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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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. Unlike the widely studied Li/S system, both Se and Se x S y can be cycled to high voltages (up to 4.6 V) without failure. —Abouimrane et al.

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

Researchers in South Korea have demonstrated new type of room-temperature and high-energy density sodium rechargeable battery using a sulfur dioxide (SO 2 )-based inorganic molten complex catholyte that serves as both a Na + -conducting medium and cathode material (i.e. catholyte). mA cm −2 ). —Jeong et al. mA cm −2 ).

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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. 20C (1C = 0.66 1 , 9 cycles at each C-rate, first cycle at 0.1C). V potential range.

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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.

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JUNE 14, 2011

Researchers at the Leibnitz Institute for Catalysis (Rostock, Germany) have introduced a new approach to hydrogen storage that is based on simple salts of formic acid and carbonic acid. A fundamental problem with the use of these storage materials is the separation of the carbon dioxide formed when the hydrogen is released.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In a study reported in Science Advances in September , they 3D-printed the essential components—physical sensors, chemical sensors, microfluidics, and supercapacitors—for a multimodal health-tracking system called e3-skin (epifluidic elastic electronic skin). milliwatts. The team next turned to 3D printing.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2013

Lithium-intercalation compounds and sodium-intercalation compounds are used for anode and cathode, respectively. Sodium-ion based rechargeable batteries (SIBs, e.g., earlier post ) are of interest due to sodium’s abundance, far lower prices, and a greener synthesis while maintaining a similarity in ion-insertion chemistry.

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MAY 14, 2010

Although direct chemical reactions between water and certain metals—alkali metals including lithium, sodium and others—can produce a large amount of hydrogen in a short time, these reactions are too intense to be controlled. the high-school chemistry demonstration of the violent reaction between sodium and water.).

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Green Car Congress

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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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. However, they add, few studies have. for some time. —Cao et al.

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

Tin (Sn) shows promise as a robust electrode material for rechargeable sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries, according to a new study by a team from the University of Pittsburgh and Sandia National Laboratory. Rechargeable Na-ion batteries work on the same basic principle as Li-ion batteries—i.e.,

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Researchers at US Department of Energy (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have demonstrated a new tin-antimony (SnSb/C) nanocomposite based on sodium (Na) alloying reactions as an anode for Na-ion battery applications. Sodium has been proposed as a promising lower-cost alternative to Li-ion rechargeable batteries for grid storage.

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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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JANUARY 22, 2020

By some estimates, as much as 15,000 metric tons per year of lithium carbonate could be recovered from a single geothermal power plant in the Salton Sea area of California—one of the most mineral-rich brine sources in the United States. The technique is very sensitive to hydrogen atoms, making it ideal for studying water.

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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. Craig Carter, with their associates, published a study in Advanced Energy Materials (Li et al.

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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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