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NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Lithium Australia NL reported that its wholly owned subsidiary VSPC Ltd has successfully produced Li-ion battery cathode material, and Li-ion batteries (LIBs), from tri-lithium phosphate produced directly from mine waste using the SiLeach process. SiLeach background.

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MARCH 3, 2016

Researchers from George Washington University and Vanderbilt University have demonstrated the conversion of atmospheric CO 2 into carbon nanofibers (CNFs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for use as high-performance anodes in both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. times above that of sodium-ion batteries with graphite electrodes.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2021

Australia-based Li-S Energy has entered into an agreement with Janus Electric to develop and to test lithium sulfur and/or lithium-metal battery cells to suit the requirements of the Janus Electric exchangeable prime mover battery packs. Janus can convert all prime mover makes and models to electric power.

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JULY 1, 2021

Key findings from the BloombergNEF 1H 2021 Battery Metals Outlook include: Battery demand will grow strongly this decade: By 2030, under BloombergNEF’s economic transition scenario, annual demand for lithium-ion batteries will pass 2.7TWh. Should these Australian converters delay in their commissioning hydroxide could be in shortage by 2025.

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MARCH 23, 2015

Purdue researchers have developed a process to manufacture carbon-nanoparticle and microsheet anodes for Li-ion batteries from polystyrene and starch-based packing peanuts, respectively. These carbonaceous electrodes could also be used for rechargeable sodium-ion batteries. —Vinodkumar Etacheri. —Vinodkumar Etacheri.

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JUNE 24, 2023

The initial plant, estimated to cost US$25 million, will be dedicated to processing and converting lithium-ion battery waste into resources such as lithium-ion battery precursor cathode active material, lithium hydroxide monohydrate, and lithium carbonate. Zenith also has a shareholding partnership with Hanwa Co.,

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APRIL 29, 2014

a developer of hybrid electric powertrain conversion technology for commercial and municipal fleets, announced that fleet customers employing the XL3 hybrid electric system ( earlier post ) in their service, delivery and cargo fleets have driven a combined total of one million miles within the first six months of commercial production.

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MAY 8, 2022

Glencore, one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies, has established a strategic partnership with Li-Cycle Holdings, a leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America. supplying Li-Cycle’s sulfuric acid requirements for its Hub facilities. Kunal Sinha will be nominated by Glencore.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

As reported in an open-access paper in Nature’s Scientific Reports , Jialiang Tang and Vilas Pol converted bee pollen and cattail pollen grains into carbon microstructures through a facile, one-step, solid-state pyrolysis process in an inert atmosphere. Findings showed the cattail pollens performed better than bee pollen. —Tang and Pol.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

-sulfur phase within carbon nanofibers that enables successful operation of Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries in carbonate electrolyte for 4000 cycles. Carbonates are known to adversely react with the intermediate polysulfides and shut down Li-S batteries in first discharge. sulfur and its application in Li-S batteries.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

Li-Cycle will operate its sixth and largest lithium-ion battery recycling Spoke facility co-located at the Ultium Cells battery cell manufacturing mega-factory site in Warren, Ohio. The new Spoke facility will support Li-Cycle’s previously announced multi-year agreement to process the battery manufacturing scrap from that mega-factory.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Li-ion battery maker Electrovaya Inc. Electrovaya would work with Hero Eco to implement Li-ion-powered electric bikes for Hero’s markets in Asia, Europe and North America. Electrovaya would work with Hero Eco to implement Li-ion-powered electric bikes for Hero’s markets in Asia, Europe and North America.

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MARCH 13, 2015

Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have found a way to process biomass-derived natural silk to create carbon-based nanosheets that could potentially be used in Li-ion batteries and other energy storage devices. Electrochemical performances of HPNC-NS as a Li-ion battery anode. (a) Credit: ACS, Hou et al.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The technology will enable the commercialization of ONE’s Gemini dual-chemistry architecture, which will be integrated into a BMW iX prototype vehicle later this year. Gemini pairs more standardized LFP and anode-free chemistries into one battery pack, enabled by the company’s proprietary DC-DC converter.

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APRIL 17, 2011

Li-ion battery manufacturer Leyden Energy provided its high energy-density, high-performance Li-ion battery cells for SSI Racing’s electric Dream Car at the annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Li-Ion battery has 2,200 mAh capacity with a cycle life of more than 1,000 charge/discharge cycles.

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JULY 6, 2021

Converted into monetary terms, it is close to 130 trillion won (US$115 billion). SK Innovation CEO & President Jun Kim also said that the company will raise the EBITDA of its Li-ion battery separator business from 300 billion won (US$265 million) as of 2021 to 1.4 —President Jee. trillion won (US$1.2 billion) by 2025.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

A Li-air cell. Argonne National Laboratory, which has contributed heavily to the research and development of Li-ion battery technology, is now pursuing research into Lithium-air batteries. Li-air batteries use a catalytic air cathode that converts oxygen to lithium peroxide; an electrolyte; and a lithium anode.

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AUGUST 5, 2015

A team of researchers at MIT and Tsinghua University has developed a high-rate, high-capacity and long-lived anode for Li-ion batteries comprising a yolk-shell nanocomposite of aluminum core (30 nm in diameter) and TiO 2 shell (~3 nm in thickness), with a tunable interspace (Al@TiO 2 , or ATO). —Li et al. Earlier post.).

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JULY 11, 2014

Silicon Carbide multiport DC-DC converter fitted to the Tata Vista EV. A consortium led by motorsport and technology company Prodrive has successfully run a silicon carbide-based multiport DC-DC converter in an electric car. A key aspect of the converter is the use of silicon carbide devices. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 5, 2020

Successful operation of the technology at pre-commercial continuous scale has directly extracted lithium from brine in Arkansas and produced a purified, concentrated intermediate product (LiCl solution) which has been converted to better than battery-quality lithium carbonate final product.

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MAY 6, 2020

Beyond solid, liquid and gas, plasma is the fourth state of matter, consisting of an aggregate of charged ions. Credit: Jau Tang and Jun Li. To scale, the corresponding thrusting pressure is comparable to a commercial airplane jet engine. —Jau Tang, a professor at Wuhan University. —Jau Tang.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2015

German utility STEAG is investing around €100 million in grid energy storage systems (ESS) totalling 90 MW, equipped with Li-ion cells from LG Chem. Using the existing plant sites provides synergies in the infrastructure and therefore keeps the investment costs low, STEAG said.

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MAY 1, 2015

Available for immediate order on the Tesla Web site (teslaenergy.com or teslamotors.com/powerwall) is the modular wall-mounted POWERWALL system, which is targeted at homes and perhaps some small commercial applications, Musk said. The sleek, sculpture-like Li-ion packs come in 7 kWh ($3,000) and 10 kWh ($3,500) configurations.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

The Modus process is based on a commercially proven catalyst system that converts light olefins, such as ethylene and propylene—often contained in refinery offgas streams—to high-quality gasoline blendstock with a 90+ octane rating and ultra-low sulfur content.

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MARCH 7, 2011

Dow Kokam has signed two agreements to provide lithium-ion battery solutions to power electric medium-duty commercial vehicles with Motiv Power Systems and ZeroTruck, all designated for fleet operations. The fully-electric, 20-passenger shuttle bus has a 100-mile (161-kilometer) range.

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APRIL 2, 2012

An integrated electromicrobial process to convert CO 2 to higher alcohols. Electricity powered the electrochemical CO 2 reduction on the cathode to produce formate, which is converted to isobutanol and 3MB by the engineered R. —Li et al. Han Li, Paul H. Click to enlarge. enabling microbes to withstand electricity.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

In a paper in the journal Science , the team reported the transformation of multimicrometer-sized particles of aluminum or magnesium alloys into alkoxide nanowires of tunable dimensions, which were converted into oxide nanowires upon heating in air. One of the attractive applications may be separator membranes for lithium-ion batteries.

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AUGUST 3, 2013

A research team at Monash University (Australia) led by Professor Dan Li of the Department of Materials Engineering has developed a new strategy to engineer graphene-based supercapacitors (SC), resulting in an energy density of 60 Wh/liter—comparable to lead-acid batteries and around 12 times higher than commercially available SCs.

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MARCH 25, 2009

The polyhedra aid the eye in seeing the ions grouped as (green) Fe/Mg-enclosing octahedra and (yellow) phosphate tetrahedra. The (blue) oxygen ions are made very small to permit viewing of the arrangement of the other ions. a provider of lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs. Click to enlarge. ton trucks. “

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JULY 13, 2022

Another project in Sweden will create a first-of-a-kind methanol plant converting CO?, Refineries (2 projects): In Norway, one project will build and operate the world’s first commercial-scale drop-in biofuel production facility to convert forestry waste into advanced second-generation biofuels and biochar.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Japan-based AGC (Asahi Glass) will establish a new production and sales facility in China for cathode materials for the lithium-ion batteries (LiB) used in mobile devices and electronic vehicles, as part of its enhanced efforts in the LiB materials business. AGC Seimi Chemical Co.,

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APRIL 29, 2022

The financing consists of a Senior Convertible Note provided exclusively by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. The financing consists of a Senior Convertible Note provided exclusively by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. The unit offers CCS1 / CCS2 and CHAdeMO connectors.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

Other applications for the system include the Fiat 500e city EV and the Citroen Berlingo Electric light commercial vehicle. StreetScooter is a start-up formed by leading German technical university RWTH Aachen to develop more affordable electric commercial vehicles for urban operations. The StreetScooter van is powered by a 20.4

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JULY 30, 2011

Australia-based Galaxy Resources Limited has signed a technology license agreement with US-based lithium-ion battery producer K2 Energy Solutions Inc. K2 has launched a complete line of standardized format 18650 and 26650 lithium ion cylindrical cells for both energy (E) and power (P) applications. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 25, 2009

Mazda Motor Corporation has begun commenced commercial leasing of the Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid ( earlier post ), a hydrogen hybrid vehicle that offers substantially improved performance due to the addition of a hybrid system. The engine output is converted to electricity, which then powers the motor that drives the wheels.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Lithium-sulfur batteries are one of the most promising alternatives for next-generation high-energy-density batteries; however, one of the main obstacles to widespread commercialization that still needs to be addressed is the polysulfide shuttle mechanism between the two electrodes. —Vizintin. the “ionic wiring”.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new family of anode materials that can double the charge capacity of lithium-ion battery anodes. It is a simple, low-cost approach that can be applied to a broad range of alloy systems with various working ions such as Li, Na, or Mg.

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