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UC Irvine team creates long-lasting, cobalt-free, low-nickel lithium-ion batteries

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Li metal), and the 2nd cycle at C/10 are plotted for calculating the specific capacity and specific energy. —Huolin Xin To solve that problem, Xin’s team spent three years devising a process called complex concentrated doping that enabled the scientists to alter the key chemical formula in lithium-ion batteries.

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Benchmark launches Li-ion Battery Raw Material Price Index

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Benchmark Mineral Intelligence has launched a Lithium-ion Battery Raw Material Price Index. The index is published every month for the following lithium ion battery chemistries: NCM High-Nickel (8 and 9 series blends, e.g. NCM 811, NCM 9). NCM Mid-Nickel (5, 6, and 7 series blends, e.g., NCM 523, NCM 622).

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GM signs major Li-ion supply chain agreements: CAM with LG Chem and lithium hydroxide with Livent

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General Motors announced two major Li-ion battery supply chain agreements, one with LG Chem for cathode active material (CAM), and one with Livent for the supply of battery-grade lithium hydroxide. —Jeff Morrison, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain.

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Ultium Cells and Li-Cycle collaborate to expand recycling in North America

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Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, announced an agreement with Li-Cycle to recycle up to 100% of the material scrap from battery cell manufacturing. —Ajay Kochhar, Li-Cycle’s president and CEO and co-founder. —Ken Morris, GM vice president of Electric and Autonomous Vehicles.

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New Nickel-Lithium Battery Has Ultra-High Energy Density

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Researchers at Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have succeeded in making the world's first Ni-Li battery, a formulation that holds more than 3.5 times the energy of Li-ion batteries and doesn't run the risk of catching fire.

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DOE to award almost $20M to new research and development projects for advanced vehicle technologies

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The two technologies being developed in the program are Lithium metal/Sulfur and Lithium metal/high Nickel Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) cells, using solid or concentrated liquid electrolytes. Electrode Architectures including thick, conductive cathode and 3- Dimensional (3D) Li composite structure.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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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.

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