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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced three winning startup companies—based on a public vote and an expert review—out of the 14 participating in the US Department of Energy (DOE) “ America’s Next Top Energy Innovator ” challenge. Initially, 36 start-up companies elected to participate in this first-of-its-kind effort.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The new Christian Doppler Laboratory for Solid-State Batteries, headed by Rettenwander, which was opened together with the company partner AVL on 12 November 2020, aims to give the slowed down ions new momentum. For AVL, this CD lab is of great importance. They recently published findings on this subject in the journal Physical Science.

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MARCH 11, 2010

The awards are being made to companies and universities across New York that are involved in advanced research and development of energy storage applications that could benefit transportation, utility Smart Grid applications, renewable energy technologies, and other industries. Murray, Jr., million in funding. SUNY Binghamton.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2012

Through Dow Energy Materials’ joint venture with Ube Industries, Advanced Electrolyte Technologies, the company offers functional electrolytes. Much further out (Horizon 3) are efforts on Lithium-air batteries and other potential chemistries. Dow coated NMC cathode materials. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Next-generation.

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My Electric Car

JANUARY 29, 2023

Some of the most promising chemistries under development include lithium-sulfur, lithium-air, and solid-state lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-sulfur batteries have a theoretical energy density that is more than double that of current lithium-ion batteries.

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

BASF is also developing and producing a portfolio of application-specific electrolyte formulations; the company also acquired Novolyte Technologies in 2012 ( earlier post ). In addition to developing advanced materials for lithium-ion batteries, BASF is also researching future battery concepts such as lithium-sulfur and lithium-air.

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APRIL 3, 2014

BASF plans to become the leading system supplier of functional materials for high-performance batteries, and has combined its own R&D with acquisitions to build a product portfolio including cathode materials and electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries, as well as licensing nickel metal hydride technology.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The agreements are part of the White House’s Startup America initiative, which was launched in January and is designed to help young companies grow, move innovative technologies into the marketplace and create good-paying jobs in the United States.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

BASF is a license holder of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory-patented NCM cathode materials, which employ a unique combination of lithium and manganese-rich mixed metal oxides. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

Carbon is seen as an attractive potential cathode material for aprotic (non-aqueous) Lithium-air batteries, which are themselves of great interest for applications such as in electric vehicles because of the cells’ high theoretical specific energy. 2012 AkzoNobel UK Science Award.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

BASF will acquire the electrolytes business for high-performance batteries from chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck. The companies have agreed not to disclose financial details of the transaction. Earlier post.).

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Driivz

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Innovations in the works for this decade The race is on to see which new battery technologies can move from the lab to commercial production first, and a number of new approaches are attracting investment dollars and automotive partnerships.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

A team of researchers at MIT led by Professor Yang Shao-Horn have found that gold-carbon (Au/C) and platinum-carbon (Pt/C) catalysts have a strong influence on the charge and discharge voltages of rechargeable lithium-air (Li-O 2 ) batteries, and thus enable a higher efficiency than simple carbon electrodes in these batteries.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

Ogiso—who earlier in his career had been the chief engineer for the Prius, chief engineer for the Prius family, and chief engineer, product planning—made the remarks at the “2013 Toyota Hybrid World Tour” event the company staged in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Sion Power Corporation, a Brookhaven National Laboratory spin-out company, will develop an ultra-high energy Lithium-Sulfur battery able to power electric vehicles more than 300 miles between charges, with and energy density of 500Wh/kg that is 3x that of current Li-ion batteries. PolyPlus Battery Company. BASF, LBNL, PNNL).

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APRIL 8, 2009

The center will initially focus on lithium-ion battery manufacturing R&D. The Center may be eligible to receive funding from the Commonwealth of Kentucky through bonds, research tax credits and other incentives programs for future spin-off companies. Argonne and Kentucky will also pursue other funding opportunities.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

President Obama announced the DOE “Clean Energy Grand Challenge” in March 2012 with the goal of enabling US companies to be the first in the world to produce plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that are as affordable and convenient for the average American family as today’s gasoline-powered vehicles within the next 10 years.

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MAY 5, 2010

Weigand is looking for a “500-mile battery” such as a Li-O 2 (Lithium air) thin film nano-technology system and for 50% efficient photovoltaic cells. He also served as a media and technology executive at Time Warner, both in corporate positions and at the company’s America Online (AOL) division.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

A team at the University of Münster has reviewed 53 studies that provide time- or technology-specific cost estimates for lithium-ion, solid-state, lithium–sulfur and lithium–air batteries among more than 2,000 publications related to the topic.

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OCTOBER 26, 2015

Therefore, companies have been establishing fast-charging stations (ranging, e.g., from 24 kW by BMW to 120 kW by Tesla). Higher energy densities would only be possible, if one were able to develop durable and safe metallic lithium anodes. using a 24 kW charging station and within ≈12 min. kgH 2 /min.

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AUGUST 21, 2013

Just a few examples of transportation-related neutron-assisted research at ORNL include: Using neutron-computed tomography, researchers at the CG-1D neutron imaging instrument at HFIR successfully mapped the 3D spatial distribution of lithium products in electrochemically discharged lithium-air cathodes. Images of GDI injector.

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JUNE 12, 2012

The top two awards, one of $9 million to a project led by Dow Chemical, and one of $8.999 million to a project led by PolyPlus, will fund projects tackling, respectively, the manufacturing of low-cost carbon fibers and the manufacturing of electrodes for ultra-high-energy-density lithium-sulfur, lithium-seawater and lithium-air batteries.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

Sourcing diesel engines fits within a wider collaboration between the BMW Group and Toyota, under which the companies announced plans to: Co-develop a fuel-cell system; Conduct a feasibility study for the joint development of a sports car platform; Work together on creating lightweight vehicle body technologies; and.

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Drive Electric

APRIL 12, 2023

Examples of this development include solid-state batteries , lithium sulphur and lithium-air batteries. One example of battery technology developments is Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries developed for the solar PV industry, which are now being modified for use in EVs by companies like CATL.

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Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Companies Will Have More Affordable EVs Their Lineup As major automakers around the world develop their nascent EV lines, dozens of new EV vehicles including new premium models, middle-market sedans, SUVs, and pickup trucks will make their debuts in global markets in 2023 and 2024.

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