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APRIL 4, 2020

The certification covers twelve storage battery system components, including SCiB lithium-ion rechargeable battery modules, current sensors, and the battery management unit (BMU) which monitors the voltage, temperature, and current of the battery module.

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Mariner Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries 321

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FEBRUARY 17, 2013

The Robust Affordable Next Generation EV-Storage (RANGE) program’s goal is to enable a 3X increase in electric vehicle range (from ~80 to ~240 miles per charge) with a simultaneous price reduction of > 1/3 (to ~ $30,000). ARPA-E defines robust design as electrochemical energy storage chemistries and/or architectures (i.e.

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OCTOBER 13, 2014

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) led by Professor Xiaodong Chen have developed a new TiO 2 gel material for Li-ion battery anodes. A battery equipped with the new anode material can be recharged up to 70% in only 2 minutes. A paper on their work is published in the journal Advanced Materials.

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Li-ion Singapore Lithium Ion Batteries 290

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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. plugin EVs to Tesla’s 85 kWh battery pack). —Herya and Sundaresan.

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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. Opportunities exist for the chemist to bring together oxide and polymer or graphene chemistry in imaginative morphologies. ”.a

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Li-ion PHEV Transportation Batteries 262

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Out of several candidates that could replace Li in rechargeable batteries, calcium (Ca) stands out as a promising metal. Not only is Ca 10,000 times more abundant than Li, but it can also yield—in theory—similar battery performance. —Prof. Haesun Park, Chung-Ang University, co-corresponding author.

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Ni-Li Li-ion Batteries Battery 302

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JULY 8, 2013

The working concept of I3 – /I – redox reaction in the aqueous Li-I 2 battery. A team from Japan’s RIKEN, led by Hye Ryung Byon, has developed a lithium-iodine (Li-I 2 ) battery system with a significantly higher energy density than conventional lithium-ion batteries. Zhao et al. Click to enlarge. Zhao et al.

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Li-ion Ni-Li Energy Batteries 255

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

is synthesizing ionic liquids for a range of applications, including its own aluminum-air battery, currently under development ( earlier post ); electrolytes for Li-ion batteries; and solvents for cellulose nanofibers. Aluminum-air batteries offer a theoretical specific energy of 8.1 Fuji Pigment Co.,

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Recharge 150

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

International Battery , a US manufacturer, designer and developer of large-format Lithium-ion (Li-ion) rechargeable cells, batteries and energy storage systems (ESS), has introduced IBexus—a 24-Volt, 4.1 Click to enlarge.

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Li-ion International Batteries Battery 199

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

A team at Purdue University has used pollens as the basis for carbon architectures for anodes in energy storage devices. Currently, Li-ion batteries generally use graphite as the anode material, with a theoretical capacity of 372 mAh/g and excellent capacity retention over extended cycling. —Vilas Pol.

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Li-ion Carbon Energy Storage Lithium Ion 150

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JANUARY 24, 2011

is introducing new graphene composite anode materials for Li-ion batteries. Targray says that the Vor-Charge Graphene Composite Anode Material outperforms carbon nanotube and carbon black composites, and enables increased cycle life and faster recharge rates. The Anode-HC material can operate over a wide temperature range.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Recharge 236

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APRIL 22, 2022

As reported in an open-access paper in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science , Li||LiNi 0.8 O 2 (NCM811) cells, which can work in a wide operating temperature range from ?30 Li||NCM811 cells with a thin (50 ? With the increasing demand for rechargeable batteries with a high energy density (?

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Ni-Li Li-ion China Batteries 170

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JANUARY 7, 2015

A team from the University of Rome Sapienza has developed a rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery based on the combination of a high capacity sulfur-carbon cathode, nanostructured Li x Sn-C anode and polysulfide-added PEO-based gel membrane. mAh g S -1 , depending on the cycling rate.

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Li-ion Polymer Lithium Sulfur Energy 150

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

During discharge and charge in UHV, Li ions reversibly intercalate/de-intercalate into/from the Li x V 2 O 5 electrode. During discharge, Li ions meet with reduced oxygen on the surface of the Li x V 2 O 5 electrode forming Li 2 O 2 , which is decomposed upon recharge. The rechargeable Li?air

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Lithium Air Li-ion Recharge Insight 253

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

International Battery (IB), a US manufacturer and developer of large-format lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, has been chosen as the battery system provider for the first-of-its-kind Community Energy Storage (CES) systems, developed by S&C Electric Company for American Electric Power (AEP).

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Energy Storage Li-ion International Lithium Ion 199

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

BYD Ltd and Utility Partners of America (UPA) have put into service a 500 kWh containerized energy storage system (ESS) for one of the largest investor-owned utility companies in North America. Wider temperature range: Operates from 0 °C to 60 °C. —a new benchmark for the ESS industry, according to BYD.

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BYD Li-ion Installation Grid 246

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

Federal Agency Battery and Energy Storage Initiatives and Funding Obligations, Fiscal Years 2009. GAO was asked to: identify the scope and key characteristics of federal battery and energy storage initiatives; determine the extent to which there is potential fragmentation, overlap, or duplication, if any, among these initiatives; and.

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Energy Storage 2009 2012 Energy 231

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JANUARY 26, 2017

For the purposes of the report, advanced batteries are defined as rechargeable batteries with a chemistry that has only entered into the market as a mass-produced product in the last two decades for use in the automotive or stationary energy storage system sectors.

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2016 Nickel Metal Hydride Nickel Cadmium Lead Acid 150

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MAY 7, 2013

Wrightbus, which has had a relationship with Valence since 2007, selected Valence as the battery supplier of choice for Wrightbus’ range of hybrid vehicles. Valence has been manufacturing safe, reliable energy storage solutions since 2005. The 1.024 kWh (25.6 Earlier post.).

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Li-ion Purchase Batteries Battery 236

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MAY 26, 2011

Scheme of the semi-solid flow cell (SSFC) system using flowing lithium-ion cathode and anode suspensions. The SSFC could enable new models such as transportation ‘fuels’ tuned for power versus range, or cold versus warm climates, with flexible refueling and recycling options. Source: Duduta et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Li-ion Recharge Grid Lithium Ion 345

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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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Li-ion Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 207

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

Contour Energy Systems, Inc. has acquired a carbon nanotube technology that can significantly improve the power capability of lithium-ion batteries, through an exclusive technology licensing agreement with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Li-ion MIT Carbon Lithium Ion 257

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APRIL 8, 2013

Corporation has received an order for thirty-four liquid fuel C30 microturbines for use in DesignLine’s Eco Saver IV range extended electric buses. The DesignLine range-extended electric buses are 45 feet long, and feature an all-electric drivetrain using Li-ion batteries for energy storage.

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Denver Li-ion Fleet Lithium Ion 294

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MAY 31, 2024

Gas Li-ion batteries thwart extreme cold South 8 Technologies demonstrates the cold tolerance of its Li-ion battery by burying it in ice at the 2024 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit. That’s a big improvement on conventional Li-ion batteries, which start to degrade when temps reach 0 °C and shut down at about –20 °C.

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Li-ion Water Phoenix Waste 91

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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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Li-ion Grid Energy California 186

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MARCH 1, 2012

Cycling performance of Li/SeS 2 ?C, Unlike the widely studied Li/S system, both Se and Se x S y can be cycled to high voltages (up to 4.6 The discovery of new electrode materials is key to realizing safe and efficient electrochemical energy storage systems essential to enabling future green energy technologies.

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Recharge Ni-Li Li-ion Batteries 220

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JANUARY 31, 2014

The complaint alleges that LG has infringed Celgard’s United States Patent Nº 6,432,586 issued for an invention entitled “Separator for a High Energy Rechargeable Lithium Battery.”. Celgard has a long history of innovation in lithium-ion battery separators and is a proven world leader in this technology. Earlier post.).

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Li-ion Lithium Ion South Korea North Carolina 199

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Researchers in South Korea have developed a novel high-energy cathode material, Na 1.5 F 0.7 , for sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries (NIBs). This new material provides an energy density of 600 Wh kg –1 , the highest value among Na-ion cathodes. The less negative redox potential of Na + /Na as compared to Li + /Li (?2.71

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Sodium Li-ion Energy Batteries 292

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MAY 15, 2012

phosphate-based cathode materials for use in lithium-ion (Li-ion) rechargeable batteries. beLife will initially focus on developing advanced, cost-competitive products and production processes for lithium iron phosphate cathode materials used in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. The partnership is based.

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Lithium Ion Li-ion Belgium Morocco 218

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MAY 2, 2017

Li-sulfur batteries are looked to as a likely next-generation higher energy density energy storage system due to the high theoretical capacity, low cost and high earth abundance of sulfur. In addition, when a Li-S cell operates under a lean electrolyte condition, its charge/discharge behavior, cell failure model, etc.

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Li-ion Lithium Sulfur Polymer Energy Storage 150

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AUGUST 24, 2012

Researchers at the University of Tokyo are exploring the development of novel lithium-free “oxygen rocking” rechargeable aqueous batteries for large-scale energy storage. The oxidation or reduction at a constant current ranging from 1.40 1 in the potential ranges 0.5 ? ?0.5?V Hibino et al. Click to enlarge.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 285

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JUNE 18, 2015

Tesla Motor’s Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel signed a 5-year research agreement with Dalhousie University’s Jeff Dahn, Li-ion battery researcher with the Faculty of Science, and his group of students, postdoctoral researchers and technical staff. New Li-ion electrode materials. —Prof.

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MARCH 6, 2017

XPAND’s battery management system (BMS) features diagnostics, battery state estimate and a flexible system architecture, providing more accurate State of Charge (SOC) and State of Health (SOH) data, helping EV operators more accurately estimate how long they can continue to drive their EV before recharging.

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Li-ion Manufacturer Electric Vehicles Mariner 170

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Long-term cycling test results of the Li/S cell with CTAB-modified S?GO This result represents the longest cycle life (exceeding 1,500 cycles) with an extremely low decay rate (0.039% per cycle) demonstrated so far for a Li/S cell. This would require almost double the specific energy (about 200 Wh/kg) of current lithium-ion batteries.

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Li-ion Lithium Sulfur Energy Industrial 359

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APRIL 15, 2013

Up until now, Li-ion batteries have been considered to exhibit no “memory effect”—a deviation in the voltage of the battery resulting from repeated charging after being only partially discharged that can limit the usability of the stored energy as well as the ability to determine the state of charge of the battery reliably.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 244

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JANUARY 18, 2017

In a review paper in the journal Nature Materials , Jean-Marie Tarascon (Professor at College de France and Director of RS2E, French Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage) and Clare Gray (Professor at the University of Cambridge), call for integrating the sustainability of battery materials into the R&D efforts to improve rechargeable batteries.

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Li-ion Ni-Li Batteries Battery 150

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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 150