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NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Swedish battery materials company Altris AB, which specializes in producing highly sustainable cathode materials for rechargeable sodium batteries, has officially opened its first office in China. Altris has developed a method to produce Fennac in a form that is suited for use as a cathode material in sodium-ion batteries. V vs sodium.

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MAY 7, 2022

Sodium-ion battery cathode producer Altris AB ( earlier post ) signed a deal with AB Sandvik Materials Technology to house the company’s first industrial-scale manufacturing facility in Sandviken. V vs sodium. This expertise derives from the Sandvik AB’s long industrial experience in Sweden.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

sulfur phase within carbon nanofibers that enables successful operation of Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries in carbonate electrolyte for 4000 cycles. Carbonates are known to adversely react with the intermediate polysulfides and shut down Li-S batteries in first discharge. sulfur and its application in Li-S batteries.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

The circulating seawater in the open-cathode system results in a continuous supply of sodium ions, endowing the system with superior cycling stability that allows the application of various alternative anodes to sodium metal by compensating for irreversible charge losses. an alloying material), in full sodium-ion configuration.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The partnership will begin with a project in the battery anode space with the development of a novel process for the production of hard carbon from bio-waste. Using readily available, sustainable bio-waste material will provide Sparc with a strong environmental value proposition when compared with conventional sources of hard carbon.

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MAY 15, 2015

For the proof-of-concept, the cells were manufactured to be larger than necessary to avoid unnecessary costs and lengthy manufacturing processes at this early stage. Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e., Thus, insertion/deinsertion of sodium ions in a host material is much more difficult than that of lithium ions.

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APRIL 20, 2023

The condensed battery integrates a range of innovative technologies, including the unspecified ultra-high energy density cathode materials, innovative anode materials, separators, and manufacturing processes, offering excellent charge and discharge performance as well as good safety performance.

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JULY 29, 2021

(CATL) unveiled its sodium-ion battery earlier today, along with a solution that could integrate the cells with lithium-ion batteries in a single pack. The sodium-ion cells are a more cost-effective option than the lithium-ion batteries, opening the door for lower prices in the EV battleground market of China. CATL sold 34.1

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JUNE 17, 2014

The chemistries included in the report are all lithium-ion (Li-ion) chemistries, flow battery chemistries, sodium metal halide, sodium sulfur (NaS), aqueous sodium-ion, and advanced lead-carbon. share in 2013), where some systems utilize flow, sodium metal halide, sodium sulfur, and aqueous sodium ion batteries.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

Current battery electrodes are a mixture of active material, carbon, and the liquid electrolyte. The best way to give ions a path is by introducing a solid electrolyte, which requires sintering, and conventional sintering is too hot for carbon and active material, causing them to degrade. Sintered triphasic cathode.

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MAY 9, 2023

The dominant conventional process for refining battery-grade lithium from hard rocks such as spodumene and lepidolite relies on sulfuric acid and produces sodium sulfate as a byproduct—a waste stream that requires costly and proper disposal. Tesla will use inert reagents such as soda ash and lime.

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MAY 28, 2014

With regard to overall storage capability and potential for further fuel efficiency improvements, the demand for larger battery systems based on lithium, nickel and sodium will continue to grow through the increased market penetration of vehicles with higher levels of hybridization and electrification. stop-in-motion, voltage stabilisation).

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MARCH 9, 2011

The PARC technology provides a directed-assembly printing method for producing a greater proportion of this “three-phase boundary” than conventional electrode manufacturing methods—up to 10x the air-breathing surface area of conventional electrodes. Carbon-neutral liquid fuel. Electrodes.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Cummins’ three-year project aims to automate the manufacturing of SOECs to make production of the electrolyzer systems more efficient, reducing capital costs and facilitating the scale-up of the hydrogen economy. Cummins currently manufactures both PEM and alkaline electrolyzers.

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JULY 29, 2021

Projects funded include: The development of 1 kWh sodium nickel chloride battery system and associated manufacturing processes led by Lina Energy Ltd; Current collector for improved battery performance (COATED) led by DZP Technologies Limited; LiMHiT—Lithium Metal electrode High Throughput screening—led by Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) (..)

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MARCH 25, 2013

In industry, molecular hydrogen and reactive reagents such as sodium borohydride are used as reducing agents during the production of pharmaceuticals, agrichemicals and ammonia for fertiliser. A future aim is to try to convert carbon dioxide into methanol much more efficiently. —Stephen Colbran. McSkimming, A., Bhadbhade, M.

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APRIL 26, 2022

Saint-Gobain Glass then mixes the recyclate with, among other things, quartz sand, sodium carbonate, and chalk—the basic components of glass. Producing new base glass requires the purest, most homogeneous glass recyclate possible. At the moment, the proportion of recylate to other materials varies between 30 and 50%.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Conventional processes for manufacturing battery electrodes involve mostly toxic solvents and require a lot of space and energy. The active material, conductive carbon and binders are dispersed in a solvent to make a paste, which is initially applied to the metal foil to form a wet coating. We are even looking at solid-state batteries.

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MAY 6, 2020

The study contemplates expanding the existing facility and adapting it to be North America’s first producer of cobalt sulfate, an essential component in the manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles. Several EV manufacturers have expressed an interest in purchasing a North American cobalt sulfate. Sodium Treatment.

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MARCH 26, 2023

Exceptionally high selectivity for lithium over other ions present in the brine (including sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and boron), meeting specifications for subsequent direct production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide monohydrate, without the need to first produce lithium carbonate. Manufacturing footprint is optimized.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

RECLAIM: Electrochemical Lithium and Nickel Extraction with Concurrent Carbon Dioxide Mineralization ($2,999,997). Olivine is a CO 2 -reactive waste product that can be returned as tailings after capture carbon from the air. Harvard University. Harvard will expand the productive fields for CO 2 injection and enhanced mining by 100%.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

It is essential for the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries commonly used for everything from electric vehicles to cell phones and laptops. CMI is led by DOE’s Ames Laboratory and supported by DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office. Resources.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The solicitation was designed as a call for early-stage clean energy innovations that fall within five defined technology areas: energy efficiency; energy storage; AI/machine learning; advanced power electronics/power conditioning; and zero- and negative-carbon emission generation. Leap Photovoltaics Inc.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Researchers in China have developed an integrated two-bed continuous flow reactor process for the direct synthesis with high carbon yields (~70%) of dodecanol (C 12 H 26 O) or 2,4,8- trimethylnonane (C 12 H 26 O 2 )—a jet-fuel-range C 12 branched alkane—from methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK), which can be derived from lignocellulose.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

A team of researchers from Tufts University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard University report that alkali ions (sodium or potassium) added in small amounts activate platinum adsorbed on alumina or silica for the low-temperature water-gas shift (WGS) reaction (H 2 O+CO→ H 2 +CO 2 ) used for producing hydrogen.

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MAY 3, 2022

Through DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the Department is launching the Electric Vehicles for American Low-Carbon Living (EVs4ALL) program to develop more affordable, convenient, efficient and resilient batteries. lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca)]. Oxide-based anodes.

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MARCH 19, 2011

350 to 700 bar) storage vessels are constructed using expensive high-strength carbon fiber, such as Toray T700S, in a composite matrix as an overwrap to contain the stress. An example of a possible solution is using fibers with mechanical strengths matching or exceeding the properties of aerospace quality carbon fiber (e.g.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

After a project with an annual output of 50,000 tons of lithium hydroxide is put into operation, the total designed capacity of battery-grade lithium hydroxide in the plant will reach 81,000 tons; it can also produce 15,000 tons of lithium carbonate, 12,000 tons of lithium chloride and other compound products each year.

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JANUARY 29, 2023

Solvay is investing at its Livorno, Italy site to launch the company’s first unit of circular highly dispersible silica (HDS) made with bio-based sodium silicate derived from rice husk ash (RHA). It reduces the overall carbon footprint and increases the share of renewable materials in our tires.

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JUNE 4, 2023

While beneficial to consumers, especially battery manufacturers, the use of such nickel in the battery industry is not sustainable as it has an extremely high carbon footprint and other significant environmental impact. Nornickel remains the largest high-grade nickel producer with one of the lowest carbon footprints.

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JULY 6, 2022

The company has previously announced an expected annual commercial production capacity of 30 kMT to 40 kMT lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) for the project, with an initial phase-one capacity of up to 10 kMT LCE coming online by 2025.

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APRIL 14, 2015

a company that recovers recyclable materials and manufactures green packaging products and tissue paper, is investing in a new technology at its Norampac – Cabano facility to extract hemicellulose from wood chips. Canada-based Cascades Inc., million from the Québec Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Carbon Capture (5 projects). Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Earlier post.) Biomass Energy (5 projects). Direct Solar Fuels (5 projects).

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JUNE 19, 2013

A team at the University of Maryland has demonstrated that a material consisting of a thin tin (Sn) film deposited on a hierarchical conductive wood fiber substrate is an effective anode for a sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery, and addresses some of the limitations of other Na-ion anodes such as capacity fade due to pulverization. —Zhu et al.

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MARCH 30, 2022

The ingredients are sand (SiO 2 , about 73 percent of the charge ), sodium dioxide (Na 2 O, about 13 percent), lime (CaO, about 9 percent), and magnesium (4 percent). But alternative processes that burn hydrogen or carbon-free synthetic methane (made from captured carbon dioxide) remain about five times as expensive.

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MARCH 23, 2015

Purdue researchers have developed a process to manufacture carbon-nanoparticle and microsheet anodes for Li-ion batteries from polystyrene and starch-based packing peanuts, respectively. These carbonaceous electrodes could also be used for rechargeable sodium-ion batteries.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Researchers at WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group), The University of Warwick (UK) have developed Silicon-Few Layer Graphene (Si-FLG) composite electrodes as an effective approach to replacing graphite in the anodes of lithium-ion batteries. Graphene is a single, one-atom-thick layer of the mineral graphite (an allotrope of carbon).

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