Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

F 0.7 , for sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries (NIBs). This new material provides an energy density of 600 Wh kg –1 , the highest value among Na-ion cathodes. Recently, attention has been refocused on room-temperature Na-ion batteries (NIBs) as a low-cost alternative technology as compared to LIBs. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

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. Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2020

Brazilian researchers have demonstrated a new chemical approach for producing biodiesel from domestic cooking oil waste by using lithium hydroxide mixed with either sodium hydroxides or potassium hydroxides as catalysts. Before, in practice, these were just restricted to sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2012

GE’s ecomagination.com publication reports that GE engineers have begun testing a transit bus equipped with a new hybrid energy system integrating GE’s Durathon sodium-halide battery ( earlier post ), a lithium-ion battery and a hydrogen fuel cell.

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Green Car Congress

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.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2012

Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed hollow carbon nanowires (HCNWs) for use as anode material for Na-ion batteries. The researchers attributed the good sodium-ion insertion properties to the short diffusion distance in the HCNWs and the large interlayer distance (0.37 Credit: ACS, Cao et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

This expanded portfolio has the dual aims of improving current generation lithium ion batteries as well as longer horizon materials discovery and optimisation projects to support the commercialisation of next-generation batteries. Next generation lithium ion cathode materials. Next generation sodium ion batteries–NEXGENNA.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

A major barrier to the use of high energy capacity silicon in a lithium-ion battery is the volumetric expansion of silicon under lithiation and delithiation, which results in electrode degradation and capacity fade. Silicon (shown in grey) is capable of holding 10 times as many lithium ions (shown in pink) as currently-used anodes.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2015

Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have found a way to process biomass-derived natural silk to create carbon-based nanosheets that could potentially be used in Li-ion batteries and other energy storage devices. Electrochemical performances of HPNC-NS as a Li-ion battery anode. (a) Credit: ACS, Hou et al.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

-sulfur phase within carbon nanofibers that enables successful operation of Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries in carbonate electrolyte for 4000 cycles. Carbonates are known to adversely react with the intermediate polysulfides and shut down Li-S batteries in first discharge. sulfur and its application in Li-S batteries.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2014

These advantages also make the mesoporous silicon a potential candidate for other applications, such as optoelectronics, drug delivery systems and even lithium-ion batteries. They then treat the material with a sodium potassium alloy. There are some processes that use sodium potassium alloy at industrial levels.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Haldor Topsøe A/S, a global market leader in catalysis and related process technologies, recently acquired 18% of the shares in sodium-ion battery technology company Faradion Ltd, based in Sheffield, UK. Other partners in the investment included Finance Yorkshire’s Seedcorn Fund and Rising Stars Growth Fund II LP.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2018

Lithium and cobalt are fundamental components of present lithium-ion batteries. The researchers present these results in the journal Nature Reviews Materials as part of a cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries. … —Vaalma et al. Estimated number of devices and related energy demand for 2016–2050. Vaalma et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2017

The chemistries that are included in the report are all lithium ion (Li-ion) chemistries, flow battery chemistries, sodium-metal halide, and advanced lead-acid. The report does not include experimental batteries that have not yet reached mass production.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2017

The cells use a solid glass electrolyte having a Li + or Na + conductivity >10 -2 S cm -1 at 25 ˚C with a motional enthalpy ≈ 0.06 lithium, sodium or potassium) on a copper–carbon cathode current collector at a voltage of more than 3.0 eV, which promises to offer acceptable operation at lower temperatures.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2012

Lithium-ion and molten-salt battery costs will approach $500/kWh by 2022, reducing the high capital cost of emerging grid storage technologies. Li-ion batteries are dependent on cost reductions from mass production while molten-salt batteries and VRFBs rely on long discharge durations to reduce costs.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

This strategic alliance signifies a significant stride towards enhancing sustainable transportation solutions, especially in the last-mile delivery sector.Neuron Energy is renowned for its comprehensive range of electric mobility solutions, encompassing lead-acid, advanced lithium-ion, and cutting-edge sodium-ion technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2017

Although estimates vary widely, the predicted penetration of lithium-ion technology into these large-volume markets could result in as much as a threefold increase of production for the cathode material, reaching nearly 400,000 tonnes per year by 2020. Note the trend in abundances of Al > Ca > Mg > Na > Li, and Fe > Mn > Ni > Co.

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Charged EVs

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy. There are currently two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2012

Cycling performance of Li/SeS 2 ?C, Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have developed selenium and selenium–sulfur (Se x S y )-based cathode materials for a new class of room-temperature lithium and sodium batteries. Unlike the widely studied Li/S system, both Se and Se x S y can be cycled to high voltages (up to 4.6

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Teslarati

MAY 11, 2022

Tesla, for example, started transitioning its Standard Range trim levels to LFP batteries last year. The automaker confirmed that it would utilize the cell chemistry in lower range vehicle as they are less expensive and have longer lifespans.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 22, 2021

Right now in India, an electric scooter with a decent range and power will cost you somewhere around one lack or above. The price of the lithium-ion batteries used in the EVs is the main culprit for the high initial cost of any electric vehicle in any part of the world. READ]: Aluminium-Air Batteries to replace Li-Ion battery Soon?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2016

A team at the Ohio State University has developed a membrane that regulates bi-directional ion transport across it as a function of its redox state and that could be used as a programmable smart membrane separator in future supercapacitors and redox flow batteries. plugin EVs to Tesla’s 85 kWh battery pack). —Herya and Sundaresan.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

Projects to be funded include: Ultra Lightweight Gas Turbine Range Extender for Electric Vehicles. The aim of this project is to develop an ultra-lightweight, gas turbine powered, electric vehicle range extender that will enable vehicle weight savings of 100 kg or more and a modest reduction in CO 2 emissions on the UNECE101 drive cycle.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy. There are currently two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2012

A direct borohydride fuel cell—first demonstrated in the early 1960s—is a type of alkaline fuel cell directly fed by a sodium borohydride or potassium borohydride solution. The membrane in DBFC serves both for ion transfer and as a separator between anode and cathode compartments. V), high fuel energy density (9.3

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Cycle performance of Li cells with (a, b) Se?, (c, New composite materials based on selenium (Se) sulfides used as the cathode in a rechargeable lithium-ion battery could increase Li-ion density five times, according to research carried out at the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2009

gross vehicle weight) with a 100-mile range. Modec has used both Zebra (sodium nickel chloride) and Li-ion packs in its trucks so far. Among the 48 projects receiving the combined $2.4B DOE funding announced yesterday ( earlier post ), Navistar was awarded $39.2 Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2018

Researchers at WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group), The University of Warwick (UK) have developed Silicon-Few Layer Graphene (Si-FLG) composite electrodes as an effective approach to replacing graphite in the anodes of lithium-ion batteries. Schematic of FLG preventing Si electrochemically “fusing” together. Qianye Huang, Melanie J.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2011

published in the ACS journal Chemical Reviews , reviews in detail four stationary storage systems considered the most promising candidates for electrochemical energy storage: vanadium redox flow; sodium-beta alumina membrane; lithium-ion; and lead-carbon batteries. Sodium-beta alumina membrane battery. Lithium-ion battery.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Lithium-ion batteries were the most commonly supported technology among initiatives. Li-ion batteries. Sodium batteries. Fragmented and overlapping initiatives across these agencies resulted from federal efforts to both create and expand programs to improve these technologies for a range of agency missions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2011

low-cost Na-ion battery system for upcoming power and energy. low-cost Na-ion battery system for upcoming power and energy. Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries perform well, but are too expensive for widespread use on the grid. Sodium-ion batteries have been discussed in the literature. Na-ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a nanocomposite material of amorphous, porous FePO 4 nanoparticles electrically wired by single-wall carbon nanotubes as a potential cathode material for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). V lower than that of the corresponding Li voltages. eld of Na-ion batteries.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Compared to a traditional flow battery of comparable size, it can store 15 to 25 as much energy, allowing for a battery system small enough for use in an electric vehicle and energy-dense enough to provide the range and the speedy refill of a gasoline-powered vehicle. There is only so much salt you can dissolve in a glass of water.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The rate performance of Faradaic electrodes is partially governed by transportation of ion charge carriers inside electrodes, which in turn depends on the choice of ion charge carriers. So far, most attention has been devoted to devices operating on metal ions, starting with Li and looking down the periodic table.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2015

CEES has three main research thrusts: the development of advanced lithium-ion and multivalent ion batteries; the development of rechargeable metal-air batteries; and Development of reversible low and elevated temperature fuel cells. Advanced Li-ion and multivalent ion batteries. Rechargeable metal-air batteries.

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