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

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JULY 14, 2022

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. —Jin et al. 2 in mole or 1.6:8.4

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New class of coordination polymers for high-performance Li-, Na- and K-ion storage

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AUGUST 9, 2022

Researchers at the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium have designed and synthesized a new class of electrically conducting anionic coordination polymers for all practically relevant alkali-cation storage. V in lithium-, sodium-, or potassium-based cells. V for Li-, Na- and K-ion batteries. Wang et al.

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New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

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MARCH 2, 2023

Researchers led by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have extended the capacity and duration of sodium-aluminum batteries. The new sodium-based molten salt battery uses two distinct reactions. of peak charge capacity. hours under laboratory conditions.

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Molten Salt Grid Design Sodium

Chalmers team develops graphite-like anode for Na-ion batteries; Janus graphene

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AUGUST 26, 2021

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a nanometric graphite-like anode for sodium ion (Na + storage), formed by stacked graphene sheets functionalized only on one side, termed Janus graphene. The estimated sodium storage up to C 6.9 100 to 150 mA h g ? 100 to 150 mA h g ?1

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Researchers show that inherent lithium ions in bioderived borate polymer enhance extreme fast charging capability in graphite anodes

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MARCH 5, 2023

Now, a study by a team of researchers, led by Professor Noriyoshi Matsumi from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), showcases a new approach to facilitate fast charging using a binder material which promotes Li + -ion intercalation of active material. —Pradhan et al.

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French researchers develop sodium-ion battery in 18650 format; performance comparable to Li-ion

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NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Researchers within the RS2E network on electrochemical energy storage (Réseau sur le stockage électrochimique de l’énergie) in France have developed the first sodium-ion battery in an 18650 format. The main advantage of the prototype is that it relies on sodium, an element far more abundant and less costly than lithium.

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Li-ion Sodium Batteries Battery

Stanford team develops sodium-ion battery with performance equivalent to Li-ion, but at much lower cost

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Stanford researchers have developed a sodium-ion battery (SIB) that can store the same amount of energy as a state-of-the-art lithium ion, at substantially lower cost. Thus, further research is required to find better sodium host materials. The sodium salt makes up the cathode; the anode is made up of phosphorous.

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Sodium Li-ion Batteries Battery

KAUST team devises electrically-driven membrane process for seawater lithium mining

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APRIL 5, 2021

ppm) with a nominal Li/Mg selectivity >45 million. ppm) and an abundance of interfering ions (i.e., 13000 ppm of sodium, magnesium, calcium, and potassium ions, among others). Instead, the lithium concentration and the ratio of lithium to other multivalent ions, such as Mg 2+ and Ca 2+ , are the key factors to consider.

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ARPA-E awards $42M to 12 projects for advanced EV batteries; EVs4ALL program

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JANUARY 11, 2023

ARPA-E selected the following 12 teams from universities, national laboratories and the private sector to address and remove key technology barriers to EV adoption by developing next-generation battery technologies: 24M Technologies will develop low-cost and fast-charging sodium metal batteries with good low-temperature performance for EVs.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Sodium

Vanderbilt researchers find iron pyrite quantum dots boost performance of sodium-ion and Li-ion batteries

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

nm, average) of iron pyrite (FeS 2 ) nanoparticles are advantageous to sustain reversible conversion reactions in sodium ion and lithium ion batteries. In this work we explore the sodium and lithium conversion of ultrafine FeS 2 nanoparticles, with a tight size distribution centered around ∼4.5

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Li-ion Sodium Lithium Sulfur Batteries

Faradion demonstrates proof-of-concept sodium-ion electric bike

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MAY 15, 2015

E-bike powered by Faradion prototype Na-ion battery pack. British battery R&D company Faradion has demonstrated a proof-of-concept electric bike powered by sodium-ion batteries at the headquarters of Williams Advanced Engineering, which collaborated in the development of the bike. Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e.,

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Sodium Concept Li-ion Lithium Ion

Researchers convert atmospheric CO2 to carbon nanofibers and nanotubes for use as anodes in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

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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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Li-ion Carbon Convert Sodium

GE testing sodium halide battery/Li-ion battery/fuel cell hybrid system for transit bus

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

GE’s ecomagination.com publication reports that GE engineers have begun testing a transit bus equipped with a new hybrid energy system integrating GE’s Durathon sodium-halide battery ( earlier post ), a lithium-ion battery and a hydrogen fuel cell. Better power management also means long-term savings in operating the vehicle.

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Sodium Li-ion Batteries Battery

IBC demonstrates highly selective high-yield direct lithium extraction from Salar de Maricunga brine

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MARCH 26, 2023

DLP Pilot Plant Phase 1 results: 99+% of lithium selectively extracted directly from Salar de Maricunga brine; lithium is below analytical detection limits in Li-depleted brine. Concentrations of key elements in the Salar de Maricunga brine are: Li (0.767 g/L), Mg (5.37 No pre-removal or concentration steps are required. m3 per day.

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Swiss researchers devise simple procedure to enhance performance of conventional Li-ion batteries without changing chemistries

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JULY 6, 2016

Materials researchers at the Swiss Paul Scherrer Institute PSI in Villigen and the ETH Zurich have developed a very simple and cost-effective procedure for significantly enhancing the performance of conventional Li-ion rechargeable batteries by improving only the design of the electrodes without changing the underlying materials chemistry.

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Sodium-ion energy storage in nanocellular carbon foams shows high capacity and rate retention; not an intercalation battery

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AUGUST 12, 2013

Ragone plot of an NCCF-Acid/Na cathode together with two other representative Na-ion battery cathodes and lithium batteries. Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e., Thus, insertion/deinsertion of sodium ions in a host material is much more difficult than that of lithium ions, the researchers note.

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CMU study concludes lithium market fluctuations unlikely to impact Li-ion battery prices significantly

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MAY 5, 2016

The Carnegie Mellon University researchers, whose study was published in the Journal of Power Sources , analyzed multiple lithium-ion battery chemistries and cell formats to see whether extreme lithium price variations would have a substantial impact. per kg of Li 2 CO 3 ) do not change the cost of lithium-ion cells by more than 10%.

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Faraday Institution to award up to £55M to five consortia for energy storage research

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

This expanded portfolio has the dual aims of improving current generation lithium ion batteries as well as longer horizon materials discovery and optimisation projects to support the commercialisation of next-generation batteries. Next generation lithium ion cathode materials. Next generation sodium ion batteries–NEXGENNA.

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Hollow carbon nanowires show high capacity and cycle life as anodes for sodium-ion batteries; insight into Na-ion insertion-extraction mechanism

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JUNE 14, 2012

Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed hollow carbon nanowires (HCNWs) for use as anode material for Na-ion batteries. The researchers attributed the good sodium-ion insertion properties to the short diffusion distance in the HCNWs and the large interlayer distance (0.37 Credit: ACS, Cao et al.

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Sodium Li-ion Carbon Insight

Researchers use in situ NMR spectroscopy to provide insight into silicon expansion in Li-ion batteries

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

A major barrier to the use of high energy capacity silicon in a lithium-ion battery is the volumetric expansion of silicon under lithiation and delithiation, which results in electrode degradation and capacity fade. Silicon (shown in grey) is capable of holding 10 times as many lithium ions (shown in pink) as currently-used anodes.

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Li-ion Insight Lithium Ion Batteries

Univ. of Texas researchers propose lithium- or sodium-water batteries as next generation of high-capacity battery technology; applicable for EVs and grid storage

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APRIL 1, 2011

John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. The present sodium-sulfur battery operates above 300 °C. The high energy storage has stimulated a worldwide study of Li-air batteries. V was developed.

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MIT-led team devises new approach to designing solid ion conductors; implications for high-energy solid-state batteries

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MARCH 26, 2018

Researchers led by a team from MIT, with colleagues from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), BMW Group, and Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a fundamentally new approach to alter ion mobility and stability against oxidation of lithium ion conductors—a key component of rechargeable batteries—using lattice dynamics.

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MIT Lithium Ion Li-ion Design

China-US team uses graphene composite separator to suppress polysulfide shuttling in Li-S batteries

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AUGUST 9, 2018

A team of researchers from institutions in China and the US report the design of a negatively charged graphene composite separator for the effective suppression of the polysulfide shuttling effect in Li-sulfur batteries. A recent study demonstrated “charge environment” as an effective way to mitigate the PS shuttling effect.

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Li-ion Lithium Sulfur China Batteries

Researchers develop rechargeable hybrid-seawater fuel cell; highly energy density, stable cycling

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Schematic illustration of the designed hybrid-seawater fuel cell and a schematic diagram at the charged–discharged state. Sodium can serve as an alternative to lithium in rechargeable batteries as the reversible storage mechanisms for sodium ions are very similar (e.g., Click to enlarge. 1 , respectively. earlier post ).

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Recharge Sodium Hybrid Fuel

WSU, PNNL researchers develop viable sodium battery

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JUNE 2, 2020

Although O3-layered metal oxides are promising cathode materials for high-energy Na-ion batteries, they suffer from fast capacity fade. However, the nickel rich O3-NaTMOs suffer from irreversible phase transition at high voltage and limited cycle life, similar to their Li analogues, if not even worse.

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Sodium Li-ion Batteries Battery

Researchers call for integration of materials sustainability into battery research; the need for in situ monitoring

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JANUARY 18, 2017

Although estimates vary widely, the predicted penetration of lithium-ion technology into these large-volume markets could result in as much as a threefold increase of production for the cathode material, reaching nearly 400,000 tonnes per year by 2020. Note the trend in abundances of Al > Ca > Mg > Na > Li, and Fe > Mn > Ni > Co.

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Li-ion Ni-Li Batteries Battery

ASU team develops new solution for mitigating Li dendrite growth by tackling plating-induced residual stress

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MARCH 7, 2018

Almost all metals used as battery anodes tend to develop dendrites For example, these findings have implications for zinc, sodium and aluminum batteries as well. Here, we aim to provide answers to the above fundamental questions by designing experiments for plating Li on a thin copper (Cu) current collector supported by soft substrates.

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Li-ion Arizona Lithium Ion Sodium

JCESR team advances prospects of solid-state magnesium-ion batteries with discovery of fastest magnesium-ion solid-state conductor

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

A team of Department of Energy (DOE) scientists at the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) has discovered the fastest magnesium-ion solid-state conductor, a major step towards making solid-state magnesium-ion batteries that are both energy dense and safe. —Gerbrand Ceder, a Berkeley Lab Senior Faculty Scientist.

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OSU smart membrane could enable new category of high-energy, high-power energy storage for EVs

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AUGUST 24, 2016

A team at the Ohio State University has developed a membrane that regulates bi-directional ion transport across it as a function of its redox state and that could be used as a programmable smart membrane separator in future supercapacitors and redox flow batteries. — Herya and Sundaresan.

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Researchers use multivalent cation additives to inhibit dendrite growth in rechargeable batteries

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JUNE 8, 2022

Researchers at Tohoku University have devised a means to stabilize lithium or sodium depositions in rechargeable batteries, helping keep their metallic structure intact. Multivalent cation additives modify the solvation structure of lithium or sodium cations in electrolytes and contribute to flat electrodeposition morphology.

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Recharge Li-ion Sodium Batteries

ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The University of Texas at Arlington will develop acoustic stimulation and electrolytic proton production to produce lithium (Li) and nickel (Ni) from CO 2 -reactive minerals and rocks that contain calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg), while sequestering CO 2 in the form of carbonate solids.

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Modec Finalizing Joint Venture With Navistar for Class 2c-3 Electric Trucks

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AUGUST 6, 2009

Modec vehicles, manufactured at its Coventry-based plant, are designed from the ground up as an electric commercial vehicle. Available in a variety of models (chassis cab, drop-side, box van), all Modec vehicles at their core have a uniquely designed battery cassette, securely packaged inside the custom designed chassis.

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Berkeley Lab team uses high-entropy mechanism to boost ionic conductivity in solid electrolyte

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Solid-state battery electrolytes need to be able to transport lithium ions rapidly. This can be achieved by developing a percolating pathway in the solid electrolyte or by increasing the mobility of the carrier ions. However, standard design methods have limited the selection of dopants and complicated the synthesis.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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JULY 10, 2019

Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Selected Labs and Partners. Ames Laboratory. Argonne National Laboratory.

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High-capacity GQD-coated VO2 nanoarray electrodes for high-performance Li- and Na-ion batteries

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DECEMBER 29, 2014

Researchers from Nanyang Technical University (NTU) in Singapore have shown high-capacity, high-rate, and durable lithium- and sodium-ion battery (LIB and NIB) performance using single-crystalline long-range-ordered bilayered VO 2 nanoarray electrodes. VO 2 nanobelts are beneficial to fast ion diffusion. Credit: ACS, Chao et al.

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Li-ion Ni-Li Sodium Batteries

Study identifies halogen-free superhalogen electrolytes for Li-ion batteries

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OCTOBER 25, 2014

Most electrolytes currently used in Li-ion batteries contain halogens, which are toxic. An in-depth study based on first-principles calculations by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University has shown that the anions of commercially available electrolytes for Li-ion batteries are all superhalogens. —Giri et al.

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PNNL study outlines requirements for grid storage, reviews four electrochemical energy storage systems: vanadium redox flow, Na-beta, Li-ion and lead-carbon

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MARCH 15, 2011

published in the ACS journal Chemical Reviews , reviews in detail four stationary storage systems considered the most promising candidates for electrochemical energy storage: vanadium redox flow; sodium-beta alumina membrane; lithium-ion; and lead-carbon batteries. Single-cell and tubular design of a Na-beta battery.

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Pike Research forecasts accelerating hybrid locomotive sales from 2015-2020

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

The Green Goat was designed for only one shift, but was being used for longer service, and had resulting quality issues; furthermore, the battery management system that failed to prevent battery shorts. Advanced lead acid batteries will make inroads as well.

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Take a detailed look at 7 types of energy storage batteries

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Chemical energy storage mainly includes lead-acid batteries, nickel batteries, lithium batteries, liquid flow batteries, and sodium-sulfur batteries, and electromagnetic energy storage mainly includes supercapacitor energy storage and superconducting energy storage. What is a battery?

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Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

The battery in her EV is a variation on the flow battery , a design in which spent electrolyte is replaced rather than recharged. The design returned to life in the mid-20th century, was developed for possible use on a moon base, and was further improved for use in grid storage.

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Oregon State team demonstrates pathway to proton batteries; Grotthuss proton conduction

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The discovery potentially could shift the whole paradigm of high-power electrochemical energy storage with new design principles for electrodes, said Xianyong Wu, a postdoctoral scholar at OSU and the first author of the paper published in the journal Nature Energy. —Xiulei Ji. The National Science Foundation and the U.S.

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Univ. of Maryland team develops tin-film on wood fiber anode for Na-ion batteries; targeting grid storage

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JUNE 19, 2013

A team at the University of Maryland has demonstrated that a material consisting of a thin tin (Sn) film deposited on a hierarchical conductive wood fiber substrate is an effective anode for a sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery, and addresses some of the limitations of other Na-ion anodes such as capacity fade due to pulverization.

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Maryland Grid Li-ion Batteries

MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

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APRIL 12, 2015

CEES has three main research thrusts: the development of advanced lithium-ion and multivalent ion batteries; the development of rechargeable metal-air batteries; and Development of reversible low and elevated temperature fuel cells. Advanced Li-ion and multivalent ion batteries. Chiang, MIT colleague W.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The solicitation was designed as a call for early-stage clean energy innovations that fall within five defined technology areas: energy efficiency; energy storage; AI/machine learning; advanced power electronics/power conditioning; and zero- and negative-carbon emission generation. Leap Photovoltaics Inc.

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

New class of coordination polymers for high-performance Li-, Na- and K-ion storage

New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

Chalmers team develops graphite-like anode for Na-ion batteries; Janus graphene

Researchers show that inherent lithium ions in bioderived borate polymer enhance extreme fast charging capability in graphite anodes

French researchers develop sodium-ion battery in 18650 format; performance comparable to Li-ion

Stanford team develops sodium-ion battery with performance equivalent to Li-ion, but at much lower cost

KAUST team devises electrically-driven membrane process for seawater lithium mining

ARPA-E awards $42M to 12 projects for advanced EV batteries; EVs4ALL program

Vanderbilt researchers find iron pyrite quantum dots boost performance of sodium-ion and Li-ion batteries

Faradion demonstrates proof-of-concept sodium-ion electric bike

Researchers convert atmospheric CO2 to carbon nanofibers and nanotubes for use as anodes in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

GE testing sodium halide battery/Li-ion battery/fuel cell hybrid system for transit bus

IBC demonstrates highly selective high-yield direct lithium extraction from Salar de Maricunga brine

Swiss researchers devise simple procedure to enhance performance of conventional Li-ion batteries without changing chemistries

Sodium-ion energy storage in nanocellular carbon foams shows high capacity and rate retention; not an intercalation battery

CMU study concludes lithium market fluctuations unlikely to impact Li-ion battery prices significantly

Faraday Institution to award up to £55M to five consortia for energy storage research

Hollow carbon nanowires show high capacity and cycle life as anodes for sodium-ion batteries; insight into Na-ion insertion-extraction mechanism

Researchers use in situ NMR spectroscopy to provide insight into silicon expansion in Li-ion batteries

Univ. of Texas researchers propose lithium- or sodium-water batteries as next generation of high-capacity battery technology; applicable for EVs and grid storage

MIT-led team devises new approach to designing solid ion conductors; implications for high-energy solid-state batteries

China-US team uses graphene composite separator to suppress polysulfide shuttling in Li-S batteries

Researchers develop rechargeable hybrid-seawater fuel cell; highly energy density, stable cycling

WSU, PNNL researchers develop viable sodium battery

Researchers call for integration of materials sustainability into battery research; the need for in situ monitoring

ASU team develops new solution for mitigating Li dendrite growth by tackling plating-induced residual stress

JCESR team advances prospects of solid-state magnesium-ion batteries with discovery of fastest magnesium-ion solid-state conductor

OSU smart membrane could enable new category of high-energy, high-power energy storage for EVs

Researchers use multivalent cation additives to inhibit dendrite growth in rechargeable batteries

ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

Modec Finalizing Joint Venture With Navistar for Class 2c-3 Electric Trucks

Berkeley Lab team uses high-entropy mechanism to boost ionic conductivity in solid electrolyte

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

High-capacity GQD-coated VO2 nanoarray electrodes for high-performance Li- and Na-ion batteries

Study identifies halogen-free superhalogen electrolytes for Li-ion batteries

PNNL study outlines requirements for grid storage, reviews four electrochemical energy storage systems: vanadium redox flow, Na-beta, Li-ion and lead-carbon

Pike Research forecasts accelerating hybrid locomotive sales from 2015-2020

Take a detailed look at 7 types of energy storage batteries

Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

Oregon State team demonstrates pathway to proton batteries; Grotthuss proton conduction

Univ. of Maryland team develops tin-film on wood fiber anode for Na-ion batteries; targeting grid storage

MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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