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JANUARY 9, 2021

one of the world’s leading independent global bus manufacturers, announced the successful completion of a battery recycling pilot with North America’s largest lithium-ion battery recycler, Li- Cycle Corporation. The pilot is Li-Cycle’s first program in the heavy duty vehicle space. subsidiaries of NFI Group Inc.,

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JULY 21, 2023

Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering, is using an aluminum-foil-based anode in a solid-state Li-ion battery to create batteries with higher energy density and greater stability. The new battery system is detailed in an open-access paper in Nature Communications.

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AUGUST 20, 2023

Researchers in China are investigating the effect of low-velocity impact loads on structurally embedded Li-ion batteries in vehicles. —Li et al. The researchers found that embedded batteries experienced micro short circuits during impact-loading process and kept good energy-storage capacity after transient impact.

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JUNE 10, 2022

the key to addressing the low-temperature capacity loss lies in adjusting the surface electron configurations of the carbon anode to reinforce the coordinate interaction between the solvated Li + and adsorption sites for Li + desolvation and reduce the activation energy of the charge-transfer process. . … —Lu et al.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Researchers at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in Korea have developed an innovative electrolyte additive that enables a high-energy-density Li-ion battery to retain more than 80% of its initial capacity even after hundreds of cycles. O 2 cathodes. O 2 cathodes. C and fast charging capability (1.9%

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APRIL 23, 2023

A team from the Korean government-funded research institute The Institute for Basic Science has developed a one-pot liquid extraction process that uses rotating, concentric-liquid reactors to stir, separate, and capture metal ions from spent lithium-ion batteries. A paper on their work appears in the journal Advanced Materials.

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JUNE 7, 2021

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a solvent that results in a more environmentally friendly process to recover valuable materials from used lithium-ion batteries; supports a stable domestic supply chain for new batteries; and keeps old ones out of landfills. —Bai et al. Jafta, Kelsey M.

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JULY 10, 2023

Researchers from Technische Universität Darmstadt, Universität Stuttgart, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, and Universität des Saarlandes have developed a two-step recycling approach for all-solid-state Li-ion batteries (lithium ASSBs). Within such ASSBs, the use of solid-electrolytes like garnet-type Li 6.5 Aktekin, B.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Li-Cycle Corp., North America’s largest capacity lithium-ion battery recycling company, announced that its Spoke 2 facility at Eastman Business Park (EBP) in Rochester, New York is now fully operational. Li-Cycle says that its recycling services eliminate these inefficiencies without creating any waste as a byproduct.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2020

Fortum, BASF, and Nornickel have signed a letter of intent to plan a Li-ion battery recycling cluster in Harjavalta, Finland, serving the electric vehicle market. This would enable a successful “closed loop” cycle to re-use the critical metals present in used batteries. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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APRIL 5, 2023

AM Batteries (AMB), a developer of lithium-ion dry-electrode technology, and Amperex Technology Limited (ATL), a producer of lithium-ion batteries, have teamed up to develop solvent-free electrode manufacturing technology for Li-ion cell production. —Yan Wang, AMB CEO

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC) is awarding $2 million to lithium-ion (Li-ion) recycling development project , “Strategic Collaboration for the Development of a Self-Sustaining Model for the Recycling of Large-Format Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) Batteries,” with American Battery Technology Company (ABTC).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Li-Cycle Corp. a lithium-ion battery resource recovery company, will invest more than US$175 million in its first commercial lithium-ion battery recycling Hub at Eastman Business Park (EBP) in Rochester, New York. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 15, 2022

Battery Resourcers, a vertically integrated lithium-ion battery recycling and engineered materials company, plans to open a commercial-scale, lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Covington, Ga. The site is strategically located near several EV manufacturing hubs and lithium-ion gigafactories.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Stanford University scientists have identified a new solid-state Li-ion electrolyte predicted to exhibit simultaneously fast ionic conductivity, wide electrochemical stability, low cost, and low mass density. sulfur (Li?B?S) 1 in Li 5 B 7 S 13 and 80 (?56, 1 in Li 9 B 19 S 33. V for Li 5 B 7 S 13 , 0.16

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JANUARY 1, 2023

Researchers at La Sapienza in Rome are proposing silicon-based anodes, composed of micrometric Si, graphite (MAG), LiI-Li 3 PS 4 solid electrolyte (LPSI), and carbon nanofiber (CNF), which can be prepared by straightforward manual grinding. A paper on their work is published in ChemSusChem. Branchi, M., Maresca, G., Tsurumaki, A.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Soteria Battery Innovation Group (BIG) has exclusively licensed and optioned a technology developed by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed to eliminate thermal runaway in lithium ion batteries due to mechanical damage. The technology complements Soteria’s existing battery safety technology.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Li-Cycle has started commercial operations in its Alabama Spoke located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Li-Cycle’s fourth Spoke recycling facility in North America has capacity to process up to 10,000 tonnes of manufacturing scrap and end-of-life batteries per year.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

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MARCH 13, 2023

Researchers from Nanchang Hangkong University in China have developed a direct electro-oxidation method for lithium leaching from spent ternary lithium-ion batteries (T-LIBs) (Li 0.8 In a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology they report that 95.02% of Li in the spent T-LIBs was leached under 2.5

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

High-energy nickel (Ni)–rich cathode will play a key role in advanced lithium (Li)–ion batteries, but it suffers from moisture sensitivity, side reactions, and gas generation. Nickel offers relatively low cost, wide availability and low toxicity compared to other key battery materials, such as cobalt. —Bi et al.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

Rather than being solely detrimental, cracks in the cathodes of lithium-ion batteries reduce battery charge time, according to research done at the University of Michigan. This runs counter to the view of many electric vehicle manufacturers, which try to minimize cracking because it decreases battery longevity.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2023

The Lion Electric Company recently completed production of its first lithium-ion battery pack at the company’s battery manufacturing facility located in Mirabel, Québec. Final certification of the first battery pack is expected in the first quarter of 2023, followed by a gradual ramp up of production in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2021

A new study by researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeking to identify the reasons that cause the performance of fast-charged lithium-ion batteries to degrade in EVs has found interesting chemical behavior of the anode as the battery is charged and discharged.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2020

A team of scientists led by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has captured in real time how lithium ions move in lithium titanate (LTO), a fast-charging battery electrode material made of lithium, titanium, and oxygen.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2023

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) announced $2 million for the rejuvenation, recycling, and reuse of Lithium-ion battery programs, administered through the ReCell Center located at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2022

Last week, Nano One announced its acquisition of Johnson Matthey Battery Materials Canada (JMBM Canada), a supplier of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode material to the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery sector for both automotive and non-automotive applications for a select group of customers. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2023

A team led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Yan Wang has developed a solvent-free process to manufacture lithium-ion battery electrodes that are greener, cheaper, and charge faster than electrodes currently on the market. —Liu et al. Wang, the WPI William B. The solvents are recovered through distillation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2022

Li-Cycle has selected Veolia Water Technologies as a partner for its lithium-ion battery recycling plant in Rochester, New York. The facility will utilize Veolia’s HPD evaporation and crystallization technology to process recycled lithium-ion battery materials.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

Li-Cycle Corp., the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, is partnering with Univar Solutions OnSite Services, a leader in waste management, to provide waste management solutions for lithium-ion batteries. —Ajay Kochhar, co-founder and CEO of Li-Cycle.

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JULY 9, 2021

the colorants and functional materials division of Japan’s Toyo Ink Group, will supply the North American and European operations of SK Innovation, a South Korean lithium-ion (li-ion) battery manufacturer, with Toyocolor’s Lioaccum series of conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions. Toyocolor Co.,

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APRIL 16, 2022

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence has launched a Lithium-ion Battery Raw Material Price Index. The index is published every month for the following lithium ion battery chemistries: NCM High-Nickel (8 and 9 series blends, e.g. NCM 811, NCM 9). The index covers the following battery chemistries: NCM MID-NICKEL.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Researchers at Changsha University of Science & Technology in China have used spent asphalt to produce a high-performance universal Li/Na/K-ion anode material. As an anode material for Li-ion batteries, the mesoporous carbon exhibits a reversible capability of 674.2 —Xie et al. 2021.230593. 2021.230593.

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APRIL 25, 2020

Mass production of LIBs can result in environmental concerns during battery manufacturing and disposal. million kg per year of NMP is used for depositing the cathode layers for a battery manufacturing plant producing 100,000 packs per year of 60 kW, 10 kWh plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) batteries. —Li et al.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2020

A team from metals research institute SWERIM in Sweden reports on a smelting reduction process to recover cobalt, nickel, manganese and lithium simultaneously from spent Li-ion batteries. The presence of slag may retain some Co, Ni, Mn, and Li in the slag due to the inherent nature of the slag. —Hu et al.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In a significant advancement for EV technology, researchers at Chung-Ang University in South Korea have made a breakthrough in lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery charging times and safety.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory will host a short (15-minute) webinar on 7 December at 10:00 am CT on “Clearing the path to recycling batteries at scale.”. Materials scientists Jessica Durham and Albert Lipson will describe their breakthrough work on how to recover, separate and regenerate the cathode material at scale.

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