BloombergNEF

DECEMBER 10, 2024

New York, December 10, 2024 Battery prices saw their biggest annual drop since 2017. Lithium-ion battery pack prices dropped 20% from 2023 to a record low of $115 per kilowatt-hour, according to analysis by research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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DECEMBER 27, 2024

San Jose-headquartered Lyten , a manufacturer of advanced materials and sulfur-lithium batteries, plans to acquire manufacturing assets from San Leandro-headquartered Cuberg, including its lithium-metal battery manufacturing facility and cell-making equipment.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Lithium metal, a next-generation anode material, has been highlighted for overcoming the performance limitations of commercial batteries. However, issues inherent to lithium metal have caused shortened battery lifespans and increased fire risks.

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TechXplore

MAY 10, 2024

Most batteries used in technology like smartwatches and electric cars are made with lithium that travels across the world before even getting to manufacturers. But what if nearly half of the lithium used in the U.S. could come from Pennsylvania wastewater?

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TechXplore

APRIL 22, 2024

Lithium salts make batteries powerful but expensive. An ultralow-concentration electrolyte based on the lithium salt LiDFOB may be a more economical and more sustainable alternative. In addition, the electrolyte could facilitate both production and recycling of the batteries.

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TechXplore

MAY 24, 2024

The design of battery technologies with increasingly longer lifespans could help to meet the growing needs of the electronics and automotive industry. Lithium (Li) batteries are the most widely used rechargeable batteries worldwide.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 8, 2025

Lithium-sulfur batteries have a number of advantages over conventional lithium batteries: they use the abundant raw material sulfur, do not require the critical elements cobalt or nickel, and can achieve extremely high specific energy densities.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A research team led by scientists from Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, has used the Australian Synchrotron in developing a novel strategy for the scalable production of high-performance, thin, and free-standing lithium anodes for lithium-ion batteries with enhanced cycling stability and electrochemical properties.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 8, 2025

Lithium titanium phosphate is one such substance and could provide a solution to the problem of steeply declining performance of lithium-ion batteries in cold environments. Most solids expand as temperatures increase and shrink as they cool. Some materials do the opposite, expanding in the cold.

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TechXplore

MARCH 6, 2025

In two new studies published in ACS Energy Letters and Energy & Environmental Science, scientists in Saudi Arabia have made a breakthrough that could increase the power and lower the cost of lithium-metal batteries by incorporating nylon into the design.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 20, 2025

An international team of engineers and materials scientists has developed a lithium-sulfur battery capable of retaining 80% of its charge capacity after 25,000 cycles. Their paper is published in the journal Nature.

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Lithium-metal batteries, which contain anodes based on metallic lithium, are promising rechargeable batteries that could help to meet the growing demands of the electronics industry. These batteries have various advantages, including high energy density and fast charging times.

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The safe use of lithium-ion batteries, such as those used in electric vehicles and stationary energy storage systems, critically depends on condition monitoring and early fault detection. Failures in individual battery cells can lead to serious issues, including fires.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A succession of fires in recent years has sharpened people’s awareness of the need to handle lithium-ion batteries correctly. Fireproofing formulas With lithium-ion batteries, we’re only just becoming aware of the dangers of storing these items, he says.

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Charged

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Researchers at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Texas have found a way to expand the lifespan of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. This breakthrough could lead to more durable, long-lasting batteries, said Wang, the Brown Foundation Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at SMU Lyle.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 17, 2024

A team of AI researchers at Microsoft working with colleagues from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has used AI to develop a battery that uses less lithium. Together, they have published a paper describing their work on the arXiv preprint server.

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Charged

MARCH 31, 2025

US-based supplier of remanufactured battery packs for EVs, re/cell has introduced lithium-ion blocks using recycled cells from Tesla battery packs. The company has released a reference battery architecture for heavy payload drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). ” Source: re/cell

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TechXplore

MARCH 19, 2025

A recent study evaluating garnet-type solid electrolytes for lithium metal batteries finds that their expected energy density advantages may be overstated.

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TechCrunch: Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Tozero, a Munich-based startup that recovers valuable raw materials from recycled lithium-ion batteries, is gearing up to scale. Currently, Tozero’s pilot plant processes nine tonnes of lithium-ion battery […] © 2024 TechCrunch. first-of-a-kind or FOAK) plant.

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

For decades, scientists have sought ways to counter our dependence on lithium-ion batteries. These traditional, rechargeable batteries energize today's most ubiquitous consumer electronicsfrom laptops to cell phones to electric cars. But raw lithium is expensive and is often sourced through fragile geopolitical networks.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 30, 2024

A research team has developed a lithium metal battery using a triple-layer solid polymer electrolyte that offers greatly enhanced fire safety and an extended lifespan. This research holds promise for diverse applications, including in electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage systems.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

UK-based Altilium is building a new EV battery recycling plant in Plymouth, as the company embarks on the next phase of its ambitious growth plans. The company is working with OEMs including JLR and Nissan to develop a circular economy for battery materials in the UK.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Amid the global pursuit of next-generation secondary battery solutions to replace current lithium-ion technology, Korean researchers have pioneered a lithium composite material that dramatically enhances both safety and lifespan, achieving over three times longer durability compared to existing materials.

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Charged

JANUARY 7, 2025

US battery materials manufacturer Ascend Elements is commissioning a new lithium carbonate recovery line at its battery recycling facility in Covington, Georgia in 2025 to start producing 99% pure lithium carbonate (LiCO) recovered from used lithium-ion batteries. Source: Ascend Elements

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Green Living Guy

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Revolutionizing Electric Vehicle Power Scientists at Drexel University have achieved a breakthrough in lithium-sulfur battery EV technology. The Sulfur Advantage Lithium-sulfur batteries offer significant benefits over traditional lithium-ion counterparts.

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Energy Storage News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Global average lithium-ion battery prices have fallen 20% to US$115 per kWh this year, going below US$100 for electric vehicles (EVs), BloombergNEF said.

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Charged

MARCH 3, 2025

The company says its sulfur-based batteries weigh up to 40% less than lithium-ion nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) and 70% less than lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. Lyten replaces mined minerals such as nickel, manganese and cobalt with low-cost sulfur, which is widely available throughout the US, EU and Middle East.

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Charged

APRIL 16, 2025

US-based low-voltage battery manufacturer Clarios has produced its one-millionth 12 V lithium-ion battery for EVs. Clarios manufactures lithium titanate oxide (LTO) cells in Michigan and assembles systems in Europe, close to its customers. It also produces low-voltage lithium-ion batteries in Hanover, Germany.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 9, 2025

But the technology powering thisrechargeable lithium-ion batteriesheralded a genuine technological revolution when these batteries first appeared on the commercial scene in the 1990s, and they earned their developers the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019.

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TechXplore

MARCH 12, 2025

Demand for lithium is rising due to its use in batteries for mobile devices, cars and clean energy storage. Securing access to natural deposits of the mineral is now a matter of strategic importance, but lithium can be found elsewhere in nature.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

For example, batteries capable of very high capacity energy storage have a vital part to play in the UK’s future energy infrastructure. Potentially, say the authors, batteries may have to be able to store enough energy to run entire industrial sites or to power cities or large urban conurbations.

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TechXplore

MARCH 21, 2025

Researchers have developed new technology to detect dangerous gas leaks in lithium-ion batteries

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TechXplore

APRIL 15, 2025

A multidisciplinary team at the University of California, Berkeley, the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has developed a stretchable, self-healing lithium battery that remains stable after 500 charge/discharge cycles.

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TechXplore

MARCH 13, 2025

In a megascience-scale collaboration with French researchers from College de France and the University of Montpellier, Skoltech scientists have shown a much-publicized problem with next-generation lithium-ion batteries to have been induced by the very experiments that sought to investigate it.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 23, 2025

Once constructed, the Plymouth plant will produce intermediate battery materials. Lithium-ion battery recycling technology firm Altilium says it has commenced construction of the UKs first at-scale EV battery recycling facility with integrated chemical refining capabilities, located in Plymouth, Devon.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

DGeo, the new DG Solutions division at US-based Labelmaster , has released Obexion FR, a mobile-ready system for first responders to extinguish and remediate lithium battery fires safely. Obexion FR extracts heat from its surroundings, triggering an ongoing release of water, which cools the battery. Source: LabelMaster

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

Researchers at the US Geological Survey (USGS) say they have located high concentrations of lithium brine in the Smackover Formation in southern Arkansas. million metric tons) of lithium in Smackover Formation brine in southern Arkansas. Most of the world’s lithium is currently produced in Australia and South America.

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