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Fraunhofer holding 3rd annual workshop on Li-sulfur batteries in November

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

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Research in these five areas will progress over the next two years to 31 March 2023, subject to funding renewal of the Faraday Institution itself beyond March 2022. The reshaping of the projects was a complex process that involved senior researchers, industry experts, EPSRC, and a panel of internationally recognised independent experts.

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Sulfur–TiO2 yolk-shell cathode for Li-sulfur battery shows best long-cycle performance so far

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Researchers at Stanford University and SLAC led by Stanford associate professor Yi Cui have used a sulfur–TiO 2 yolk–shell design for a cathode material for a lithium-sulfur battery that achieved an initial specific capacity of 1,030?mAh?g Click to enlarge. C and Coulombic efficiency of 98.4% over 1,000 cycles. Click to enlarge.

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Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

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For the military, nanoelectrofuel batteries have obvious advantages over lithium-ion batteries as well as internal combustion engines, Kofford says. Then there are the new battery chemistries that are not lithium based—for instance, sodium-ion and graphene-based batteries.

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A closer look at graphite—its forms, functions and future in EV batteries

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It’s really up to the battery manufacturers and the automakers as to which physical configuration to use, and then of course the internal chemistry configuration. There’s a lot of moving parts with respect to battery chemistry—there’s lithium-iron-phosphate, then you’ve got nickel-cobalt-manganese.

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The EV Transition Explained: Battery Challenges

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report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Software also allows for the decoupling of the internal mechanical connections needed in an ICE vehicle, permitting an EV to be controlled remotely or autonomously. Tesla is moving towards the use of lithium-iron phosphate batteries, as is Ford for some of its vehicles.

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

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Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? First, it should be noted that while internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles produce 17.2%

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