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Tokyo Tech team develops low-cost germanium-free solid electrolyte for Li-ion batteries

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Sulfide-based lithium-ion conductors have the advantages of high conductivities together with suitable electrochemical windows and mechanical properties; thus, they are intensively studied as promising SEs. The all-solid-state battery, LiCoO 2 /LGPS/In−Li, showed excellent charge−discharge characteristics using the LGPS electrolyte.

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Japan researchers propose trilithium niobate as high-energy cathode for Li-ion batteries

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A team of researchers in Japan, including colleagues from the R&D Center at batter-maker GS Yuasa, are exploring Li 3 NbO 4 -based (trilithium niobate) materials as new and promising electrode materials for high-energy rechargeable lithium batteries. A paper on their work is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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Japan researchers develop all-solid-state batteries with low resistance at electrode/solid electrolyte interface

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The fabricated batteries, reported in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces , showed excellent electrochemical properties that greatly surpass those of traditional and ubiquitous Li-ion batteries. cm 2 in solid-state Li batteries with Li(Ni 0.5 Structure of the thin-film all-solid-state batteries.

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Aluminium-Air Batteries to replace Li-Ion battery Soon?

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Lithium-ion batteries have a profound role in triggering the EV revolution going on now. The ingenious idea to incorporate Li-ion batteries transformed electric vehicles from boring and lame to thrilling and exhilarating. Another concern is that ‘what to do with the Li-ion batteries once their lifetime is over?’

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Report: Suzuki to introduce Swift-based PHEV in 2013

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The Nikkei reports that Suzuki Motor Corp. The car, to be a remodeled version of the Swift hatchback, will use a small lithium-ion battery capable of powering it for about 30 km (19 miles) on a full charge, according to the report. kWh Li-ion battery pack. It will also use a gasoline engine to generate electricity.

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Study finds crystallinity reduces resistance in all-solid-state batteries

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Reducing electrical resistance at the interface of a solid- electrolyte and electrode (solid-electrolyte/electrode) is crucial for the development of fast charge/discharge solid-state Li batteries. Many different origins have been proposed, such as the formation of space charge layers, voids, and reaction layers at interfaces.

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Researchers use bacterial biogeneous iron oxide particles as anode material for Li-ion batteries

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charge curves at 33.3 Researchers in Japan report in a paper in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces that amorphous Fe 3+ -based oxide nanoparticles produced by Leptothrix ochracea , an aquatic bacteria living worldwide, show a potential as an Fe 3+ /Fe 0 conversion anode material for lithium-ion batteries. mA/g (0.05

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