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AIST Developing New Lithium-Air Battery; Lithium Fuel Cell

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Long-term discharge curve of the newly developed lithium-air cell. Researchers at Japan’s AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) are developing a lithium-air cell with a new structure (a set of three different electrolytes) to avoid degradation and performance problems of conventional lithium-air cells.

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OSU team demonstrates concept of potassium-air battery as alternative to lithium-air systems

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V), which renders the system with a low round-trip energy efficiency around 60%. For comparison, they built a Li?O O 2 battery can can provide an exceptional round-trip energy efficiency of >95%.As mA/cm 2 —the lowest ever reported in metal-oxygen batteries, according to the team. V) than that of discharge (?0.3

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Jülich, ORNL researchers advance high energy density iron-air batteries

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In a new study published in the journal Nano Energy, researchers from Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) provide in-depth insight into the electrochemically induced surface reaction processes on iron anodes in concentrated alkaline electrolyte in iron-air batteries. —Weinrich et al.

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AIST team developing Li-air capacitor-battery targeted for EVs

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A team from Japan’s AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) reports on the development of a “lithiumair capacitor–battery based on a hybrid electrolyte” in a paper in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science. Energy Environ. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). —Wang et al.