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Technical review outlines challenges for both batteries and fuel cells as basis for electric vehicles

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Hydrogen produced via electrolysis using the EU mix or by natural gas reforming would exceed the target.). This will be followed by an assessment of the perceived technological barriers and the potential energy density gains for so-called post-LiBs, namely lithium-oxygen and lithium-sulfur batteries.

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Stanford team reports 3D electrode structure addressing major limiting characteristics of sulfur cathodes for Li-S batteries

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Yi Cui recently reported in a paper in the journal ACS Nano the development of a three-dimensional (3D) electrode structure for Li-sulfur batteries that simultaneously achieves both sulfur physical encapsulation and polysulfides binding. The polystyrene template was removed after annealing in hydrogen atmosphere. during cycling.

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RIKEN team develops high-performance lithium-iodine battery system with higher energy density than conventional Li-ion

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Accordingly, new battery systems using new chemistries and system configurations are needed, which are capable of achieving higher energy density than the current ones.The alternative to make a less problematic storage system [than lithium-sulfur or lithium-O 2 ] is aqueous lithium batteries.

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IBM, Daimler researchers use quantum computer to simulate Li-sulfur battery chemistry

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Researchers at IBM and Daimler AG have used a quantum computer to model the dipole moment of three lithium-containing molecules, with an eye on moving closer to next-generation lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries. For reference, a single FCI iteration for pentacene takes ~1.17 —Jeannette Garcia. Rice, Tanvi P.