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JANUARY 21, 2013

John Goodenough at the University of Texas at Austin and colleague Kyu-Sung Park have written a perspective paper on Li-ion batteries (LIBs), published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. More recently, at the University of Texas, Austin, Dr. Goodenough patented a new class of iron phosphate materials.

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JUNE 4, 2013

Schematic illustration of 3D porous SiNP/conductive polymer hydrogel composite electrodes. Each SiNP is encapsulated in a conductive polymer surface. A team at Stanford University has developed stable silicon Li-ion battery anodes by incorporating a conducting polymer hydrogel into the Si-based material.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

Researchers at MIT, with a colleague from Tsinghua University, have developed a safety envelope for Li-ion batteries in electric vehicles by using a high accuracy finite element model of a pouch cell to produce more than 2,500 simulations and subsequently analyzing the data with Machine Learning (ML) algorithms. —Li et al.

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MARCH 27, 2013

A chart from EnerG2’s 2012 DOE Merit Review presentation shows different pore profiles for different energy storage applications. These properties can be tailored and modified for adaptation to the specific requirements of a given energy storage application. Click to enlarge. Aaron Feaver.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Anovion, with its partners, collaborators and stakeholders, will build 35,000 tons per annum of new synthetic graphite anode material capacity for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and critical energy storage applications. Li 2 O spodumene concentrate. Materials Separation & Processing (Cathode Minerals).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Scanning electron microscope image of polyethylene microcapsules spin coated onto Li-ion battery anode. These microcapsules are thermally triggered during thermal runaway conditions and infuse the anode shutting down ion transport and preventing lithium fires. Photo credit: Marta Baginska. Click to enlarge. —Scott White.

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MARCH 24, 2014

A team of researchers at the University of Delaware has discovered a “sticky” conductive material that may eliminate the need for binders in Li-ion battery electrodes. The approach could also be employed for electrode preparation for other energy storage devices such as electrochemical capacitors.

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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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MARCH 8, 2013

mol l -1 Li 2 SO 4 aqueous solution as electrolyte. Researchers from Fudan University in China and Technische Universität Chemnitz in Germany have developed an aqueous rechargeable lithium battery (ARLB) using coated Li metal as the anode. mol l -1 Li 2 SO 4 aqueous solution as electrolyte, an ARLB is built up.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

An international team of researchers has demonstrated a combination of techniques that allows for the precise measurement of ions moving through a Li-ion battery. The researchers collaborated on this result with the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), a DOE Energy Innovation Hub led by Argonne.

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

Researchers at Drexel University report in a paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society on the potential for 2D niobium and titanium carbide materials as high-power electrode materials for Li-ion batteries (LIBs). Specific lithiation (circles.) Credit: ACS, Naguib et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Batteries'

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JULY 7, 2015

The lead inventors of the technology are UCSB professor Dr. The lead inventors of the technology are UCSB professor Dr. Alan Heeger, the recipient of a Nobel Prize in 2000 for the discovery and development of conductive polymers, and Dr. David Vonlanthen, a project scientist and expert in energy storage at UCSB.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Reversible Li extraction capacity of nanoSi electrodes with alginate, CMC and PVDF binders vs. cycle number collected for the current density of 4200 mA g –1 for cells cycled in the potential window of 0.01-1 1 V vs. Li/Li +. Click to enlarge. —Kovalenko et al.

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JULY 17, 2020

Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University.

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APRIL 23, 2019

m PEO polymer electrolyte at the Li/BN interface, Li/Li symmetric cells show a cycle life of more than 500 hours at 0.3 The LiFePO 4 /LATP/BN/PEO/Li solid-state batteries show high capacity retention of 96.6% Plus, this interface has to be super-thin to avoid lowering the energy density of batteries.

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JUNE 1, 2015

Stanford University scientists have created a new ultrahigh surface area three-dimensional porous graphitic carbon material that significantly boosts the performance of energy-storage technologies. The process begins with conducting hydrogel, a water-based polymer with a spongy texture similar to soft contact lenses.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

Conventional Li-ion cell (left) compared to Seeo cell (right). The California Energy Commission has awarded $1,585,490 to spur research on projects including a solid-state Li-ion battery system for grid-scale energy storage. Click to enlarge. Commissioners approved $600,000 to Seeo Inc.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

and the University of Surrey, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, have developed new, crosslinked gel-matrix polymer electrolytes exhibiting measured capacitance values more than 100 times those of conventional electrolytes. The active electrode material plays an important role in increasing energy densities.

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

Discharge capacity (left axis) and Coulombic efficiency (right axis) of the Li 2 S-C cathode as a function of cycle number. Researchers at Cornell University are proposing a new scheme for cathodes for lithium-sulfide batteries ( earlier post ) to prevent lithium polysulfide dissolution and shuttling during electrochemical cycling.

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OCTOBER 5, 2015

million contract to NOHMs (Nano Organic Hybrid Materials) Technologies in Rochester, New York, for the development of electrolytes for automotive lithium-ion battery applications. volt lithium-ion batteries, consistent with USABC goals. USABC is a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR).

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APRIL 4, 2017

Provided over four years, the support to MIT researchers will be primarily directed at scientific discoveries and advancing energy storage. MIT’s Martin Bazant, joined by colleagues at Stanford University and Purdue University, will lead an effort to develop a novel, data-driven design of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

Schematic illustration of a Li-O 2 cell employing a mesoporous catalytic polymer membrane. A modified Li-O 2 battery with a catalytic membrane showed a stable cyclability for 60 cycles with a capacity of 1000 mAh/g and a reduced degree of polarization (?0.3 Credit: ACS, RYu et al. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 28, 2012

Nanotube array architecture, triple-layered structure, and high conductivity in electrodes provide ion and electron “superhighways”. Credit: ACS, Li et al. Researchers at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China designed and synthesized novel MnO 2 /Mn/MnO 2 sandwich-like nanotube arrays for supercapacitors. —Li et al.

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MARCH 2, 2011

Thirteen partners in a European research consortium have launched the SOMABAT (SOlid MAterials for high power Li polymer BATteries) project to develop more environmental friendly, safer and better performing high power density Li polymer batteries. Total project cost is €5.04 million (US$5.1

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JULY 31, 2009

A Michigan State University (MSU) researcher and his students have developed a nanomaterial—xGnP Exfoliated Graphite NanoPlatelets—that makes plastic stiffer, lighter and stronger and could result in more fuel-efficient airplanes and cars as well as more durable medical and sports equipment and enhanced energy storage systems.

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MARCH 22, 2012

These university-industry partnerships will receive almost $34 million in total project support. This project is led by Steven Holdcroft, Simon Fraser University, in partnership with Automotive Fuel Cell Corporation, Ballard Power Systems, Hyteon Inc., Batteries for grid energy storage and medical devices have similar requirements.

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APRIL 1, 2011

Researchers at the University of Texas, including Dr. 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 cell operates without a catalyst and has high storage efficiency. V vs. Li/Li + at room temperature.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

(CPI) shortly after GM selected CPI and its parent LG Chem as the provider for the Li-ion batteries for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV) Chevy Volt. (GM Dr. Patil has an undergraduate degree from IIT, Bombay (India) and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Company Overview.

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

A team at the University of St. Peter Bruce has further investigated the behavior of carbon as a possible porous cathode for aprotic Li-air cells; a paper on their work is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Given the role of carbon as a possible porous positive electrode for nonaqueous Li?O

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MAY 16, 2016

Researchers from Hunan University and Changsha University in China have designed 3D hierarchical porous nitrogen-doped aligned carbon nanotubes (HPNACNTs) with well-directed 1D conductive electron paths as scaffold to load sulfur for use as a high-performance cathode in Li-S batteries. The sulfur-HPNACNTs (with 68.8

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MAY 28, 2015

This quality control device will help to drive down the costs of fuel cells by reducing waste and improving the process efficiency of roll-to-roll manufacturing of polymer electrolyte membranes. It is cleaner, quieter, and friendlier to operate with a fuel cell power plant enabling mobility via renewable energy. Ballast Energy, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

By Kamlesh & Raphae Every major automaker has announced plans to build Lithium-Ion battery gigafactories. Video: EV Guru: Sodium-Ion Batteries are Coming Sooner Than You think! So there is a lot of Lithium out there, even if we continue to use Lithium-Ion batteries for the next 20 years, we are good.

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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). This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. NC State University. Columbia University.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Advanced Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium Ion Chemistries. Carbon Fiber Polymer Composite. There is an emphasis on developing and improving energy storage technologies, as they are one of the most critical components needed to enable the wide-spread commercialization of electric drive vehicles. Characteristics.

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MARCH 4, 2009

Magna will provide the BEV electric traction motor, transmission, motor controller, Lithium-ion energy storage system, battery charger and related systems. with DMC524 inverter and transaxle gearset, fed by a 25 kWh lithium polymer (LiPo) battery pack. Earlier post.). Usable range is more than 200 km.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

The Pennsylvania State University. This project will develop a high energy density lithium-sulfur cell technology that significantly reduces battery size, and improves performance and life. Grantee Description. Amprius, Inc. Nanosys, Inc. 3M Company. 3M Company. Miltec UV International, LLC. Johnson Controls, Inc. A123 Systems, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), with colleagues from the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), have evaluated the current challenges and requirements for the large-scale production of all-solid-state lithium-ion and lithium metal batteries. 1 and specific energies above 300 Wh kg ?1 1 will be required.”

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