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APRIL 30, 2015

Canada-based Li-ion developer and manufacturer Electrovaya Inc. The transaction includes an advanced and automated production plant for lithium-ion electrodes and ceramic composite separators, with a rated capacity of 0.5 Separion is a proprietary ceramic composite separator for ultra-safe lithium ion battery applications.

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JULY 18, 2016

Cadenza Innovation , a Li-ion battery startup founded in 2012 by Dr. Christina Lampe-Onnerud, former CEO and founder of Boston Power ( earlier post ), has raised more than $5 million in growth capital. Non-expanding cells and no cascading result in space effective and low cost module designs.

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

As the lithium-ion batteries that currently power most phones, laptops, and electric vehicles become increasingly fast-charging and high-performing, they also grow increasingly expensive and flammable. Volumetrically, this was by far the best result that we have seen in an aqueous lithium-ion battery. —Nikhil Koratkar.

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JUNE 4, 2014

For the near term, they have been working on a dual-battery combining a lithium-ion battery with a 12-volt lead-acid battery that could enable regenerative braking technology in non-hybrid vehicles for greater fuel savings. The research advances lithium-ion battery technology currently available on Ford’s electrified vehicles.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

As part of the FY 2012 Phase I Release 3 SBIR/STTR Award program, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Michigan-based XG Sciences, a manufacturer of graphene nanoplatelets ( earlier post ), a contract to develop low-cost, high-energy Si/graphene anodes for Li-ion batteries for use in extended range electric vehicle applications.

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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. This technology would increase efficiency and lower production costs.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

These new SCALEUP teams are receiving funding to support the scaling of high-risk and potentially disruptive new electric vehicle battery, data center efficiency, grid modernization, emissions mitigation, and storage technologies. This project will demonstrate that the IM PE can be a low-cost component in safe, solid-state Li-ion batteries.

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JUNE 4, 2013

A team at Stanford University has developed stable silicon Li-ion battery anodes by incorporating a conducting polymer hydrogel into the Si-based material. V versus Li/Li + ), (3) the natural abundance of elemental Si, and (4) its safety and environmental benignity. Click to enlarge. —Yi Cui.

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APRIL 30, 2022

The selected projects are: Advanced Manufacturing Process Innovations – Flex-Ion Battery Innovation Center. The Flex-Ion Battery Innovation Center, a division of Ventra Group Co., will establish a center of excellence for advanced Li-Ion battery manufacturing, in collaboration with partner eCAMION. Lead: Ventra Group Co.;

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NOVEMBER 25, 2012

(MHI), jointly with SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc), will begin an energy storage system demonstration project using the power grid in the UK’s Orkney Islands, which has a high proportion of renewable energy generation in relation to demand. In the project, Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe, Ltd.

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JUNE 22, 2015

Stealth-mode battery start-up 24M has introduced its new semi-solid lithium-ion cell. Together, our inventions achieve what lithium-ion has yet to do—meet the ultra-low cost targets of the grid and transportation industries. By 2020 our battery costs will be less than $100 a kilowatt-hour (kWh).

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

has exclusively licensed five battery technologies from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) designed to eliminate the use of cobalt metal in lithium-ion batteries. The advancement is aimed at accelerating the production of electric vehicles and energy storage solutions for the power grid. SPARKZ Inc.

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MARCH 6, 2012

As an example, the military’s BB-2590 Li-ion battery used in a range of portable systems calls for a cycle life of ≥224 and ≥ 3 years.). LIB capacity is limited in part by the intercalation of Li ions by the anode material—i.e., high capacity, increased safety and low cost. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. Li 2 O spodumene concentrate. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding a combined $2.8 Earlier post.) Of that, $1.6

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

It holds promise for a wide range of applications from grid storage to electric vehicles. During battery charging, positive Lithium ions move from the cathode to the anode, and a stable 2D interface is formed. (3) 4) The reaction causes expansion and densification of the micro-Silicon particles, forming a dense Li-Si alloy electrode.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Stanford researchers have developed a sodium-ion battery (SIB) that can store the same amount of energy as a state-of-the-art lithium ion, at substantially lower cost. The researchers focused mainly on the favorable cost-performance comparisons between their sodium-ion battery and lithium. —Lee et al.

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APRIL 29, 2022

FreeWire’s proprietary battery-integrated charging technology, Boost Charger, addresses grid constraints by packaging charging infrastructure, grid infrastructure, and energy storage into a fully-integrated compact solution. The unit offers CCS1 / CCS2 and CHAdeMO connectors.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The ultimate aim of the research is to facilitate improvements in batteries used for transport and other applications such as grid storage with improved performance and cost characteristics. Next generation lithium ion cathode materials. Next generation sodium ion batteries–NEXGENNA.

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MAY 26, 2011

Scheme of the semi-solid flow cell (SSFC) system using flowing lithium-ion cathode and anode suspensions. Even the highest energy density lithium ion cells currently available, e.g., 2.8–2.9 However, they currently use low energy density chemistries limited by electrolysis to ≈1.5 Source: Duduta et al. –2.9

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JULY 17, 2020

Area of Interest (AOI) 01a: Lithium Ion Batteries using Silicon-based Anodes-Research. Rational Electrolyte Design for Li-ion Batteries with Micro-Sized Silicon Anodes. AOI 01b: Lithium Ion Batteries using Silicon-based Anodes-Research, Development, and Validation. Project description. Federal share. Enovix Corporation.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Saratoga Energy has won a National Science Foundation grant to scale up its breakthrough process for generating low-cost, top quality carbon nanotubes from carbon dioxide for use in making high-performance Li-ion batteries, such as those used in electric vehicles, grid storage, and military and aerospace applications.

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APRIL 18, 2017

The coating layer can generate better control of the lithium ion flow and suppress the lithium dendrite growth and therefore form a uniform and stable solid electrolyte interphase. High capacity lithium (Li) ion batteries are highly desirable now for applications in consumer electronics, electrical vehicles, and grid storage.

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APRIL 1, 2011

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 high energy storage has stimulated a worldwide study of Li-air batteries. A typical Li-air battery discharges at 2.5-2.7 V vs. Li/Li + at room temperature.

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MARCH 22, 2012

Long-Lived, High-Energy-Density and Low-Cost Lithium-Ion Batteries for Automotive, Grid Energy and Medical. Lithium-ion batteries for cars must meet more stringent requirements than those for portable electronics. Batteries for grid energy storage and medical devices have similar requirements.

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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 billion, and spends $60 million annually on Li-ion battery research and development. LG Chem provides the Li-ion battery system for Hyundai’s Blue Gen System.

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APRIL 6, 2015

A team at Stanford University, led by professor Hongjie Dai, has developed a high-performance, safe, fast-charging aluminum-ion battery that can last for thousands of cycles. The Al-ion battery—comprising an aluminum anode, graphite cathode and ionic liquid electrolyte—produces about half the voltage of a Li-ion battery.

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APRIL 28, 2016

PARC, a Xerox company, is collaborating with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Ford Motor Company in a DOE-funded project that will use PARC’s novel CoEx printing technology ( earlier post ) to fabricate thick, higher energy and higher power battery electrodes with the end goal of enabling longer range and low cost electric vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Li-ion battery manufacturer A123 Systems reported. million; grid revenue was $20.5 million grid revenue and $3.5 million, no grid revenue and commercial revenue of $5.2 million grid revenue and $3.5 million, no grid revenue and commercial revenue of $5.2 Electric grid revenue was $20.6

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FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Advanced Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium Ion Chemistries. Further, alloying or coating pathways towards low-cost, effective passive films, have not been sufficiently explored in a sound and scientific way. The critical performance metrics for Li- ion batteries in EDVs are: Energy Storage Requirements.

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JULY 10, 2019

Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Touchstone Research Laboratory, Triadelphia, W. IsoTherm Inc., San Diego, Calif.

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MARCH 15, 2011

published in the ACS journal Chemical Reviews , reviews in detail four stationary storage systems considered the most promising candidates for electrochemical energy storage: vanadium redox flow; sodium-beta alumina membrane; lithium-ion; and lead-carbon batteries. In their study, Yang et al. —Yang et al.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

For the longer term, (2017-2027) while “beyond Li-ion” battery chemistries such as lithium-sulfur, magnesium-ion, zinc-air, and lithium-air, offer the potential of significantly greater energy densities, breakthrough innovation will be required for these new battery technologies to enter the PEV market, according to DOE.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

Grid Modernization for Electric Vehicles (Area of Interest 2). Develop and demonstrate an off‐board bi‐directional DC charging system for plug‐in electric vehicles and evaluate impact of grid services on PEV batteries. Accelerated Development and Deployment of Low‐Cost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3).

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MARCH 11, 2016

Big Delta will demonstrate that the new process at the core of its manufacturing technology is scalable, reliable and significantly reduces the cost of manufacturing high-performance Li-ion cells. This work will contribute to low-cost, metal bipolar-plate manufacturing processes and quality control system development.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

To help California mitigate its ever-growing wildfires, this year CalSEED has included companies that are innovating in technologies that will build wildfire resiliency into the grid. This novel technology would deliver safe, reliable, resilient, and cost-effective electric power in the grid. Leap Photovoltaics Inc.

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MAY 29, 2010

EnerFuel, a subsidiary of Li-ion manufacturer EnerDel’s parent Ener 1, is developing a range extender system for electric vehicles that consists of a high-temperature (HT) PEM fuel cell combined with an on-board reformer. Source: EnerFuel. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) The overall weight of that fuel cell system was 160 lbs (73 kg).

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JUNE 19, 2013

A team at the University of Maryland has demonstrated that a material consisting of a thin tin (Sn) film deposited on a hierarchical conductive wood fiber substrate is an effective anode for a sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery, and addresses some of the limitations of other Na-ion anodes such as capacity fade due to pulverization.

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