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Georgia Tech researchers develop aluminum-foil-based anodes for all-solid-state Li-ion batteries

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Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering, is using an aluminum-foil-based anode in a solid-state Li-ion battery to create batteries with higher energy density and greater stability. negative electrode is combined with a Li 6 PS 5 Cl solid-state electrolyte and a LiNi 0.6

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New smelting reduction process to recover Co, Ni, Mn, and Li simultaneously from Li-ion batteries

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A team from metals research institute SWERIM in Sweden reports on a smelting reduction process to recover cobalt, nickel, manganese and lithium simultaneously from spent Li-ion batteries. The presence of slag may retain some Co, Ni, Mn, and Li in the slag due to the inherent nature of the slag. —Hu et al. —Hu et al.

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Study sees gradual, focused replacement of lead-acid SLI batteries by Li-ion batteries over next couple of years

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A study by a team of researchers from Germany and South Africa forsees the gradual replacement of lead-acid SLI (starter, lighting and ignition) batteries with Li-ion batteries over the next couple of years. —Ferg et al. Schuldt, J. 2019.03.063.

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BNEF: China dominates the Li-ion battery supply chain, but Europe is on the rise

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China dominates BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking in 2020, having quickly surpassed Japan and Korea that were leaders for the majority of the previous decade. While Europe is launching initiatives to capture more of the raw material value chain, the US is slower to react on this.

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Argonne researchers propose new composite germanium oxide material for Li-ion anodes

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Researchers at Argonne National Lab have proposed a novel composite Li-ion anode material of GeO 2 –Sn 30 Co 30 C 40 , which combines the advantageous properties of Sn–Co–C (long cycle life) and GeO 2 (high capacity). Li ions, corresponding to 1623 mAh g ?1 Credit: ACS, Liu et al. Click to enlarge. 1 specific capacity.

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V2O5/SnO2 nanowire electrodes for Li-ion batteries show high power density

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Vanadium pentoxide offers the advantages of being cheap, easy to synthesize, and having high energy densities and, thus, has attracted much interest for both battery and supercapacitor electrodes. Jian Yan, Afriyanti Sumboja, Eugene Khoo, Pooi See Lee1 (2010) V 2 O 5 Loaded on SnO 2 Nanowires for High-Rate Li Ion Batteries.

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PNNL team develops electrolyte for high-voltage sodium-ion battery with extended longevity

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Cheap and abundant, sodium is a promising candidate for new battery technology. However, the limited performance of sodium-ion batteries has hindered large-scale application. Sodium-ion batteries (NIBs) have attracted worldwide attention for next-generation energy storage systems. A paper on the work appears in Nature Energy.

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