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DECEMBER 11, 2020

High-energy nickel (Ni)–rich cathode will play a key role in advanced lithium (Li)–ion batteries, but it suffers from moisture sensitivity, side reactions, and gas generation. The gliding occurs as the battery charges and discharges—lithium ions depart and return to cathode, straining the crystal ever so slightly each time.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Enevate, a pioneer in advanced silicon-dominant lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology capable of high energy density and fast charging for electric vehicles (EV), is applying its battery solutions to advanced power cells for the power tool market and other high power applications.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2020

A team from metals research institute SWERIM in Sweden reports on a smelting reduction process to recover cobalt, nickel, manganese and lithium simultaneously from spent Li-ion batteries. A paper on their work is published in the Journal of Power Sources. —Hu et al. 2020.228936.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

The first serially-produced container transporter powered by Li-ion batteries was delivered to HHLA (Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG) Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA). The lithium-ion automated guided vehicle (AGV), weighing 26.5 Diesel-powered AGV at CTA will be replaced step-by-step.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

Solid Power announced the production and delivery of the company’s first-generation multi-layer, multi-ampere hour (Ah) all solid-state lithium metal cells. Solid Power’s sulfide-based all solid-state lithium metal batteries are manufactured using lithium-ion industry standard processes and automated equipment.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The winner of the best paper in 2019 was an effort by researchers then at the University of Cambridge, Argonne National Laboratory and the Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, on the use of niobium tungsten oxides for high-rate lithium-ion battery storage. The paper (Griffith et al. ) Griffith et al. Griffith, K.J.,

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OCTOBER 9, 2022

China dominates the global Li-ion battery supply chain to the extent that removing the country in favor of European or North American alternatives will be difficult, according to analysis by Benchmark Minerals Intelligence. —Albert Li, an analyst at Benchmark.

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OCTOBER 4, 2020

Soteria Battery Innovation Group (BIG) has exclusively licensed and optioned a technology developed by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed to eliminate thermal runaway in lithium ion batteries due to mechanical damage. —Jianlin Li, a principle investigator of the technology at ORNL.

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DECEMBER 5, 2021

A new study by researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeking to identify the reasons that cause the performance of fast-charged lithium-ion batteries to degrade in EVs has found interesting chemical behavior of the anode as the battery is charged and discharged. —Pidaparthy et al.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Magnesium batteries have long been considered a potentially safer and less expensive alternative to lithium-ion batteries, but previous versions have been severely limited in the power they delivered. The combination affords a Mg battery that delivers a specific power of up to 30.4?kW?kg —Dong et al.

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JULY 14, 2017

All-solid-state systems with solid electrolytes (SEs) are potential candidates for next-generation batteries and are expected to provide a high power and energy density with reliable and improved safety characteristics. Two representations of the new germanium-free material with the structure Li 10.35 [Sn 0.27 S 12 (Li 3.45 [Sn 0.09

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JANUARY 30, 2019

Epsilor’s lithium-ion 6T NATO-standard battery is currently being evaluated and field tested by industrial clients and armed forces in five NATO countries. Epsilor showcased the Li-ion 6T product line at International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) 2019, which will took place in London last week. ELFP-40026 (in development).

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FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Researchers in France have shown the versatility of siloxene, a 2D silicon structure (Si 6 O 3 H 6 ), as an anode material for Li-, Na- and K-ion batteries. It is one of the most promising anodes for lithium-ion (LIB) and sodium-ion (NIB) batteries due to its high theoretical capacity 3590 mAh/g for Li 15 Si 4 and 954 mAh/g for NaSi.

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MAY 13, 2020

Volta Power Systems has partnered with Stellar Industries to provide lithium-ion power systems that reduce idling from fleet utility and work trucks. The auxiliary system stores enough energy to provide all-day power to operate hydraulics, power tools, and multiphase worksite power without idling.

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MARCH 20, 2020

European battery manufacturer Northvolt has delivered its largest order of lithium-ion battery systems to date to mining and infrastructure industries supplier Epiroc. Northvolt has partnered with Epiroc for more than two years and has developed a platform of Li-ion battery systems tailored for Epiroc machines. Source: Epiroc.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Prieto Battery , a 3D Li-ion battery technology company ( earlier post ), announced the results of its first third-party validation testing from Energy Assurance, LLC. The foam battery will be customizable, capable of being optimized for either power density or energy density. Prieto Battery Inc.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

a manufacturer and developer of high energy and high capacity lithium-ion batteries, announced that the company is supplying advanced lithium-ion cells to the Airbus Defence and Space Zephyr Program. Silicon anodes have much higher specific capacity compared to graphite anodes which are used in conventional lithium ion batteries.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new approach to cobalt-free Li-ion cathodes that avoids some of the problems with other low-cobalt cathode approaches. A paper on their work appears in the Journal of Power Sources. Ni is in between Co and Mn in all these criteria. Croy, Brandon R. 2019.227113.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

Lithium-metal rechargeable battery developer Sion Power will introduce its Licerion rechargeable battery for electric vehicles at The Battery Show North America in Novi, Michigan in September. Sion Power says that it has successfully overcome the issues that dogged historical lithium metal chemistries—e.g., Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Rio Tinto approved a $98-million investment in a new solar plant at the new Koodaideri mine in the Pilbara, Australia, as well as a lithium-ion battery energy storage system to help power its entire Pilbara power network. billion Koodaideri mine was approved in November last year with construction commencing earlier this year.

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APRIL 1, 2019

A study by a team of researchers from Germany and South Africa forsees the gradual replacement of lead-acid SLI (starter, lighting and ignition) batteries with Li-ion batteries over the next couple of years. —Ferg et al. —Ferg et al. Schuldt, J. 2019.03.063.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2020

A team from Shandong University of Technology in China has proposed a new process to recycle anode materials from spent lithium-ion batteries and to reuse the graphite. The copper foil can be directly reused without further treatment, the Cu 2+ and Li + in the electrolyte can be recovered by precipitation. C are 427.81 2020.229163.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Researchers at Changsha University of Science & Technology in China have used spent asphalt to produce a high-performance universal Li/Na/K-ion anode material. A paper on their work is published in the Journal of Power Sources. 1 as well as excellent rate and cycling performance (258.7 —Xie et al. 2021.230593.

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JANUARY 1, 2023

The Lion Electric Company recently completed production of its first lithium-ion battery pack at the company’s battery manufacturing facility located in Mirabel, Québec. The first batteries produced in Mirabel will power the Lion5 truck and the LionAmbulance, expected to reach commercial production in the first half of 2023.

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JANUARY 12, 2022

Toshiba Corporation expanded its SCiB product offering with the launch of a 20Ah-HP rechargeable lithium-ion battery cell that delivers high energy and high power at the same time. Toshiba drew on its knowhow in current high-energy and high-power products to develop a new cell that combines the advantages of both. Input power.

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MARCH 3, 2021

Lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO 4 ) is widely used as a low-cost, safer cathode material for Li-ion batteries; however, low ionic and electronic conductivity limit its rate performance. The approach provides a new strategy toward low-cost, long-life, and high-power batteries, the researchers concluded. 1c00037.

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APRIL 21, 2021

OXIS has been collaborating with European manufacturers on the development of solid-state Li-S technology for almost 4 years. With an identical manufacturing process to conventional Li-S and Li-ion, the delivery of the Quasi Solid-State batteries is achievable by late Autumn 2021, the company claims.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2021

An all-solid-state lithium battery using inorganic solid electrolytes requires safety assurance and improved energy density, both of which are issues in large-scale applications of lithium-ion batteries. Operational difficulty of all-solid-state batteries using them generally lies in the construction of the electrode-electrolyte interface.

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JANUARY 21, 2023

Under an expanded Joint Development Agreement, BMW Group and Solid Power have added a research and development license as a basis for their common next steps. As next step in the long-term industrialisation time line, Solid Power plans to deliver full scale automotive cells to BMW Group for testing purposes in 2023. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 21, 2021

Mercedes-Benz is switching to a more powerful generation of lithium-ion batteries in its electric buses ( earlier post ). The two new eCitaro G buses for ÜSTRA feature second-generation NMC lithium-ion batteries. The first eCitaro G articulated buses have now been delivered to Hanover’s transport operator, ÜSTRA.

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JULY 26, 2018

Researchers from the University of Cambridge, with colleagues from Argonne National Laboratory in the US and Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, UK, have identified a group of materials—niobium tungsten oxides—that could be used to make even higher power batteries. Griffith et al. —Griffith et al.

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AUGUST 20, 2023

Researchers in China are investigating the effect of low-velocity impact loads on structurally embedded Li-ion batteries in vehicles. A paper on their study is published in the Journal of Power Sources. —Li et al. 2023.233509

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AUGUST 13, 2021

Romeo Power, a developer of electrification solutions for complex commercial vehicle applications, has entered into a long-term supply agreement for lithium-ion battery cells with LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Under the agreement, LG Energy has committed to supplying cells to Romeo Power that equal 8 GWh of energy through 2028.

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JUNE 29, 2018

A team at Sichuan University in China is proposing a novel lithium-ion/oxygen hybrid battery system that exploits the advantages and minimizes the disadvantages of both lithium-ion batteries (LIB) and lithium-oxygen batteries (LOB). Development of beyond LIB systems is a way to meet the urgent need. —Mu et al. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Here, we combine two operando methods, Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) and neutron depth profiling (NDP), to identify the rate-limiting interface in operating Si-LiPON-LiCoO 2 solid-state batteries by mapping the contact potential difference (CPD) and the corresponding Li distributions. Illustration courtesy of S. Weaver, Michael W.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

However, despite Europe’s fast-expanding capacity of Li-ion battery production, its cathode materials production capacity is struggling to keep up. Roskill’s analysis suggests that by 2025, Europe will still have to import 56% of the cathode materials used for Li-ion battery production from countries like China and South Korea.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

(LPI), developer of advanced rotary diesel and multi-fuel internal combustion engines, announced the award of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the United States Army to develop the X-Engine platform to power Small Tactical Generators ranging from 2-5 kW. Earlier post.). 2 kW 28VDC. MEP-501A (currently fielded).

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