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Lithium-ion battery recycler ABTC expands operations and capacity with newly purchased facility

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The demand for domestically produced and sustainably sourced battery metals has grown at a near insatiable rate over recent years, as the domestic manufacturing capacity of lithium-ion batteries has grown exponentially from less than 50 GWh/year to now more than 700 GWh/year of operational and announced capacity.

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RecycLiCo and Nanoramic Laboratories partner for lithium-ion battery recycling

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RecycLiCo Battery Materials and Nanoramic Laboratories announced a strategic collaboration with the goal of optimizing the complete life cycle of lithium-ion batteries. The collaboration aims to attain mutual recognition of the future integration of Nanoramic and RecycLiCo technologies in commercial operations.

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DOE: cobalt is the most expensive material used in lithium-ion battery cathodes

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Aside from the lithium needed to produce modern lithium-ion batteries, much attention is focused on the cost of the materials used for EV battery cathode production. Cobalt is an important ingredient in lithium-ion battery cathode production, accounting for about a quarter of the cost of the battery.

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Amprius unveils ultra-high-power-high-energy lithium-ion battery

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Amprius Technologies, a developer of next-generation lithium-ion batteries with its Silicon Anode Platform, unveiled its newest ultra-high-power-high-energy lithium-ion battery.

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UC Irvine team creates long-lasting, cobalt-free, low-nickel lithium-ion batteries

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In a paper published in the journal Nature Energy , the researchers report using a complex concentrated doping strategy to eliminate cobalt in a commercial NMC-532 cathode. Further, the metal’s cost keeps climbing. 2023) “Long-life lithium-ion batteries realized by low-Ni, Co-free cathode chemistry.” The LiNi 0.5

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MIT, Brookhaven team develops simple method for stabilizing interfaces in solid-state lithium-ion batteries

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Solid-state batteries could potentially not only deliver twice as much energy for their size, they also could virtually eliminate the fire hazard associated with today’s lithium-ion batteries. The added costs should be negligible, the researchers calculated. —Professor Yildiz.

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Enovix raises $45M; working to develop its 3D Silicon Lithium-ion technology for EV market

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Enovix Corporation has secured $45 million in new funds to produce and commercialize its 3D Silicon Lithium-ion Battery. Enovix has developed a lithium-ion battery that incorporates a 100% active silicon anode using a patented 3D cell architecture to increase energy density and maintain high cycle life.