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LG Chem charges Li-ion trade secrets theft, files Federal suit against SK Innovation

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for misappropriation of Li-ion battery trade secrets, tortious interference with prospective economic advantage and other. the lithium-ion battery division of LG Chem, which developed the world’s. first commercial pouch-type Li-ion battery for automobiles. highly valued lithium ion battery trade secrets.

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Report: VW invests in novel energy storage company QuantumScape and its solid-state “All Electron Battery”

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Volkswagen executives have been hinting for awhile now about taking a different approach to high-energy-density electrical storage for long-range electric vehicles than the more “conventional” next-generation Li-ion or Li-metal battery pathways. conventional capacitors). Corresponding gravimetric densities at top.

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Li-Cycle receives conditional commitment for $375M loan from DOE ATVM program

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Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. and the US Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO), through its Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) program, have entered into a conditional commitment for a $375-million loan.

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UAlbany NanoCollege licenses silicon/silicide chemistry and branched nanostructure for advanced Li-ion batteries to spin-out

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The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany in New York has licensed a silicon/silicide nanostructured anode technology developed there for Li-ion batteries to spin-out company BESS Technologies. The branched, flexible nanowires relieve the stress of lithium ion insertion.

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Rechargeable ultrahigh-capacity tellurium-aluminum batteries

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In an open-access paper in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science , they report that the Te nanowires deliver an ultrahigh discharge capacity of ~1026 mA h g -1 (with a specific current of 0.5 V discharge voltage—competitive to the record-setting energy density of documented aluminum-ion batteries (AIBs).

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Navigant: 53.3 GWh of advanced batteries shipped in 2014; >7B cells, $14B in sales

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in terms of energy capacity and 7.1% While the consumer electronics segment saw tepid growth in 2014, the vehicle electrification and grid-energy storage sectors experienced significant increases in energy capacity and associated revenue. Between 2013 and 2014, the industry’s growth rate increased 12.8%

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Graphex Group to build graphite processing facility in Warren, Michigan

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The processing facility development is subject to customary conditions, including finalization of definitive documentation and permitting. Coated purified spherical graphite is the predominant anode material for most Li-ion batteries used in EVs and renewable energy storage.

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