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USABC awards $5.48M Li-ion PHEV battery technology development contract to Johnson Controls

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USABC awarded the contract to continue Johnson Controls’ development of lithium-ion battery technology for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) applications to meet USABC goals for low-cost, long-life, high-power and high energy vehicle systems. The improved energy density is aimed at reducing cost, volume and mass.

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Tin-based nanoplates as promising anode materials for high-capacity Li-ion batteries

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Researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology, with colleagues from the Beijing University of Technology and the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, have synthesized tin chalcogenide (SnSe 0.5 S 0.5 ) nanoplates for use as Li-ion anodes. In a paper published in the Journal of Power Sources, they reported that the as-prepared of SnSe 0.5

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Who Will Free EV Motors from the Rare Earth Monopoly?

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GE Aerospace Research “I am a believer that this type of material is a game changer,” says Ayman El-Refaie , an IEEE Fellow and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisc. El-Refaie originated the GE program in dual-phase materials in 2005.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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A number of years ago, back when I lived in Milwaukee, I found a couple of blank reel-to-reel tapes created by 3M using the Scotch name. Even though the consumer business had huge growth potential, 3M had little experience with a low-cost, low-profit-margin model.

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Lifecycle study finds that environmental impacts of silicon-anode Li-ion battery could be roughly comparable with conventional Li-ion battery

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In particular, silicon nanowires (SiNW) are widely studied as a promising anode material for high-capacity LIBs due to its low cost of fabrication and volume production potential. Credit: ACS, Li et al. Click to enlarge.

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