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FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Out of several candidates that could replace Li in rechargeable batteries, calcium (Ca) stands out as a promising metal. Not only is Ca 10,000 times more abundant than Li, but it can also yield—in theory—similar battery performance. Haesun Park, Chung-Ang University, co-corresponding author. —Prof.
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APRIL 18, 2019
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have improved their recycling process that regenerates degraded cathodes from spent lithium-ion batteries. Illustration of the process to restore lithium ions to degraded NMC cathodes using eutectic molten salts at ambient pressure. —Zheng Chen.
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MAY 15, 2015
E-bike powered by Faradion prototype Na-ion battery pack. British battery R&D company Faradion has demonstrated a proof-of-concept electric bike powered by sodium-ion batteries at the headquarters of Williams Advanced Engineering, which collaborated in the development of the bike. Oxford University was also a partner.
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OCTOBER 28, 2022
The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. Feedstocks will include Li/Ni/Ca/Mg-rich igneous and sedimentary minerals.
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JANUARY 18, 2017
In a review paper in the journal Nature Materials , Jean-Marie Tarascon (Professor at College de France and Director of RS2E, French Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage) and Clare Gray (Professor at the University of Cambridge), call for integrating the sustainability of battery materials into the R&D efforts to improve rechargeable batteries.
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AUGUST 10, 2012
Researchers at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China have developed a new direct borohydride fuel cell (DBFC) that shows a peak power density of 663 mW·cm -2 at 65 °C (149 °F)—an increase in power density by a factor of 1.7 Source: Ma et al. 2010) Click to enlarge. compared to classic DBFCs. —Yang et al.
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DECEMBER 29, 2014
Researchers from Nanyang Technical University (NTU) in Singapore have shown high-capacity, high-rate, and durable lithium- and sodium-ion battery (LIB and NIB) performance using single-crystalline long-range-ordered bilayered VO 2 nanoarray electrodes. VO 2 nanobelts are beneficial to fast ion diffusion. Click to enlarge.
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