Energy Storage, Hybrid and Lithium Air

Cornell study examines trade-off between critical metals requirement and transportation decarbonization

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APRIL 17, 2023

“Recycling w/o 2nd” indicates retired batteries that are directly recycled without a second life as energy storage systems (ESSs). Recycling w/2nd” denotes retired batteries reused as ESSs before recycling. Zhang et al. Monotonic growth in global demand for critical metals to 2050 is the most prevalent trend.

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Transportation South Africa Lithium Sulfur Congo

JRC assesses EU RD&D investments in electric-drive vehicles; controls and energy storage top the list

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JULY 20, 2013

Controls and energy storage top the list. Its goal was to collect the information on all on-going or recently concluded RD&D projects on electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, which received EU or national public funding with a budget of more than €1 million (US$1.3 Energy storage. Source: JRC.

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Energy Storage Energy Vehicles Li-ion

The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

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MAY 5, 2010

Gil Weigand of Oak Ridge National Laboratory outlined his vision of a critical solution to the energy, climate and ensuing national security threats facing the US: the Net-Zero Neighborhood (NZN). batteries); the creation of grid-enabled consumer-side energy generation appliances; and a robust set of standards and protocols.

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Neighborhood Energy Storage Grid Transportation

Univ. of Western Ontario researchers develop graphene nanosheet electrodes with high energy capacity for non-aqueous Li-air batteries

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AUGUST 10, 2011

Non-aqueous Li-air batteries are one of the promising systems being explored for “beyond Li-ion” energy storage solutions for electric vehicles (EVs) because of their extremely high theoretical energy density. Graphene nanosheets (GNSs) have attracted great attention for energy storage applications.

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Li-ion Energy Batteries Battery

Nanocomposite of bio-templated manganese oxide and Pd as high-performance cathode for Li-air batteries

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The hybrid nanocatalyst achieves 13,350 mAhg -1 c (7,340 mAhg -1 c+catalyst ) of specific capacity at 0.4Ag -1 c and a stable cycle life up to 50 cycles (4,000 mAhg -1 c , 400 mAhg -1 c+catalyst ) at 1 Ag -1 c. —Oh et al.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Lithium Air

St. Andrews team elucidates behavior of carbon cathodes in Li-air batteries; the importance of the synergy between electrode and electrolyte

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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.

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Carbon Li-ion Batteries Battery

3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Vorbeck Materials , a startup company based in Jessup, Maryland, is using a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)-developed method for developing graphene for better lithium air and lithium sulfur batteries. Vorbeck, in collaboration with PNNL and Princeton, is working to rapidly bring this new technology to market.

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Hydrogen Engine Energy Batteries

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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APRIL 30, 2010

The US Department of Energy is awarding $106 million in funding for 37 research projects selected in the second round by the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Better Batteries - Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation (BEEST). Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Lead organization.

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Carbon Batteries Battery Li-ion

New LANL non-precious metal ORR catalyst can out-perform platinum; possible enabler for economical Li-air batteries, fuel cells

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JUNE 5, 2013

The new catalyst, reported in an open source paper in Nature Communications , could pave the way for reliable, economical metal-air batteries and alkaline fuel cells, providing for practical use of wind- and solar-powered electricity, as well as enhanced hybrid and electric vehicles. —Piotr Zelenay, corresponding author.

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Fuel Batteries Battery Li-ion

NRC report concludes US LDVs could cut oil consumption and GHGs by 80% by 2050; reliance on plug-ins, biofuels and hydrogen; strong policies mandatory

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MARCH 18, 2013

Hybrid LDVs might reach 94 mpg (2.5 The unit cost of batteries will decline with increased production and development; in addition, the energy storage (in kilowatt-hours) required for a given vehicle range will decline with vehicle load reduction and improved electrical component efficiency. l/100 km) for the midrange case.

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Hydrogen Oil Plug-in Fuel Economy

Promising EV Trends to Lookout For in 2023

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

million battery electric cars (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), sales of EVs increased by 55% above 2021 levels, bringing the total number of EVs worldwide to 20 million. Some other Battery news are, New developments and experiments in battery chemistries like lithium-air and magnesium-ion are going on.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Grid Charging

EV Driven

Cornell study examines trade-off between critical metals requirement and transportation decarbonization

JRC assesses EU RD&D investments in electric-drive vehicles; controls and energy storage top the list

The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

Univ. of Western Ontario researchers develop graphene nanosheet electrodes with high energy capacity for non-aqueous Li-air batteries

Nanocomposite of bio-templated manganese oxide and Pd as high-performance cathode for Li-air batteries

St. Andrews team elucidates behavior of carbon cathodes in Li-air batteries; the importance of the synergy between electrode and electrolyte

3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

New LANL non-precious metal ORR catalyst can out-perform platinum; possible enabler for economical Li-air batteries, fuel cells

NRC report concludes US LDVs could cut oil consumption and GHGs by 80% by 2050; reliance on plug-ins, biofuels and hydrogen; strong policies mandatory

Promising EV Trends to Lookout For in 2023

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