Purdue engineers have used upcycled low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic to boost the lifespan of lithium-sulfur batteries. When a PSC layer was utilized as an interlayer in lithium–sulfur batteries, the sulfur cathode delivered an improved capacity of 776 mAh g –1 at 0.5C However, systemic problems of lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries are associated with polysulfide shuttling effect and poor Coulombic efficiency. Batteries Li-Sulfur MORE
The largest single funding award to the 15 participating partners goes to UK-based Li-S battery company OXIS Energy (€953,025 / US$1,050,000), which has already achieved 325 Wh/kg with its Li-sulfur technology. Batteries Electric (Battery) Li-Sulfur MORE
A team of researchers in South Korea and Italy has demonstrated a highly reliable lithium–sulfur battery showing cycle performance comparable to that of commercially available lithium-ion batteries while offering more than double the energy density. Batteries Li-Sulfur MORE
The researchers said that their work, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), represents a significant breakthrough to enable high performance lithium batteries. MORE
Consultancy Frost &Sullivan has selected UK-based lithium-sulfur battery developer OXIS Energy to receive the 2014 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation. OXIS Energy has developed a lithium-sulfur battery technology that resolves some of the issues in the batteries currently used in military, automotive, and solar energy storage applications. Additionally, OXIS Energy’s lithium-sulfur battery has long lifecycles. Batteries Li-Sulfur MORE
A team at the University of Maryland have synthesized a mixed conducting nanocomposite sulfur electrode that consists of different nanoparticles with distinct properties of lithium storage capability, mechanical reinforcement, and ionic and electronic conductivities. MORE
Researchers at Rice University led by Dr. James Tour have developed a hierarchical nanocomposite material of graphene nanoribbons combined with polyaniline and sulfur (Sulfur-PANI-GNRs, SPG) using an inexpensive, simple method. Schematic illustration of the synthesis of SPGs. MORE
a) Specific capacities of the PVP modified sulfur cathode at C/5, C/2 and 1C cycling rates. (b) Lithium sulfur batteries are of great interest due to their high specific energy and relatively low cost (e.g., MORE
The lithium-sulfur battery cathode does not consist of heavy metals, but instead of sulfur—an economical and widely available material. Batteries Li-Sulfur MORE
The new polymer binder allows a doubling in capacity compared to a conventional lithium-sulfur battery, even after more than 100 charge cycles at high current densities. In all cases, the composite sulfur electrode was cast onto an aluminum current collector. Batteries Li-Sulfu MORE
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have now developed a method to use this cheap and abundant waste byproduct to build a components for lithium-sulfur batteries. Batteries Li-Sulfur MORE
Sion Power Corporation and BASF SE have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to accelerate the commercialization of Sion Power’s proprietary lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery technology for the electric vehicle (EV) market and other high-energy applications. MORE
A team of Researchers at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, led by Stanford’s Dr. Yi Cui, has developed a simple and scalable approach to utilizing Li 2 S (lithium sulfide) as the cathode material for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries with high specific energy. MORE
A team in China has used graphene microsheets (GMs)—prepared from microcrystalline graphite minerals by an electrochemical & mechanical approach—as a special conductive support for sulfur for the cathode of a lithium-sulfur battery. Batteries Graphene Li-Sulfur MORE
In a paper published in the ACS Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters , the team suggested that this strategy is both of significance for the safe and effective use of Li 2 S as a cathode material and as a promising step toward the low-cost fabrication of metallic-lithium-free Li?S While Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries offer the promise of a high theoretical energy of ?2500 Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, led by Prof. MORE
Researchers from Hanyang University in Korea and the University of Rome Sapienza (Italy) have developed a lithium-sulfur battery employing a high-performance mesoporous hard carbon spherules-sulfur cathode and a stable, highly conducting electrolyte. The team suggests that the results may substantially contribute to the progress of the lithium-sulfur battery technology. 2012), An Advanced Lithium-Sulfur Battery. MORE
The UA Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE EERE) has awarded a $5-million, three-year grant to a project led by Penn State to develop a lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery with a volumetric energy capacity of 600 Wh/liter. The research team plans to include a nanocomposite sulfur cathode and lithium-rich composite anode material. MORE
Researchers at Tsinghua University (China) report in a paper in ChemSusChem on their use of both lithium anode passivation and polysulfide anion diffusion suppression strategies to reduce self-discharge of the lithium–sulfur cell. The self-discharge of a lithium–sulfur cell decreases the shelf-life of the battery and is one of the bottlenecks that hinders its practical applications. MORE
Today on Green Car Reports: lithium-sulfur batteries hold promise for electric cars, a Dodge Challenger Hellcat driver recovers from his loss to a Tesla Model S P85D, and a new video compares fossil fuels to your girlfriend. See why advances in lithium-sulfur batteries could offer promise for electric cars MORE
The new electrolyte contains N-methoxyethyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)-imide (Pyr1,2O1TFSI) and tri(ethylene glycol)dimethyl ether (TEGDME) in mass ratio of 7:3, with a lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI, 0.84 mol kg −1 as the binary lithium salt. MORE
Researchers at Tsinghua University in China have used ultrathin and lightweight molybdenum sulfide (MoS 2 )/carbon nanotube (CNT) interlayers to trap polysulfides in high-performance lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries. Batteries Li-Sulfur MORE
A lithium-sulfur cell. Sion Power Corporation has received a three-year, $800,000 research grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support Sion’s ongoing work to develop a new class of electrolytes used in lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries for electric vehicle (EV) applications. The project objective is to increase performance of very-high-energy lithium metal anodes used in rechargeable battery systems. Lithium-sulfur batteries. MORE
Lithium-sulfur battery company Sion Power recently reported to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it raised $50 million in equity sold to undisclosed investors. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Lithium-sulfur battery. MORE
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced that start-up lithium-sulfur battery company NOHMs (Nano Organic Hybrid Materials) Technologies Inc. Founded in October 2010, NOHMs Technologies has developed a battery that is based on lithium-sulfur chemistry. MORE
Materials researchers of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI in Switzerland have, in collaboration with the Université Grenoble Alpes (France), developed a simple method that can improve the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries by 25-30%. Batteries Li-Sulfur MORE
Commercial uses of the element sulfur date back centuries, but it may be the key to a new generation of batteries with high theoretical energy density and relatively low cost. The principles of a lithium-sulfur battery have been known for decades, but practical solutions to the chemical challenges inherent in the cells remain to be found. MORE
have signed an exclusive agreement licensing lithium-sulfur materials for next-generation batteries. Solid Power licensed a portfolio of ORNL patents relating to lithium-sulfur compositions that will enable development of more energy-dense batteries. The battery was built with a new Oak Ridge-designed sulfur-rich cathode and a lithium anode with a solid electrolyte material, also developed at ORNL. Batteries Li-Sulfur MORE
Next-generation batteries will see explosive growth after 2030: Lithium-sulfur will jump from $6 billion in 2030 to $29 billion in 2035, while solid-state batteries will climb from $3 billion to $42 billion over the same period. MORE
Fraunhofer IWS in Dresden, Germany will hold its 3rd annual workshop on Lithium-sulfur batteries from 12-13 November 2014. Fraunhofer says that Lithium-sulfur batteries are the most promising choice for future energy storage systems, with novel materials such as nanostructured carbon/sulfur composite cathodes, solid electrolytes and alloy-based anodes expected to enhance significantly the cell’s performance. MORE
Oxis Energy, a UK-based developer of lithium-sulfur batteries, reported via Twitter that one of its standard polymer Li-S pouch cells surpassed 450 cycles this week. A lithium-sulfur couple has theoretical specific energy in excess of 2,700Wh/kg. MORE
USC Viterbi School of Engineering professor Chongwu Zhou and his research team have developed a silicon nanoparticle anode and a sulfur-based cathode with low fabrication cost and high electrode performance for rechargeable lithium-sulfur batteries. sulfur (Li?S) MORE
For a Li–S full-cell configuration, using the MoS 2 -coated Li as anode and a 3D carbon nanotube–sulfur cathode, they reported obtain a specific energy density of ~589?Wh?kg However, sulfur is a poor electrical conductor and can become unstable over just several charge-and-recharge cycles. MORE
Solid Power technology combines a high-capacity cathode, a lithium metal anode and a high ionic conductivity solid separator. The batteries thus provide substantially higher energy than conventional lithium-ion cells (2-3X greater) while also enabling lower cost systems due to the potential for eliminating many of the costly safety features typically associated with conventional lithium-ion systems. US 20170331148 A1: Lithium all-solid-state battery. MORE
The month wouldn''t be complete without another battery technology breakthrough, and this time it''s the turn of lithium-sulfur technology. Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are experimenting with a lithium-sulfur battery design with twice the specific energy of lithium-ion batteries, and a MORE
The Nikkei reports that by 2020, Japan’s GS Yuasa will begin mass producing lithium-ion batteries that double the driving range of small electric vehicles. Lithium Energy Japan, a joint venture with trading house Mitsubishi Corp. GS Yuasa is the world’s fourth-largest supplier of automotive lithium-ion batteries. and carmaker Mitsubishi Motors, will develop the cells, which will be produced at its plant in Shiga Prefecture and supplied to automakers in Japan and Europe. MORE
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a high-performance lithium-sulfur battery using. nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon (NC) and sulfur to prepare a composite cathode and an ionic-liquid electrolyte of 0.5?m m lithium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) in methylpropylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide ([MPPY][TFSI]). 2012), Lithium–Sulfur Batteries Based on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon and an Ionic-Liquid Electrolyte. MORE
Lithium-sulfur batteries are of great interest for electromobility applications, among others, due to their high specific energy and relatively low cost, but are challenged by significant capacity decay over cycling. Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden, Germany say they have developed new cathode and anode designs for lithium-sulfur batteries that can increase the cycle life by a factor of seven. MORE
Researchers at South China Normal University in Guangzhou have developed a novel composite of sulfur loaded in micropore-rich carbon aerogel (CA-S) for use as a cathode in Li-sulfur batteries. These issues limit the practical application of lithium-sulfur battery. MORE
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a novel electrode for lithium-sulfur batteries that improves cyclic stability and rate capability significantly. In this work, we designed PPy-MnO 2 coaxial nanotubes to accommodate sulfur. … MORE
Li-sulfur battery developer OXIS Energy UK ( earlier post ) and Lithium Balance of Denmark are partnering to build a prototype Lithium-sulfur battery system primarily for the e-scooter market in China. Lithium Balance is a battery management expert which has supplied its BMS systems for Li-ion based e-scooters for a decade. The volume of E-scooters in China is 30 million, of which 98% use lead acid with the remaining 2% using Lithium-ion. MORE
said it has developed a next-generation lithium-sulfur battery with three times the capacity of existing products. The battery reportedly uses sulfur as a key material in the cathode and a silicon-based anode. The company said it now aims to improve the durability of the anode , so it can commercialize the next-generation lithium-ion battery by 2020. To formulate the cathode material, GS Yuasa fills sulfur into small holes on carbon rods, the company said. MORE
The team used a chemical approach to immobilize sulfur and lithium polysulfides via the reactive functional groups on graphene oxide. In addition, sulfur is also inexpensive, abundant, and nontoxic. note in their paper: The high electrical resistivity of elemental sulfur; and. MORE
One of the major issues hobbling the commercialization of high energy-density lithium-sulfur batteries is the “polysulfide shuttle”—the shuttling of polysulfide ions between the cathode and anode. Batteries Li-Sulfur MORE
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a) Specific capacities of the PVP modified sulfur cathode at C/5, C/2 and 1C cycling rates. (b) Lithium sulfur batteries are of great interest due to their high specific energy and relatively low cost (e.g.,
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In a paper published in the ACS Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters , the team suggested that this strategy is both of significance for the safe and effective use of Li 2 S as a cathode material and as a promising step toward the low-cost fabrication of metallic-lithium-free Li?S While Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries offer the promise of a high theoretical energy of ?2500 Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, led by Prof.
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Sion Power Corporation and BASF SE have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to accelerate the commercialization of Sion Power’s proprietary lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery technology for the electric vehicle (EV) market and other high-energy applications.
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Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a high-performance lithium-sulfur battery using. nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon (NC) and sulfur to prepare a composite cathode and an ionic-liquid electrolyte of 0.5?m m lithium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) in methylpropylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide ([MPPY][TFSI]). 2012), Lithium–Sulfur Batteries Based on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon and an Ionic-Liquid Electrolyte.
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A lithium-sulfur cell. Sion Power Corporation has received a three-year, $800,000 research grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support Sion’s ongoing work to develop a new class of electrolytes used in lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries for electric vehicle (EV) applications. The project objective is to increase performance of very-high-energy lithium metal anodes used in rechargeable battery systems. Lithium-sulfur batteries.
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A team of Researchers at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, led by Stanford’s Dr. Yi Cui, has developed a simple and scalable approach to utilizing Li 2 S (lithium sulfide) as the cathode material for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries with high specific energy.
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A team in China has used graphene microsheets (GMs)—prepared from microcrystalline graphite minerals by an electrochemical & mechanical approach—as a special conductive support for sulfur for the cathode of a lithium-sulfur battery. Batteries Graphene Li-Sulfur
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Next-generation batteries will see explosive growth after 2030: Lithium-sulfur will jump from $6 billion in 2030 to $29 billion in 2035, while solid-state batteries will climb from $3 billion to $42 billion over the same period.
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Researchers at South China Normal University in Guangzhou have developed a novel composite of sulfur loaded in micropore-rich carbon aerogel (CA-S) for use as a cathode in Li-sulfur batteries. These issues limit the practical application of lithium-sulfur battery.
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The new polymer binder allows a doubling in capacity compared to a conventional lithium-sulfur battery, even after more than 100 charge cycles at high current densities. In all cases, the composite sulfur electrode was cast onto an aluminum current collector. Batteries Li-Sulfu
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The largest single funding award to the 15 participating partners goes to UK-based Li-S battery company OXIS Energy (€953,025 / US$1,050,000), which has already achieved 325 Wh/kg with its Li-sulfur technology. Batteries Electric (Battery) Li-Sulfur
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Materials researchers of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI in Switzerland have, in collaboration with the Université Grenoble Alpes (France), developed a simple method that can improve the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries by 25-30%. Batteries Li-Sulfur
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Researchers at Tsinghua University (China) report in a paper in ChemSusChem on their use of both lithium anode passivation and polysulfide anion diffusion suppression strategies to reduce self-discharge of the lithium–sulfur cell. The self-discharge of a lithium–sulfur cell decreases the shelf-life of the battery and is one of the bottlenecks that hinders its practical applications.
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Oxis Energy, a UK-based developer of lithium-sulfur batteries, reported via Twitter that one of its standard polymer Li-S pouch cells surpassed 450 cycles this week. A lithium-sulfur couple has theoretical specific energy in excess of 2,700Wh/kg.
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For a Li–S full-cell configuration, using the MoS 2 -coated Li as anode and a 3D carbon nanotube–sulfur cathode, they reported obtain a specific energy density of ~589?Wh?kg However, sulfur is a poor electrical conductor and can become unstable over just several charge-and-recharge cycles.
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MAY 10, 2018
Purdue engineers have used upcycled low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic to boost the lifespan of lithium-sulfur batteries. When a PSC layer was utilized as an interlayer in lithium–sulfur batteries, the sulfur cathode delivered an improved capacity of 776 mAh g –1 at 0.5C However, systemic problems of lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries are associated with polysulfide shuttling effect and poor Coulombic efficiency. Batteries Li-Sulfur
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
Fraunhofer IWS in Dresden, Germany will hold its 3rd annual workshop on Lithium-sulfur batteries from 12-13 November 2014. Fraunhofer says that Lithium-sulfur batteries are the most promising choice for future energy storage systems, with novel materials such as nanostructured carbon/sulfur composite cathodes, solid electrolytes and alloy-based anodes expected to enhance significantly the cell’s performance.
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A team of researchers in South Korea and Italy has demonstrated a highly reliable lithium–sulfur battery showing cycle performance comparable to that of commercially available lithium-ion batteries while offering more than double the energy density. Batteries Li-Sulfur
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Lithium-sulfur battery company Sion Power recently reported to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it raised $50 million in equity sold to undisclosed investors. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Lithium-sulfur battery.
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Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a novel electrode for lithium-sulfur batteries that improves cyclic stability and rate capability significantly. In this work, we designed PPy-MnO 2 coaxial nanotubes to accommodate sulfur. …
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APRIL 2, 2013
Lithium-sulfur batteries are of great interest for electromobility applications, among others, due to their high specific energy and relatively low cost, but are challenged by significant capacity decay over cycling. Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden, Germany say they have developed new cathode and anode designs for lithium-sulfur batteries that can increase the cycle life by a factor of seven.
Green Car Congress
JULY 19, 2015
The new electrolyte contains N-methoxyethyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)-imide (Pyr1,2O1TFSI) and tri(ethylene glycol)dimethyl ether (TEGDME) in mass ratio of 7:3, with a lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI, 0.84 mol kg −1 as the binary lithium salt.
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DECEMBER 8, 2014
Consultancy Frost &Sullivan has selected UK-based lithium-sulfur battery developer OXIS Energy to receive the 2014 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation. OXIS Energy has developed a lithium-sulfur battery technology that resolves some of the issues in the batteries currently used in military, automotive, and solar energy storage applications. Additionally, OXIS Energy’s lithium-sulfur battery has long lifecycles. Batteries Li-Sulfur
Green Car Congress
APRIL 13, 2018
Researchers at Tsinghua University in China have used ultrathin and lightweight molybdenum sulfide (MoS 2 )/carbon nanotube (CNT) interlayers to trap polysulfides in high-performance lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries. Batteries Li-Sulfur
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 8, 2017
The Nikkei reports that by 2020, Japan’s GS Yuasa will begin mass producing lithium-ion batteries that double the driving range of small electric vehicles. Lithium Energy Japan, a joint venture with trading house Mitsubishi Corp. GS Yuasa is the world’s fourth-largest supplier of automotive lithium-ion batteries. and carmaker Mitsubishi Motors, will develop the cells, which will be produced at its plant in Shiga Prefecture and supplied to automakers in Japan and Europe.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 26, 2014
Researchers at Rice University led by Dr. James Tour have developed a hierarchical nanocomposite material of graphene nanoribbons combined with polyaniline and sulfur (Sulfur-PANI-GNRs, SPG) using an inexpensive, simple method. Schematic illustration of the synthesis of SPGs.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 8, 2016
Li-sulfur battery developer OXIS Energy UK ( earlier post ) and Lithium Balance of Denmark are partnering to build a prototype Lithium-sulfur battery system primarily for the e-scooter market in China. Lithium Balance is a battery management expert which has supplied its BMS systems for Li-ion based e-scooters for a decade. The volume of E-scooters in China is 30 million, of which 98% use lead acid with the remaining 2% using Lithium-ion.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 18, 2017
Solid Power technology combines a high-capacity cathode, a lithium metal anode and a high ionic conductivity solid separator. The batteries thus provide substantially higher energy than conventional lithium-ion cells (2-3X greater) while also enabling lower cost systems due to the potential for eliminating many of the costly safety features typically associated with conventional lithium-ion systems. US 20170331148 A1: Lithium all-solid-state battery.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 23, 2016
The researchers said that their work, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), represents a significant breakthrough to enable high performance lithium batteries.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
said it has developed a next-generation lithium-sulfur battery with three times the capacity of existing products. The battery reportedly uses sulfur as a key material in the cathode and a silicon-based anode. The company said it now aims to improve the durability of the anode , so it can commercialize the next-generation lithium-ion battery by 2020. To formulate the cathode material, GS Yuasa fills sulfur into small holes on carbon rods, the company said.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 24, 2016
A team at the University of Maryland have synthesized a mixed conducting nanocomposite sulfur electrode that consists of different nanoparticles with distinct properties of lithium storage capability, mechanical reinforcement, and ionic and electronic conductivities.
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