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Researchers use carbon-based anodes with “bumpy” surfaces for Li-ion batteries that last longer in extreme cold

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JUNE 10, 2022

The resulting 12-sided carbon nanospheres had “bumpy” surfaces that demonstrated excellent electrical charge transfer capabilities. The resulting 12-sided carbon nanospheres had bumpy surfaces that demonstrated excellent electrical charge transfer capabilities. capacity retention at 0.1 A g –1 as the temperature drops to ?20

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Li-ion Carbon Lithium Ion Batteries

Carbon nanomembrane prevents dendrite formation in Li-metal batteries, doubles lifetime

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JUNE 22, 2021

The energy density of traditional lithium-ion batteries is approaching a saturation point that cannot meet the demands of the future—in electric vehicles, for example. Lithium metal batteries can provide double the energy per unit weight when compared to lithium-ion batteries. Here, the use of an ultrathin (?1.2

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Carbon Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries

Japanese start-up seeks to commercialize dual-carbon battery technology; anion intercalation

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MAY 14, 2014

Start-up Power Japan Plus announced plans to commercialize a dual-carbon battery technology, which it calls the Ryden dual carbon battery. Both electrodes are carbon (e.g., Cartoon of charge and discharge in the dual carbon battery. Ishihara and the university. Source: Power Japan Plus.

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Carbon Commercial Batteries Battery

Evonik introduces silicon-carbon composite material for anodes: Siridion Black

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FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Evonik has introduced the silicon-carbon composite material Siridion Black as a new anode material for lithium-ion batteries. Siridon Black features an amorphous Si/C structure with a unique carbon concentration gradient for superior stability and a high specific capacity of more than 3,300 mAh/g. Source: Evonik.

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Carbon Lithium Ion China Batteries

Vulcan to collaborate with DuPont on Zero Carbon Lithium extraction process

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FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Vulcan Energy Resources will collaborate with DuPont Water Solutions,a leader in water filtration and purification, to test and to scale up Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) solutions for Vulcan’s Zero Carbon Lithium extraction process. Earlier post.). Francis Wedin, Managing Director. Stringfellow and Patrick F.

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Chalmers team develops structural battery that performs 10x better than previous versions

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MARCH 23, 2021

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, in collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. It contains carbon fiber that serves simultaneously as an electrode, conductor, and load-bearing material.

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Carbon Fiber Batteries Battery Lithium Ion

Study links carbon fiber microstructure to Li insertion mechanism in structural batteries

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

Carbon fibers have already beeen demonstrated as high-capacity Li-ion battery anodes, opening the way for their use as structural electrodes—i.e., This is why the IM CFs with a lithiation mechanism reminiscent of disordered carbons outperform the HM CF with its larger crystallites highly oriented along the fibre direction.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Batteries Battery

Cornell team develops aluminum-anode batteries with up to 10,000 cycles

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APRIL 6, 2021

Friend Family Distinguished Professor of Engineering, have been exploring the use of low-cost materials to create rechargeable batteries that will make energy storage more affordable. These materials could also provide a safer and more environmentally friendly alternative to lithium-ion batteries. They also have a very long cycle life.

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Batteries Battery Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion

QuantumScape releases performance data for its solid-state battery technology

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

A commercially viable solid-state lithium-metal battery is an advancement that the battery industry has pursued for decades, as it holds the promise of a step function increase in energy density over conventional lithium-ion batteries, enabling electric vehicles with a driving range comparable to combustion engine-based vehicles.

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Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Carbon

Drexel team develops stable Li-S battery with carbonate electrolyte

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Researchers at Drexel University have stabilized a rare monoclinic ?-sulfur sulfur phase within carbon nanofibers that enables successful operation of Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries in carbonate electrolyte for 4000 cycles. sulfur and its application in Li-S batteries. —Pai et al. —Pai et al.

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Carbon Li-ion Batteries Battery

C2CNT process converts flue gas from natural gas power plant into carbon nanotubes

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JULY 29, 2019

On 26 July, the first flue gas from the natural gas power plant, the Shepard Energy Center in Calgary, Canada, was directly transformed by the C2CNT process ( earlier post ) into carbon nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes grown by C2CNT directly from carbon dioxide (SEM and TEM imaging). Left and center. Earlier post.).

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Researchers find annealing significantly reduces interface resistance in all-solid-state-batteries

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JANUARY 11, 2022

All-solid-state lithium batteries could address a number of the shortcomings of conventional lithium-ion batteries in advanced applications such as in electric vehicles, which demand high energy densities, fast charging, and long cycle lives. cm 2 ) by annealing the sample in a battery form. —Kobayashi et al.

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Project Triumph TE-1 prototype revealed; Williams Advanced Engineering battery system

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Triumph: final chassis, including frame, rear sub-frame, cockpit, panels and wheels, final drive system including transmission and Gates Carbon belt drive, electronics, Öhlins USD cartridge forks, unique prototype Öhlins RSU, Brembo M50 monobloc calipers, and Triumph motorcycle control software.

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Engine Batteries Battery Electric Motorcycles

Sulfur-carbon nanofiber composite for solid-state Li-sulfur batteries

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APRIL 13, 2020

Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan have developed an active sulfur material and carbon nanofiber (S-CNF) composite material for all-solid-state Li-sulfur batteries using a low-cost and straightforward liquid phase process. Copyright Toyohashi University Of Technology. —Phuc et al.

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Carbon Lithium Sulfur Li-ion Batteries

Graphene 3D Lab showing prototype 3D printed battery; potential for structural batteries

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OCTOBER 27, 2014

which develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary graphene-based nanocomposite materials for various types of 3D printing, including fused filament fabrication, has developed a 3D printable graphene battery. However, a true multi-material 3D printer would enable the printing of the entire battery in one single print, the company notes.

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Nissan and Waseda University testing jointly developed recycling process for electrified vehicle motors

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

and Waseda University have started testing in Japan of a jointly developed recycling process that efficiently recovers high-purity rare-earth compounds from electrified vehicle motor magnets. Nissan Motor Co., The testing is aimed at enabling practical application of the new process by the mid-2020s. The REEs are then recovered from the slag.

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Simple method for ceramic-based flexible electrolyte sheets for lithium metal batteries; mass production at room temperature

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APRIL 12, 2020

Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new practical method to make a flexible composite Al-doped LLZO (Al-LLZO) sheet electrolyte (75 ?m m in thickness) for Li-metal batteries, which can be mass-produced at room temperature. Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Production

Siemens Energy teams up with Duke Energy, Clemson University to study hydrogen use

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DECEMBER 13, 2020

Siemens Energy, Duke Energy and Clemson University have teamed up to study the use of hydrogen for energy storage and as a low- or no-carbon fuel source to produce energy at Duke Energy’s combined heat and power plant located at Clemson University in South Carolina.

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Universal Hydrogen Energy South Carolina

Universal Hydrogen, magniX, Plug Power, and AeroTEC set up hydrogen aviation center at Moses Lake, Washington

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AUGUST 5, 2021

Universal Hydrogen, magniX, Plug Power and AeroTEC have established a Hydrogen Aviation Test and Service Center at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington. Universal Hydrogen’s Dash-8 conversion will be the first commercially-relevant hydrogen-powered aircraft, serving 41 to 60 passengers on routes up to 1,000 kilometers.

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Washington Hydrogen Universal Plug

DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

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MAY 15, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $35 million to 15 research projects through ARPA-E’s “Energy and Carbon Optimized Synthesis for the Bioeconomy” (ECOSynBio) program to decarbonize biorefining processes used across the energy, transportation, and agriculture sectors. Carbon-Negative Chemical Production Platform - $4,160,262.57.

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Carbon Production Conversion Universal

U Tokyo TFEP electrolyte solvent enables safer high-voltage, high energy-density Li-ion batteries

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MARCH 29, 2020

Researchers at the Graduate School of Engineering and Graduate School of Science at the University of Tokyo have designed and synthesized a fluorinated cyclic phosphate solvent, 2-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-1,3,2-dioxaphospholane 2-oxide (TFEP), for use in lithium-ion batteries. V versus lithium) and high-voltage LiNi 0.5

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Energy Batteries

European project to develop cobalt-free EV batteries awarded €11.8M

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JUNE 24, 2020

The COBRA (CObalt-free Batteries for FutuRe Automotive Applications) project has been awarded a €11.8-million million grant to develop Next Generation Cobalt-free batteries. The project will result in a unique battery system that features superior energy density, low cost, increased cycles and reduced critical materials.

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KERI researchers develop high-capacity Li-metal battery with improved rate performance and stability

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AUGUST 30, 2022

A research team at Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has developed a high-capacity Li-metal battery with improved rate performance and stability using a one-dimensional Li-confinable porous hollow carbon host. The paper is published as a cover paper in ACS Nano. —Kang et al. 2c01309.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Store

CATL launches “condensed battery” with an energy density of up to 500 Wh/kg for aircraft; automotive version this year

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APRIL 20, 2023

At Auto Shanghai, Chinese battery giant CATL launched what it calls a “condensed battery”—a type of semi-solid state cell with an energy density of up to 500 Wh/kg. CATL also says it can achieve mass production of condensed battery in a short period of time.

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Energy Li-ion Batteries Battery

Researchers convert spent asphalt to mesoporous carbon anode material for Li/Na/K-ion batteries

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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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Li-ion Carbon Convert Batteries

Rice University scientists use red phosphorus to detect lithium dendrites in Li metal batteries

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Rice University scientists have developed a detection system capable of alerting for Li dendrite formation in a two?electrode electrode battery with a Li metal anode with no additional electrodes required. The phosphorus acts as a spy for management systems used to charge and monitor batteries by detecting the formation of dendrites.

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Universal Li-ion Batteries Battery

University Of Georgia purchases 20 Proterra 40' Catalyst E2 buses with DuoPower drivetrain

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APRIL 4, 2019

The University of Georgia has placed an order for twenty Proterra 40? The University of Georgia offers free rides for students, faculty and visitors with an average daily ridership of about 40,000. With this order, the University of Georgia joins colleges and universities nationwide that are moving to battery-electric campus buses.

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Constellium to lead £10M CirConAl project to develop lower carbon, lower cost recycled aluminum alloys with automakers and suppliers

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

Constellium SE is leading a new consortium of automakers and suppliers to develop lower carbon, lower cost aluminum extrusion alloys. Alternately, Constellium HSA6 can provide 15-30% additional strength to reduce intrusion in the event of a crash, thereby enhancing protection of batteries, cooling systems and other critical vehicle systems.

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Carbon London Universal Grant

Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

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MAY 1, 2023

by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research The overall advantage of battery electric over gasoline vehicles, in terms of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases, has been well documented. Therefore, biomass as energy source was assumed to produce no additional carbon emission. Natural gas 4.1 Geothermal 0 0 Solar 0 8.8

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StarMetro places 3rd order for electric buses with Proterra for Florida State; 100% battery-electric fleet

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

StarMetro, the city of Tallahassee’s public transit system, has agreed to purchase 22 Proterra Catalyst FC buses to service Florida State University (FSU), bringing the StarMetro fleet to 27 battery-electric buses. Proterra has also sold its Catalyst buses to the University of Montana, Duke University and Alabama A&M University.

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Florida Fleet Montana Alabama

New self-purifying electrolyte for high-energy Li-ion batteries

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MAY 15, 2022

A research team in China has developed a new type of electrolyte for high-energy Li-ion batteries with a self-purifying feature that opens a promising approach for electrolyte engineering for next-generation high-energy Li-ion batteries. A paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science.

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Li-ion Ni-Li Energy Batteries

Waterloo researchers use MgB2 as Li-S battery cathode host to improve performance

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries, despite their high theoretical specific energy, face practical challenges including polysulfide shuttling and low cell-level energy density. The surface-mediated polysulfide redox behavior results in a much higher exchange current in comparison with MgO and carbon. 2018.09.024.

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Lithium Sulfur Li-ion Batteries Battery

DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding a combined $2.8 Earlier post.) Of that, $1.6 Materials Separation & Processing (Cathode Minerals).

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UCSD study: under current policies, home energy storage would often increase carbon emissions

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Under current policies, home energy storage systems would also often increase carbon emissions, according to a study by a team of researchers at the University of California San Diego published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. Oytun Babacan, Ahmed Abdulla, Ryan Hanna, Jan Kleissl, and David G. 8b03834.

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Univ. of Surrey researchers to develop Li-CO2 battery technology

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AUGUST 7, 2020

Researchers at the University of Surrey (UK) are to begin work on a new lithium-ion battery technology that is capable of capturing CO 2 emissions, following a £243,689 award from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). However, the development of Li-CO 2 batteries is still in its infancy stage.

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Li-ion CO2 Batteries Battery

Scientists propose Battery Data Genome, a central data hub for battery innovation

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

The electrochemical science that is urgently needed for a zero-carbon economy requires state-of-the-art data science. Tackling the extremely complex technical questions that battery scientists face requires huge amounts of data to generate AI and machine learning algorithms. —Argonne battery scientist Sue Babinec.

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Batteries Battery Energy Storage Idaho

Chalmers team develops graphite-like anode for Na-ion batteries; Janus graphene

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AUGUST 26, 2021

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a nanometric graphite-like anode for sodium ion (Na + storage), formed by stacked graphene sheets functionalized only on one side, termed Janus graphene. Na is comparable to graphite for standard lithium ion batteries. The estimated sodium storage up to C 6.9

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Sodium Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries

Licht Group reports high-yield, low-energy synthesis of carbon nano-onions from CO2

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JULY 12, 2019

Researchers at George Washington University led by Prof. Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) report a process for the high-yield, low-energy synthesis of carbon nano-onions (CNOs) by electrolysis of CO 2 in molten carbonate. The source of CO 2 to produce CNOs can be industrial flue gas, or direct air carbon capture.

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Volkswagen and Stanford University develop modified ALD process to increase Pt/C fuel cell catalyst efficiency, improve durability

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Volkswagen and Stanford University have developed in partnership a new catalyst production process to reduce the comparatively high cost of automotive fuel cell technology. The material is conventionally distributed as particles on carbon powder. —Xu et al. As a result, two-dimensional growth of Pt nanoparticles can be realized.

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Universal Fuel Carbon Lithium Ion

Ford, U Mich study finds greater greenhouse gas reductions for pickup truck electrification than for other light-duty vehicles

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MARCH 5, 2022

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have conducted a cradle-to-grave life cycle GHG assessment of model year 2020 ICEV, HEV, and BEV sedans, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), and pickup trucks in the United States.

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Light Gas Ford Vehicles

China team devises boron-doped carbon-sulfur aerogel with consecutive core-shell structures for high-capacity, long-life Li-S battery

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

Researchers at Jiangsu Normal University in China have devised a boron-doped carbon-sulfur (BCS) aerogel with consecutive “core-shell” stuctures as a binder-free cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries. These problems result in low specific capacity and poor cycling life of Li-S batteries. doi: 10.1039/C8CC07594H.

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Carbon Lithium Sulfur China Batteries

Novel solid-phase transformation enables high-energy Li-S batteries in conventional Li-ion electrolyte

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Researchers from Western University, Canadian Light Source, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a novel solid-phase Li-S transformation mechanism that enables high energy Li-S batteries in conventional Li-ion carbonate electrolytes. Schematic of a lithium sulfur battery in carbonate-based electrolyte.

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Li-ion Lithium Sulfur Batteries Battery

UBC thermal methane cracking technology deployed to Alberta in $7M test

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

New hydrogen production technology developed at the University of British Columbia (UBC) will be tested in a $7-million project between UBC, the government of Alberta and Alberta utility company ATCO. SMR still emits a significant amount of carbon dioxide and uses large quantities of water and energy. Image: MéridaLabs.

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Hydrogen Water Gas-Electric Gas

Chalmers study: ban on sales of fossil-fuel cars greatly reduces lifecycle GHG mainly due to tailpipe emissions; risk of carbon leakage in manufacturing

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MAY 28, 2021

If a ban were introduced on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars, and they were replaced by electric cars, the result would be a significant reduction in lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions primarily due to reduced tailpipe CO 2 emissions, according to a new lifecycle study by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

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Researchers use carbon-based anodes with “bumpy” surfaces for Li-ion batteries that last longer in extreme cold

Carbon nanomembrane prevents dendrite formation in Li-metal batteries, doubles lifetime

Japanese start-up seeks to commercialize dual-carbon battery technology; anion intercalation

Evonik introduces silicon-carbon composite material for anodes: Siridion Black

Vulcan to collaborate with DuPont on Zero Carbon Lithium extraction process

Chalmers team develops structural battery that performs 10x better than previous versions

Study links carbon fiber microstructure to Li insertion mechanism in structural batteries

Cornell team develops aluminum-anode batteries with up to 10,000 cycles

QuantumScape releases performance data for its solid-state battery technology

Drexel team develops stable Li-S battery with carbonate electrolyte

C2CNT process converts flue gas from natural gas power plant into carbon nanotubes

Researchers find annealing significantly reduces interface resistance in all-solid-state-batteries

Project Triumph TE-1 prototype revealed; Williams Advanced Engineering battery system

Sulfur-carbon nanofiber composite for solid-state Li-sulfur batteries

Graphene 3D Lab showing prototype 3D printed battery; potential for structural batteries

Nissan and Waseda University testing jointly developed recycling process for electrified vehicle motors

Simple method for ceramic-based flexible electrolyte sheets for lithium metal batteries; mass production at room temperature

Siemens Energy teams up with Duke Energy, Clemson University to study hydrogen use

Universal Hydrogen, magniX, Plug Power, and AeroTEC set up hydrogen aviation center at Moses Lake, Washington

DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

U Tokyo TFEP electrolyte solvent enables safer high-voltage, high energy-density Li-ion batteries

European project to develop cobalt-free EV batteries awarded €11.8M

KERI researchers develop high-capacity Li-metal battery with improved rate performance and stability

CATL launches “condensed battery” with an energy density of up to 500 Wh/kg for aircraft; automotive version this year

Researchers convert spent asphalt to mesoporous carbon anode material for Li/Na/K-ion batteries

Rice University scientists use red phosphorus to detect lithium dendrites in Li metal batteries

University Of Georgia purchases 20 Proterra 40' Catalyst E2 buses with DuoPower drivetrain

Constellium to lead £10M CirConAl project to develop lower carbon, lower cost recycled aluminum alloys with automakers and suppliers

Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

StarMetro places 3rd order for electric buses with Proterra for Florida State; 100% battery-electric fleet

New self-purifying electrolyte for high-energy Li-ion batteries

Waterloo researchers use MgB2 as Li-S battery cathode host to improve performance

DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

UCSD study: under current policies, home energy storage would often increase carbon emissions

Univ. of Surrey researchers to develop Li-CO2 battery technology

Scientists propose Battery Data Genome, a central data hub for battery innovation

Chalmers team develops graphite-like anode for Na-ion batteries; Janus graphene

Licht Group reports high-yield, low-energy synthesis of carbon nano-onions from CO2

Volkswagen and Stanford University develop modified ALD process to increase Pt/C fuel cell catalyst efficiency, improve durability

Ford, U Mich study finds greater greenhouse gas reductions for pickup truck electrification than for other light-duty vehicles

China team devises boron-doped carbon-sulfur aerogel with consecutive core-shell structures for high-capacity, long-life Li-S battery

Novel solid-phase transformation enables high-energy Li-S batteries in conventional Li-ion electrolyte

UBC thermal methane cracking technology deployed to Alberta in $7M test

Chalmers study: ban on sales of fossil-fuel cars greatly reduces lifecycle GHG mainly due to tailpipe emissions; risk of carbon leakage in manufacturing

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