Argonne National Lab Issues Lithium-Sulfur Battery Research Update
CleanTechnica EVs
JANUARY 7, 2023
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory say they have found ways to make stable lithium-sulfur batteries that last 700 cycles.
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CleanTechnica EVs
JANUARY 7, 2023
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory say they have found ways to make stable lithium-sulfur batteries that last 700 cycles.
Innovation News Network
JANUARY 9, 2024
Nick Smailes of the Faraday Institution, explores the advantages and challenges to commercialisation of lithium-sulfur batteries. The post Lithium-sulfur batteries one step closer to commercialisation in the UK: A Faraday success story appeared first on Innovation News Network.
CleanTechnica EVs
JANUARY 14, 2022
A new biologically inspired battery membrane has enabled a battery with five times the capacity of the industry-standard lithium ion design to run for the thousand-plus cycles needed to power an electric car.
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APRIL 3, 2018
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have now developed a method to use this cheap and abundant waste byproduct to build a components for lithium-sulfur batteries. When the sulfur loading was further increased to 68 wt%, the capacity still reaches as high as 1100 mA h g ?1 per cycle over 200 cycles.
CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 6, 2023
She’s excited about bringing lithium-sulfur batteries into a new era at Lyten, one in which […] Previously, she worked with Tesla for more than 6 years as a top battery engineer and manager. She’s also spent time at Panasonic, Uber, and Quantumscape.
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JUNE 15, 2023
developer of the Lyten 3D Graphene decarbonization supermaterials platform, commissioned its Lithium-Sulfur battery pilot line at its facility in Silicon Valley. The pilot line will deliver cells that exceed conventional Nickel-Cobalt-Manganese (NMC) lithium-ion battery gravimetric energy densities. Lyten, Inc.,
CleanTechnica EVs
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Lithium sulfur and lithium carbon batteries are almost ready for prime time.
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JANUARY 8, 2023
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have advanced lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery research by creating a redox-active interlayer within the battery that adds energy storage capacity while nearly eliminating a traditional problem with sulfur batteries. —Lee et al.
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NOVEMBER 24, 2015
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Solid Power Inc. have signed an exclusive agreement licensing lithium-sulfur materials for next-generation batteries. Solid Power licensed a portfolio of ORNL patents relating to lithium-sulfur compositions that will enable development of more energy-dense batteries.
Spark Powered
JANUARY 9, 2023
With a new design, lithium-sulfur batteries could reach their full potential. Most of these devices use well-known batteries”>lithium-ion battery technology. Sulfur is extremely abundant and cost effective and can hold more energy than traditional ion-based batteries. Source link.
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NOVEMBER 12, 2013
BASF Battery Materials will discuss its latest improvements in Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) battery technology for grid energy storage applications at the 8 th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition (IRES 2013), being held 18-20 November 2013 in Berlin, Germany.
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AUGUST 8, 2014
NASA has selected four proposals for advanced Li-ion and Li-sulfur energy storage technologies that may be used to power the agencys future space missions. High Energy Density and Long-Life Li-S Batteries for Aerospace Applications, submitted by the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
CleanTechnica EVs
MARCH 8, 2024
Longer-lasting, higher-performing batteries would help spark EV sales, and a new solid state lithium-sulfur formula could do the trick. The post The Search For The Perfect Solid-State Battery Continues, Self-Healing Sulfur Edition appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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MARCH 28, 2022
Lithium-sulfur batteries are prospects for future batteries as they are made from cheaper and more environmentally friendly materials than lithium-ion batteries. They also have higher energy storage capacity and work well at much lower temperatures. However, they suffer from short lifetimes and energy loss.
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
The new projects in four focus areas join the existing Faraday Institution research projects that collectively aim to deliver the organisation’s mission to accelerate breakthroughs in energy storage technologies to benefit the UK in the global race to electrification.
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FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Scientists from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea, have found that a new catalyst material can improve lithium–sulfur battery life significantly. Long-term cycle performance and Coulombic efficiency of 15% CoC 2 O 4 -containing carbon layer on a sulfur cathode with CoC 2 O 4 under various current densities.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
To develop higher capacity batteries, researchers have looked to lithium-sulfur batteries because of sulfur’s high theoretical capacity and energy density. It also consumes fresh lithium and electrolytes, and reduces battery performance.
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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). NMC/NCA scenario illustrates that the market share of NMC/NCA will increase to 100% by 2050. Recycling w/2nd” denotes retired batteries reused as ESSs before recycling. Zhang et al.
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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. Previously reported sulfur electrodes often had areal capacity of below 3 mAh g −1 and cycling lifetime of less than 200 cycles.
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APRIL 5, 2017
Ford is exploring a variety of “beyond Li-ion” solutions, including Lithium-sulfur, Lithium-air and solid-state lithium-ion batteries.
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JULY 20, 2013
Controls and energy storage top the list. The greatest amount of investment is related to, in order of funding, controls; energy storage; vehicle body and architecture; and electric motors. HI-WI, iKRAVT); controls for energy storage systems (i.e. Energy storage. Source: JRC. Click to enlarge.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
Fraunhofer IWS in Dresden, Germany will hold its 3rd annual workshop on Lithium-sulfur batteries from 12-13 November 2014. As with the prior Lithium-Sulfur Battery Workshops in 2012 and 2013, this year’s symposium will bring together an international audience of scientists and industrial customers.
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JANUARY 19, 2018
A team of researchers led by scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have designed an active polyelectrolyte binder (PEB) that actively regulates key ion transport processes within a lithium-sulfur battery, and have also shown how it functions on a molecular level.
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DECEMBER 11, 2020
The research pathways focus on fuel diversification, vehicle efficiency, energy storage, lightweight materials, and new mobility technologies to improve the overall energy efficiency and affordability of the transportation system. Lithium-sulfur and lithium-air battery cell development.
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DECEMBER 1, 2015
Next-generation batteries will see explosive growth after 2030: Lithium-sulfur will jump from $6 billion in 2030 to $29 billion in 2035, while solid-state batteries will climb from $3 billion to $42 billion over the same period. The report is part of the Lux Research Energy Storage Intelligence service.
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DECEMBER 21, 2018
Researchers at Jiangsu Normal University in China have devised a boron-doped carbon-sulfur (BCS) aerogel with consecutive “core-shell” stuctures as a binder-free cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries. Good porous structures of BCS aerogel can provide sufficient space for the expansion of active sulfur.
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DECEMBER 8, 2014
Consultancy Frost &Sullivan has selected UK-based lithium-sulfur battery developer OXIS Energy to receive the 2014 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation. Additionally, OXIS Energy’s lithium-sulfur battery has long lifecycles. Batteries Li-Sulfur' Earlier post.).
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DECEMBER 19, 2018
A team of researchers in China has devised a simple and mass-produceable method to modify a Li metal anode to avoid the formation of an unstable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) and the subsequent growth of Li dendrites in high-energy-density Li-S batteries. A paper on their work is published in the journal Energy Storage Materials.
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MAY 9, 2017
Materials researchers of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI in Switzerland have, in collaboration with the Université Grenoble Alpes (France), developed a simple method that can improve the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries by 25-30%. For example, the lithium-sulfur battery rapidly loses capacity with repeated charging.
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AUGUST 26, 2014
The composite shows good rate performance and excellent cycling stability for use as a cathode material in Lithium-sulfur batteries. Polyaniline is an interesting conducting polymer because it works as a substrate to load sulfur and can be used as a cathode in lithium sulfur batteries. —Li et. Raji, Errol L.
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NOVEMBER 12, 2014
UK-based Lithium-sulfur battery company OXIS Energy ( earlier post ) reported developing a Lithium-sulfur cell achieving in excess of 300 Wh/kg. In August, for example, OXIS Energy and Multi Source Power technologies (MSP) formed a partnership to develop Li-sulfur batteries for marine applications.
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JANUARY 10, 2014
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have designed a lithium–sulfur battery using electrically connected graphite and lithium metal as a hybrid anode to control undesirable surface reactions on lithium. Huang et al. Click to enlarge. —Huang et al.
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
BioSolar, a developer of energy storage technology and materials, has begun development of a high energy anode for current- and next-generation lithium batteries. While this anode is an independent technology, the Company will seek synergies with the Super Cathode technology it has been developing. Earlier post.).
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APRIL 2, 2021
Focus was placed on how best to strengthen the UK’s position in electrochemical energy storage research and make UK industry more competitive, building on the foundations of the three years of investigation already performed.
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AUGUST 15, 2015
NASA’s Game Changing Development (GCD) program has selected two proposals for Phase II awards targeted toward developing new energy storage technologies to replace the battery systems currently used by America’s space program. of Sunnyvale, California: Silicon Anode Based Cells for High Specific Energy Li + Systems.
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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
OXIS Energy will develop a low temperature electrolyte for Lithium Sulfur (Li-S) rechargeable battery chemistry and Hyperdrive Innovation Ltd will develop a chemistry-agnostic battery management system and packaging that will withstand and outperform the current lead-acid battery solutions.
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MARCH 31, 2016
Lithium-sulfur batteries—comprising a sulfur cathode and Li metal anode—are widely seen as a very promising next-generation electric energy storage system due to their very high theoretical specific energy (2550 Wh kg −1 ) and energy density (2862 Wh L −1 ). Background. Bhattacharya, P.,
Green Car Congress
APRIL 23, 2018
The “classic” high-energy capacity Lithium-sulfur battery is predicated on the use of a sulfur-based cathode and a Lithium-metal anode. Among the issues hampering the commercialization of this attractive technology are the safety and performance issues associated with the use of the lithium-metal anode.
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OCTOBER 5, 2015
The competitively bid contract award is co-funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and includes a 50% cost-share by NOHMs. Enabled by a cooperative agreement with the US DOE, USABC’s mission is to develop electrochemical energy storage technologies that support commercialization of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric and fuel cell vehicles.
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JUNE 23, 2016
The researchers said that their work, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), represents a significant breakthrough to enable high performance lithium batteries. Using lithium metal in organic liquid electrolyte systems faces many challenges in terms of battery performance and safety. La 3 Zr 2 Al 0.2
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NOVEMBER 12, 2015
FeS 2 is particularly attractive for energy storage technology due to its earth abundance, low toxicity, and low raw material cost. … In this work we explore the sodium and lithium conversion of ultrafine FeS 2 nanoparticles, with a tight size distribution centered around ∼4.5 Pint Lab / Vanderbilt) Click to enlarge. 5b04700.
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JULY 21, 2014
The first Calbattery/CALEB LIB will utilize novel high-voltage lithium cobalt oxide cathode, high voltage dual-phase electrolyte, and conventional anode materials that can be used for power tools, laptops, and cell phones. Earlier post.).
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FEBRUARY 10, 2015
A team from the China University of Geosciences has taken a novel approach to stabilizing Lithium-sulfur batteries by functionalizing the carbon-sulfur cathode with DNA. Rechargeable lithium/sulfur battery promises an appealing candidate for energy storage to power portable devices and electric vehicles.
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FEBRUARY 19, 2014
The high stability of these electrolytes enables batteries that can work at very high temperatures, high voltages and with next-generation “beyond lithium-ion” technologies like lithium-sulfur and metal-air batteries. Boulder Ionics Corp.,
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