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Stellantis Ventures invests in Tiamat’s sodium-ion battery technology – Charged EVs

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Stellantis Ventures has made a strategic investment in France-based sodium-ion battery developer Tiamat. Tiamat says its sodium-ion technology is lithium- and cobalt-free and cheaper per kilowatt hour (kWh) when compared with lithium-ion batteries.

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Vanderbilt researchers find iron pyrite quantum dots boost performance of sodium-ion and Li-ion batteries

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nm, average) of iron pyrite (FeS 2 ) nanoparticles are advantageous to sustain reversible conversion reactions in sodium ion and lithium ion batteries. In this work we explore the sodium and lithium conversion of ultrafine FeS 2 nanoparticles, with a tight size distribution centered around ∼4.5 nanometers in size.

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Faraday Institution to award up to £55M to five consortia for energy storage research

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Next generation sodium ion batteries–NEXGENNA. It will accelerate the development of sodium ion battery technology by taking a multi-disciplinary approach incorporating fundamental chemistry right through to considerations for scale-up and cell manufacturing.

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Drexel team develops stable Li-S battery with carbonate electrolyte

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sulfur phase within carbon nanofibers that enables successful operation of Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries in carbonate electrolyte for 4000 cycles. Francis Chair professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, who led the research. Researchers at Drexel University have stabilized a rare monoclinic ?-sulfur

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Faraday Institution commits a further $31M to battery research to deliver commercial impact

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The first phase of the Faraday Institution is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as part of UK Research and Innovation through the government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF).

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Stellantis Ventures invests in startup Tiamat for sodium-ion battery technology – ET Auto

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Tiamat was one of 11 top-performing technology startups honoured with a Stellantis Ventures Award in 2023, and is the first company in the world to have recently commercialized a sodium-ion technology in an electrified product. Sodium-ion technology offers a lower cost per kilowatt-hour and is free of lithium and cobalt.

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Stellantis invests in Tiamat’s affordable sodium-ion battery tech | Autocar Professional

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Stellantis Ventures, the corporate venture fund of Stellantis, today announced its participation as a strategic investor in Tiamat, a France-based company that is developing and commercializing sodium-ion battery technology. Sodium-ion technology offers a lower cost per kilowatt-hour and is free of lithium and cobalt.

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