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Monash researchers stabilize Li-S battery with saccharide-based binder

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Researchers from the Monash Energy Institute, with colleagues from CSIRO, have used a saccharide-based binder system to develop a durable sulfur cathode with minimal polysulfide escape in a lithium-sulfur battery. We plan to make the first lithium-sulfur batteries in Australia using Australian lithium within about five years.

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OXIS Energy hits 425 Wh/kg with Li-S cell,expects to achieve 450 Wh/kg by end of year

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OXIS Energy UK has achieved 425 Wh/kg on a High Energy 16Ah pouch Lithium Sulfur (Li-S) cell design for HAPS applications (High Altitude Pseudo Satellites) and expects to achieve 450Wh/kg at cell level by the end of 2018. The battery module uses a High Power, Ultra-Light Lithium Sulfur pouch cell at 300 Wh/kg.

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Sion Power projects Licerion EV Li-metal batteries will have 420 Wh/kg and 700 Wh/L when scaled to commercial design

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Sion, which originally focused on lithium-sulfur technology, made the strategic decision to switch its focus to lithium-metal. Sion Power has developed a patented Protected Lithium Anode (PLA), a key component that enables Licerion batteries to store energy at levels unachievable by other battery technologies.

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Berkeley Lab team designs active polyelectrolyte binder that allows for a doubling in capacity of conventional Li-sulfur battery

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A team of researchers led by scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have designed an active polyelectrolyte binder (PEB) that actively regulates key ion transport processes within a lithium-sulfur battery, and have also shown how it functions on a molecular level.

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Li-S battery company OXIS Energy receives 2014 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation

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Consultancy Frost &Sullivan has selected UK-based lithium-sulfur battery developer OXIS Energy to receive the 2014 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation. Additionally, OXIS Energy’s lithium-sulfur battery has long lifecycles. Further, the ESC will utilize 90-95% of the stored energy.

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UT Dallas researchers use 2D MoS2 as protective layer for Li-metal anodes in Li-S batteries; extended cycle life

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Jeongwoon Hwang, both of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, worked with other regional scientists to improve lithium-sulfur batteries. However, sulfur is a poor electrical conductor and can become unstable over just several charge-and-recharge cycles.

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Vanderbilt researchers find iron pyrite quantum dots boost performance of sodium-ion and Li-ion batteries

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Unlike alloying or intercalation processes, in which the SEI effects limit the performance of ultrafine nanoparticles, the Vanderbilt study highlights the benefit of quantum dot length-scale nanocrystal electrodes for nanoscale metal sulfide compounds that store energy through chemical conversion reactions. —Douglas et al. 5b04700.

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