrolyte and carbon electrode under the high charging potential (>3.5 V), which contributes to the low rechargeability. But the necessity of catalysts has been argued, because the catalyst on carbon may not be able to work once its surface is blocked. O 2 battery.

Lithium Air

Lithium Air Batteries Battery Concept

What’s Happening in EV Battery Technology

Driivz

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

It will charge in minutes, provide longer driving distance to overcome range anxiety , last indefinitely, be safe to operate — and accelerate widespread EV adoption. Is the vision possible? The ideal battery will be made of low-cost, plentiful materials that are lightweight and flexible enough to allow vehicle design innovations.

Batteries

Batteries Battery Lithium Ion Sodium

Industry study finds lead-acid to remain most wide-spread automotive energy storage for foreseeable future; new chemistries continue to grow

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MAY 28, 2014

With regard to overall storage capability and potential for further fuel efficiency improvements, the demand for larger battery systems based on lithium, nickel and sodium will continue to grow through the increased market penetration of vehicles with higher levels of hybridization and electrification.

Lead Acid

Lead Acid Nickel Metal Hydride Energy Storage Lithium Ion

Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Which seems plenty attractive to a range of companies and researchers. There are, researchers have discovered, a wide range of options to harvest enough microwatts to replace wearables’ batteries. In work published in PLoS One in May, they detailed the Kinefox, a GPS tracker that wildlife can recharge simply by moving.

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Researchers call for integration of materials sustainability into battery research; the need for in situ monitoring

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JANUARY 18, 2017

In a review paper in the journal Nature Materials , Jean-Marie Tarascon (Professor at College de France and Director of RS2E, French Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage) and Clare Gray (Professor at the University of Cambridge), call for integrating the sustainability of battery materials into the R&D efforts to improve rechargeable batteries.

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Li-ion Ni-Li Batteries Battery

BASF investigating sodium-air batteries as alternative to Li-air; patent application filed with USPTO

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DECEMBER 6, 2012

In a paper in Nature Materials , a team of researchers from BASF SE and Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen report on the performance of a sodium-air (sodium superoxide) cell. Their work, they suggest, demonstrates that substitution of lithium by sodium may offer an unexpected route towards rechargeable metal–air batteries.

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Sodium Batteries Battery Recharge

PNNL team develops sodium-manganese oxide electrodes for sodium-ion rechargeable batteries

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JUNE 7, 2011

The resulting improved electrical capacity and recharging lifetime of the nanowires. Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries perform well, but are too expensive for widespread use on the grid. Sodium-ion batteries have been discussed in the literature. makes them a promising candidate to construct a viable and. for some time.

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Sodium Recharge Li-ion Batteries

Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

The battery in her EV is a variation on the flow battery , a design in which spent electrolyte is replaced rather than recharged. The scientists found the nanofluids could be used in a system with an energy-storing potential approaching that of a lithium-ion battery and with the pumpable recharging of a flow battery.

Lithium Ion

Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Li-ion

DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

These 32 demonstration projects, which include large-scale energy storage, smart meters, distribution and transmission system monitoring devices, plug-in vehicles, and a range of other smart technologies, will act as models for deploying integrated Smart Grid systems on a broader scale. The funding awards are divided into two topic areas.

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Energy Storage Grid Energy Wind

How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain

Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Robert Privette: Rechargeable batteries are among the building blocks for the green energy transition. However, at the start of its useful life an EV tends to come with a higher “carbon backpack” because of the battery. Recycling, when done properly, reduces a battery’s carbon backpack considerably compared to mining.

North America

North America Batteries Battery Supplies

Argonne researchers advancing new class of selenium sulfide composite cathodes that could boost Li-ion energy density 5x

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

carbon composite as cathodes in ether-based electrolyte. New composite materials based on selenium (Se) sulfides used as the cathode in a rechargeable lithium-ion battery could increase Li-ion density five times, according to research carried out at the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.

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Li-ion Energy Lithium Ion Lithium Sulfur

How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Robert Privette: Rechargeable batteries are among the building blocks for the green energy transition. However, at the start of its useful life an EV tends to come with a higher “carbon backpack” because of the battery. Recycling, when done properly, reduces a battery’s carbon backpack considerably compared to mining.

North America

North America Batteries Battery Charging

High-capacity GQD-coated VO2 nanoarray electrodes for high-performance Li- and Na-ion batteries

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DECEMBER 29, 2014

Researchers from Nanyang Technical University (NTU) in Singapore have shown high-capacity, high-rate, and durable lithium- and sodium-ion battery (LIB and NIB) performance using single-crystalline long-range-ordered bilayered VO 2 nanoarray electrodes. The VO 2 nanoarrays are supported on graphene foam (GF) and coated with a thin (?2

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Li-ion Ni-Li Sodium Batteries

MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

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APRIL 12, 2015

CEES has three main research thrusts: the development of advanced lithium-ion and multivalent ion batteries; the development of rechargeable metal-air batteries; and Development of reversible low and elevated temperature fuel cells. Rechargeable metal-air batteries. Advanced Li-ion and multivalent ion batteries. —Harry Tuller.

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MIT Li-ion Batteries Battery

Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. The electric car features three different battery options, two different Lithium-based (LI) systems – A123Systems and Enerdel as well as a Sodium-Nickel battery Zebra (Mes-Dea).

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Sodium-ion battery cathode company Altris opens China office

How do sodium-ion batteries charge within seconds – ET Auto

Faradion demonstrates proof-of-concept sodium-ion electric bike

ARPA-E awards $42M to 12 projects for advanced EV batteries; EVs4ALL program

Carnegie Mellon researchers develop semi-liquid lithium metal anode for use with solid electrolytes

Goodenough and UT team report new strategy for all-solid-state Na or Li battery suitable for EVs; plating cathodes

Antimony nanocrystals as high-capacity anode materials for both Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

ANL team develops new class of Li- and Na- rechargeable batteries based on selenium and selenium-sulfur; greater volumetric energy densities than sulfur-based batteries

OSU team demonstrates concept of potassium-air battery as alternative to lithium-air systems

What’s Happening in EV Battery Technology

Industry study finds lead-acid to remain most wide-spread automotive energy storage for foreseeable future; new chemistries continue to grow

Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

Researchers call for integration of materials sustainability into battery research; the need for in situ monitoring

BASF investigating sodium-air batteries as alternative to Li-air; patent application filed with USPTO

PNNL team develops sodium-manganese oxide electrodes for sodium-ion rechargeable batteries

Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain

Argonne researchers advancing new class of selenium sulfide composite cathodes that could boost Li-ion energy density 5x

How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain – Charged EVs

High-capacity GQD-coated VO2 nanoarray electrodes for high-performance Li- and Na-ion batteries

MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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