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Electric car range significantly boosted by lithium-air battery revelation

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A new lithium-air battery has four times the energy density of lithium-ion batteries and will extend electric car range significantly. The post Electric car range significantly boosted by lithium-air battery revelation appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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NIMS researchers report 500 Wh/kg+ Li-air battery

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Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and the NIMS-SoftBank Advanced Technologies Development Center have developed a lithium-air battery with an energy density of more than 500 Wh/kg—significantly higher than currently lithium ion batteries.

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IIT, Argonne team designs Li2O-based Li-air battery with solid electrolyte; four-electron reaction for higher energy density

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Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a lithium-air battery with a solid electrolyte. A lithium-air battery based on lithium oxide (Li 2 O) formation can theoretically deliver an energy density that is comparable to that of gasoline.

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New Design for Lithium-Air Battery Could Offer Much Longer Driving Range

CleanTechnica EVs

New batteries could one day power cars, airplanes, trucks.

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How Hard Is Lithium-Air Battery Research? Pretty Tough, Actually

Green Car Reports

It''s hard to keep track of all the future battery technology candidates, but lithium-air battery technology is among the most widely-researched. Its biggest draw is the potential to store three times the energy in batteries the same size and weight of today''s electric vehicles--providing huge increases in range.

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Researchers Develop Solid-State, Rechargeable Lithium-Air Battery; Potential to Exceed 1,000 Wh/kg

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Sample UDRI solid-state, rechargeable lithium-air batteries, and Dr. Binod Kumar. Engineers at the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) have developed a solid-state, rechargeable lithium-air battery. The cell exhibited excellent thermal stability and rechargeability in the 30–105 °C temperature range.

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OSU team demonstrates concept of potassium-air battery as alternative to lithium-air systems

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They determined that the oxidation process can be complete within the potential range where the carbon electrode and the electrolyte are relatively stable. Moreover, within this small charging potential range, almost 90% of the discharged product can be oxidized. The smaller discharge overpotential of the K?O V for the K?O O 2 battery.