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Electric car range significantly boosted by lithium-air battery revelation

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A new lithium-air battery has four times the energy density of lithium-ion batteries and will extend electric car range significantly. The post Electric car range significantly boosted by lithium-air battery revelation appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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IIT, Argonne team designs Li2O-based Li-air battery with solid electrolyte; four-electron reaction for higher energy density

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Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a lithium-air battery with a solid electrolyte. The four-electron reaction is enabled by a mixed ion–electron-conducting discharge product and its interface with air.

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NIMS researchers report 500 Wh/kg+ Li-air battery

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Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and the NIMS-SoftBank Advanced Technologies Development Center have developed a lithium-air battery with an energy density of more than 500 Wh/kg—significantly higher than currently lithium ion batteries.

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How Hard Is Lithium-Air Battery Research? Pretty Tough, Actually

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It''s hard to keep track of all the future battery technology candidates, but lithium-air battery technology is among the most widely-researched. Its biggest draw is the potential to store three times the energy in batteries the same size and weight of today''s electric vehicles--providing huge increases in range.

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New Design for Lithium-Air Battery Could Offer Much Longer Driving Range

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New batteries could one day power cars, airplanes, trucks.

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Researchers Develop Solid-State, Rechargeable Lithium-Air Battery; Potential to Exceed 1,000 Wh/kg

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Sample UDRI solid-state, rechargeable lithium-air batteries, and Dr. Binod Kumar. Engineers at the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) have developed a solid-state, rechargeable lithium-air battery. The cell exhibited excellent thermal stability and rechargeability in the 30–105 °C temperature range.

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OSU team demonstrates concept of potassium-air battery as alternative to lithium-air systems

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V), which renders the system with a low round-trip energy efficiency around 60%. They determined that the oxidation process can be complete within the potential range where the carbon electrode and the electrolyte are relatively stable. O 2 battery can can provide an exceptional round-trip energy efficiency of >95%.As