TechXplore

MARCH 7, 2024

Conventional lithium-ion batteries based on inorganic cathode materials containing transition metals (e.g., Therefore, it is necessary to develop novel, highly efficient electrode materials, and rechargeable battery technologies without the limitation of resources.

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In a newly published study in Nature Sustainability, we describe our design for a self-extinguishing rechargeable battery. It replaces the most commonly used electrolyte, which is highly combustible—a medium composed of a lithium salt and an organic solvent—with materials found in a commercial fire extinguisher.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

The process has been widely used in the mining industry, where micro-organisms are used to extract valuable metals from ores. Lithium-ion batteries are currently recycled at a meagre rate of less than 5% in the EU and most batteries that do get recycled are melted and their metals extracted.

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Charged

APRIL 24, 2023

But the rapidly growing EV market has brought with it complex supply chain challenges associated with transporting the large format lithium-ion batteries that power them. And these challenges only increase depending on the size and condition of the battery. Why is transporting EV batteries difficult?

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Charged

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Battery recycling firm Blue Whale Materials plans to build a Li-ion battery processing facility in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Blue Whale’s process removes organics and impurities, ensuring a high-purity material that simplifies downstream refining steps. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt expressed his support for the decision. “I

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have found a new and efficient way to recycle metals from spent electric car batteries. The method allows recovery of 100% of the aluminum and 98% of the lithium in electric car batteries.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Digital transparency company Everledger and Ford have launched a battery passport pilot for tracking EV batteries. The battery passport concept was launched by the Global Battery Alliance (GBA), a multi-stakeholder alliance that brings together 110 leading international organizations,” says Everledger.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) of 2021 authorized $335 million for battery recycling and second-life programs. Organizations interested in providing information, and/or participating in the various programs offered under the BIL, can respond between now and October 14, 2022. “The

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Charged

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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Charged

AUGUST 9, 2022

LG Energy Solution is hosting LGES Battery Solution 2022 —an international competition aimed at finding battery startups. “By utilizing programs like Battery Challenge and Open Innovation, LGES aims to maintain its leading position in the battery industry,” says CTO of LGES Youngjoon Shin.

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Designed for professional floor-cleaning equipment, the new lithium-ion batteries combine long runtime with long lifetime to maximize your equipment uptime. Trojan's lithium-ion batteries are ideal for organizations that want to drive efficiency now and in the long run with a low total cost of ownership over their life.

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Charged

DECEMBER 14, 2022

BMW is building a battery assembly plant in Hungary for its Neue Klasse vehicles. Markus Fallböhmer, BMW’s Senior VP of Battery Production, explains: “The BMW iFACTORY is also about ensuring short distances for logistics. The close link between battery assembly and vehicle production is part of our strategy.”. Source: BMW.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

billion, Hyundai plans to produce a diverse range of Hyundai, Genesis and Kia EVs, as well as batteries. The new plant is part of a strategy to establish a stable supply chain for EV batteries and other EV components in the US. At the new plant, where the automaker and its affiliate suppliers are expected to invest some $5.54

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JUNE 10, 2022

SOLiTHOR, a spin-off company from the Belgian research organization Imec, recently raised €10 million in a seed investment round led by Imec. The company will use the proceeds to develop and commercialize its solid-state battery cell technology. Source: Imec.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As the energy transition and electrification of mobility drive the explosive demand for batteries, Christophe Mazeaud, director of Battery Industry Solution , Siemens Digital Industries Software, discusses the key role that a holistic quality program plays in scaling and stabilizing battery production.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Lithium-air batteries, sometimes known as lithium-oxygen batteries (Li-O2), comprise a lithium metal anode, an organic electrolyte and a porous carbon cathode. Given their extremely high energy density (> 3500 Wh kg-1), Li-O2 batteries could potentially lead the way in generating greener sources for energy security.

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Energy Storage News

MARCH 21, 2024

What is thought to be the largest vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) at a solar farm in Europe has been switched on by Enel Green Power in Mallorca, Spain.

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Charged

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Metis Engineering has earned ISO certification of its Production Battery Safety Sensor, which designed to monitor the health of a lithium-ion battery pack and detect cell venting. It also monitors humidity, dew point and air temperature parameters to ensure that the battery continues to operate in optimum conditions.”. “It

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Charged

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Faraday Battery Challenge, a project initiated by the UK government to promote advanced battery technologies, has announced a new £10-million round of funding, which will be shared across 17 projects being undertaken by businesses and research institutions across the UK. Source: UKRI.org.

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Charged

AUGUST 6, 2020

In a study published in Nature Energy , Stanford researchers demonstrated how their novel electrolyte design boosts the performance of lithium metal batteries. Most electric cars run on lithium-ion batteries, which are rapidly approaching their theoretical limit on energy density,” said study co-author Professor Yi Cui.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 10, 2020

In the power sector, another 100 megawatt battery just got contracted to support the grid near Los Angeles. This marks the first battery deal for Clean Power Alliance. Big battery hotspot. Southern California's grid has become a hotspot for very large batteries stepping in to provide grid capacity.

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Charged

JUNE 21, 2023

Increasing demand for high power and high-capacity cells are major growth factors for the Li-Ion cylindrical battery market. As such, the demand for battery packs with higher energy output is also growing in sectors such as electric vehicles, industrial power tools, energy storage, consumer electronics, aerospace, defense, and others.

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Charged

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A new study from DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory seeks to identify the reasons that DC fast charging accelerates battery degradation. A typical Li-ion battery anode contains small particles of graphite, into which lithium ions insert themselves in a process called intercalation. A paper based on the study, ?“

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TechXplore

JANUARY 9, 2024

Battery capacity is one of the primary bottlenecks in efficient renewable energy storage and significant reductions in carbon emissions. As a battery anode that releases electrons in a lithium-ion battery (LIB), tin (Sn) and Sn-mixture alloys could theoretically store more energy at a higher density than more common carbon-based anodes.

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Charged

JANUARY 5, 2021

Magnesium batteries have long been considered a potentially safer and less expensive alternative to lithium-ion batteries, but previous versions have been severely limited in the amount of power they delivered. However, these electrolytes had limitations in supporting high battery cycling rates. “We

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altenergymag

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The new batteries are based on PolyJoule's proprietary conductive polymers and other organic, non-metallic materials, and are designed to suit the needs of stationary power applications where safety, lifetime, levelized costs, and environmental footprints are key decision drivers.

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Charged

APRIL 13, 2022

Metis Engineering’s Battery Safety Sensor is designed to monitor the health of a lithium-ion battery pack and detect cell venting, an early sign of catastrophic battery failure. It says units are already on trial with a number of EV OEMs and battery manufacturers. An optional Accelerometer can record shock loads.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Vermont utility Green Mountain Power not only verified the efficacy of residential batteries for meeting grid needs, it saved its customers millions of dollars with them. It already has not a couple hundred, but 2,567 utility-controlled Powerwall batteries sitting in customer homes, adding up to around 13 megawatts.

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Charged

APRIL 12, 2021

The Swappable Battery Consortium for Electric Motorcycles, a joint project of Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha, has reached an agreement to standardize swappable batteries for electric motorcycles in Japan. The Consortium will work together with the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association toward international standardization.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Zinc—cheap, abundant, environmentally friendly—may be the answer to better batteries, but there's a major problem: Aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) cannot match lithium-ion batteries in terms of power output.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As more capabilities are added to electric vehicles, the use of a battery management system is critical to prioritizing and powering all of the vehicle’s systems. Battery management systems intelligently control the battery charge to protect it from operations beyond safe limits. BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: THE BRAINS OF THE CAR.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Sunrun also reported rapid growth in its battery business, with the company pitching customers on resilient power in the face of California's wildfires and utility power shutoffs. More than half of Q4 solar sales in the Bay Area included battery storage, CEO Lynn Jurich said in an interview Thursday.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Digital transparency company Everledger has launched what they tout as a world-first battery passport pilot with automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Company to ensure responsible recycling of EV batteries. EV battery tracking. EV battery visibility.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

In 2015, Israeli battery developer StoreDot announced plans to enter the EV market with battery cells that it said could enable a 300-mile battery pack to be charged in 5 minutes. The first production batch of sample cells is meant to showcase the technology to potential partners, including battery-makers and vehicle OEMs.

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Charged

MARCH 27, 2023

Properties that are in particular demand for battery production. Bonding and potting battery cells Battery cells come in a variety of formats. Currently the most used battery cell formats are the cylindrical, the prismatic and the thin pouch format. Subsequently, curing takes place via time, temperature, UV or humidity.

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Global Renewable News

APRIL 23, 2024

Summary SRP and NextEra Energy Resources commissioned Sonoran Solar Energy Center, a 260-MW solar plant with a 1 gigawatt-hour battery energy storage system. Both organizations also.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2022

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have reported demonstrating the underlying concept of quantum batteries. Quantum batteries, like quantum computing based on the behaviour of matter at the sub-atomic level, have the potential to revolutionise current technologies with the prospect of a new compact and powerful energy storage medium.

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