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JANUARY 24, 2022

Specialty chemicals firm Albemarle has signed a joint development agreement with materials management specialist 6K to use 6K’s patented UniMelt plasma technology to develop lithium battery materials. Albemarle has also made an undisclosed investment in 6K through venture capital firm Volta Energy Technologies.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Electrification and renewables top McKinsey’s tech trends, DEWA innovates on battery performance and a solar table for gardens are on the technology radar. The patent supports the pilot project for energy storage that DEWA has inaugurated at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park using Tesla’s lithium-ion battery solution.

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JULY 14, 2023

Li-S Energy has revealed its first 20-layer battery cells using its third-generation semi-solid-state lithium-sulfur (GEN3 Li-S) technology. GEN3 Li-S 20-layer battery cells use a patented low-flammability electrolyte Li-nanomesh technology and Boron Nitride Nanotubes (BNNTs) to prevent dendrite formation.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

Dragonfly Energy, maker of Battle Born Batteries, in collaboration with battery recycling pioneer Aqua Metals , has reported a significant advance in its quest for sustainable lithium-ion battery production. Source: Dragonfly Energy

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Smart Energy International

MAY 3, 2022

South 8 Technologies has raised $12 million in Series A financing to commercialise next-generation electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries. NYPA seeks to replace gas peaker plants with battery storage Basque gigafactory can unlock the holy grail of energy storage says research boss. Have you read? Have you read?

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Charged

JULY 20, 2023

Sion Power has reported a major development milestone for its Licerion EV technology—the company has produced more than 18,000 multilayer, 6 Ah to 20 Ah lithium metal cells for commercial evaluation. Sion says Licerion EV delivers high energy density, enabling longer range with lighter and smaller batteries.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The University of Texas at Austin has agreed to transfer patents relating to a new type of electrolyte to be used in solid-state lithium batteries to Hydro-Québec, Canada’s largest electricity producer. The patents are co-invented by Dr. John B.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 9, 2023

Sydney-based Gelion announces intention to build “world’s best battery” after buying up hundreds of lithium sulfur and silicon anode patents. The post Australia’s Gelion says it secures chemistry to make “world’s best battery” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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MARCH 14, 2023

Battery recycler Aqua Metals has demonstrated the recovery of high-purity lithium hydroxide from lithium-ion battery black mass at the company’s Li AquaRefining recycling facility in Nevada. This new capability can have a profound impact on the lithium battery industry in North America.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 21, 2022

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s Research and Development Centre (DEWA’s R&D Centre) has filed a new patent for a redox flow battery stack with improved electrolyte distribution. The battery stack is stated to have a streamlined shape by changing the size of the cell at the inlet and outlet sections.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Skeleton Technologies has introduced a new product that combines supercapacitors and batteries, and has joined a coalition of nine members, including Shell , that aims to electrify mining equipment. Skeleton’s patented Curved Graphene material allows for 100 times faster charging compared to standard lithium-ion batteries,” says the company.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

XING’s Immersio CTP Solution is a flexible battery pack concept that can be customized to meet the specific needs of various applications, such as sedans, commercial cars, trucks, sports cars, SUVs and more. The pack features high-nickel cathode cylindrical lithium-ion cells, cooled by mineral oil. Source: XING via Batteries News

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Charged

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Battery recycler Li-Cycle has announced that its Alabama Spoke plant in Tuscaloosa has started commercial operations. The Alabama Spoke uses Li-Cycle’s patented technology to recycle and directly process full EV battery packs without any dismantling through a submerged shredding process that produces no wastewater.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 1, 2022

Global lithium-sulphur cathode technology manufacturer Theion has launched its crystal battery for all mobile applications. The new battery boasts triple energy density and 90% less production energy requirements. Crystal battery benefits. Production & distribution. Theion’s new leadership.

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Charged

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Aqua Metals has developed a novel battery recycling process. 6K Energy produces sustainable materials for lithium-ion batteries. That sounds like a natural match, and in fact the two firms recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to create a sustainable circular supply chain in the US for critical battery minerals.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The French mining company Eramet and Électricité de Strasbourg (ÉS) have inaugurated a new pilot project for the direct extraction of lithium from geothermal brine at the Rittershoffen geothermal heat plant operated by ES in Eastern France.

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Charged

AUGUST 22, 2019

Nano One Materials has secured a US patent for its NMC cathode powders, which it says offer a proprietary means of making Li-ion batteries more durable, safer and cheaper. NMC cathodes are typically comprised of lithium, nickel, manganese and cobalt.

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Charged

JANUARY 19, 2022

Pennsylvania-based venture capital firm Green Swan Partners (GSP) has reached an agreement with Skysong Innovations , the technology transfer arm of Arizona State University (ASU), granting GSP the exclusive option to finalize commercial rights to ASU’s fire-safe battery technologies.

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Charged

JULY 15, 2021

During last year’s Battery Day presentation, Tesla unveiled a number of new technologies, processes and plans, some of them only sketchily explained. One of these was a new lithium extraction process that Senior VP of Engineering Drew Baglino predicted could deliver as much as a 33% reduction in lithium costs. asked Elon Musk.

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Charged

APRIL 9, 2024

Aqua Metals has developed a process for recycling lithium-ion batteries that it says is much cleaner, more efficient and more cost-effective than current methods (see our recent in-depth interview with company execs ). At full scale, Aqua will provide 30% of the nickel and lithium carbonate needed at 6K’s PlusCAM facility.

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Charged

MARCH 22, 2024

ION Storage Systems , a Maryland-based manufacturer of solid-state batteries, has announced that its anodeless and compressionless SSB achieved a key threshold with its first market deployment with the US military. ION’s US-made SSB battery cell is based on the company’s patented solid-state lithium metal technology.

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 9, 2024

Battery technology startup Alsym Energy is keeping the exact chemistry of its product under wraps for the time being, the company has confirmed to Energy-Storage.news.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Battery recycling and manufacturing company Ascend Elements (formerly known as Battery Resourcers ) is planning to open a battery recycling plant in Georgia by August of 2022, where it will recycle lithium, cobalt and nickel. Source: Ascend Elements.

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Charged

APRIL 20, 2021

ion Ventures, a utility and energy storage infrastructure specialist, and LiNa Energy, a solid-state battery technology developer, recently concluded a successful trial of LiNa’s proprietary solid-state sodium battery platform. The system functioned in accordance with expectations. ” Source: LiNa.

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Charged

AUGUST 7, 2023

Now Stellantis and Saft engineers have unveiled a prototype of an EV battery pack that integrates the inverter and charger functions into the modules. A demonstrator, operational since summer 2022, is the subject of numerous patents, and has enabled the companies to validate many new technical concepts.

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Charged

JUNE 13, 2022

Marposs , a measurement, inspection and test technology company, has announced a new patent-pending machine for leak-testing batteries that can detect solvents used in the production of lithium-ion cells, including DMC, DEC, EMC and PP. Source: Marposs.

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Charged

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Johnson Matthey has entered into an agreement with OnTo Technology , a developer of battery recycling methods, to scale up OnTo’s process for the direct recycling of lithium-ion battery scrap.

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Charged

APRIL 20, 2020

Enovix Corporation has secured an additional $45 million to produce and commercialize its 3D Silicon Lithium-ion Battery. Present investors have added $10 million, and customers have contracted $10 million to develop batteries for specific products and to reserve production capacity.” Source: Enovix.

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Charged

AUGUST 2, 2023

EV battery recycler Aqua Metals has entered into a strategic partnership with South Korean battery materials company Yulho. Yulho will make a strategic equity investment of $5 million in Aqua Metals, and Aqua will grant Yulho a license to deploy its patented AquaRefining technology in South Korea.

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Charged

JANUARY 6, 2020

Last April, Elon Musk announced that a “1 million-mile battery pack” was in the pipeline. Thus, long-life batteries are likely to be critical to the success of the Tesla Network (a proposed fleet of robo-taxis) and the Tesla Semi. Elon Musk says that the battery modules used in Model 3 “should last 300k to 500k miles (1500 cycles).”

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altenergymag

MAY 31, 2022

-Evaluation of Nano One's patented M2CAM®One-Pot process for BASF's next-generation cathode active materials. Multi-phase agreement includes detailed commercialization study for pre-pilot, pilot and scaled up production.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the past year, electric mobility and the demand for lithium-ion batteries has surged beyond expectations and this trend is set to continue. This is leading to a boom in lithium-ion cell production facilities all over the world. Even small amounts of moisture in the air can compromise the quality of the finished battery.

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Solar Power World

APRIL 14, 2020

Powin Energy has unveiled three new products, Stack225, Stack230 and Stack230P, its first products utilizing CATL battery cells. All three products were designed by Powin around CATL’s large form factor cells, utilizing Powin’s patented StackOS battery management and controls software.

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Charged

DECEMBER 15, 2023

As EV-haters constantly remind us, the liquid electrolytes used in current EV batteries can catch fire or even explode in emergency situations such as a charging fault or a crash, or in the case of a defective cell. Arctic is the first in a family of lithium-ion battery cell formats and chemistries that South 8 plans to introduce.

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DECEMBER 29, 2019

Silicon anode specialist Nexeon has acquired three sets of patents relating to the use of silicon in lithium-ion battery anodes. The 24 patents cover the manufacture and use of nano-scale silicon particles, alone or combined with graphite, as well as methods for coating carbon particles with silicon using vapor deposition.

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Charged

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Swiss technology startup Morand has launched a hybrid energy storage system that combines the characteristics of an ultracapacitor with that of a chemical battery to create “a durable and ultra-fast energy pack that can be usefully recharged in seconds.”. It does use some lithium, but the main components are aluminum, graphene and carbon.

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

According to Our Next Energy (ONE), their Gemini battery pack can double the range of an electric without compromising safety. It uses two cells: a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cell for daily driving and an anode-free cell for longer trips.

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