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APRIL 2, 2010

A team of researchers at MIT led by Professor Yang Shao-Horn have found that gold-carbon (Au/C) and platinum-carbon (Pt/C) catalysts have a strong influence on the charge and discharge voltages of rechargeable lithium-air (Li-O 2 ) batteries, and thus enable a higher efficiency than simple carbon electrodes in these batteries.

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JULY 25, 2011

In addition, the nanofiber structure allowed for the clear visualization of the morphological evolution of Li 2 O 2 particles as a function of rate and depth-of-discharge and also of the removal of Li 2 O 2 particles during charging. Source: Mitchell et al. Click to enlarge. A team at MIT, led by Carl V. ” Resources. Mitchell, Betar M.

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MARCH 8, 2013

Schematic illustration of the aqueous rechargeable lithium battery (ARLB) using the coated lithium metal as anode, LiMn 2 O 4 as cathode and 0.5 Recent breakthroughs show clearly that they can present very good cycling performance and super-fast charge performance, which can be comparable with filling gasoline for engine cars.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Researchers at startup Liox Power, a California-based company developing rechargeable Li-air batteries, have demonstrated for the first time the operation of a lithium-air battery with a Li anode in a straight-chain alkyl amide electrolyte solvent (N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA)/lithium nitrate (LiNO 3 )).

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JUNE 24, 2009

General schematic of a lithium-air battery. The team plans to explore rechargeable Lithium-Air systems, which could offer 10 times the energy capacity of lithium-ion systems. Lithium-ion rechargeable (secondary) batteries are based on a pair of intercalation electrodes. not rechargeable.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Generalized form of the molten air battery. Researchers at George Washington University led by Dr. Stuart Licht have introduced the principles of a new class rechargeable molten air batteries that offer amongst the highest intrinsic electric energy storage capabilities. Licht et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.]

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JULY 27, 2014

(a) Charge and discharge voltage curves in repeated charge/discharge cycles at 45 mA g ?1. b) Charge and discharge voltage curves at various current densities (13.5–1080 are proposing a new sealed rechargeable battery system operating on a redox reaction between an oxide (O 2- ) and a peroxide (O 2 2- ) in the cathode.

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MARCH 12, 2012

In an open access paper published in the International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials , researchers from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences review significant developments and remaining challenges of practical Li–air batteries and the current understanding of their chemistry. —Zhang et al.

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JULY 23, 2012

Very high energy density rechargeable lithium air (or Li-O 2 ) batteries are of great interest for future electrified transportation because at best their practical energy density could approach that of current gasoline engined vehicles (after factoring in tank-to-wheel efficiencies). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MARCH 11, 2011

Scientists at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan have made an electrode for a lithium-air battery using a pencil. Haoshen Zhou and Yonggang Wang designed a battery in which the lithium is encapsulated by an organic electrolyte topped with a ceramic protection layer.

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JUNE 21, 2013

They suggested that the resulting mechanistic understanding of the chemistry of CO 2 in a Li–air cell and the interplay of CO 2 with electrolyte solvation will provide an important guideline for developing Li–air batteries. Lithium-air batteries, with a theoretical gravimetric energy density of ?3500 Earlier post.).

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MAY 13, 2013

Researchers at MIT, the University of Pittsburgh, and Sandia National Laboratories have used transmission electron microscope (TEM) imaging to observe the electrochemical oxidation of Li 2 O 2 , providing insights into the rate-limiting processes that govern charge in Li–O 2 cells. This provides insights into how to design the air electrode.

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

A study led by researchers from Argonne National Laboratory reinforced that electrolyte solvent stability plays a key role in the performance of Lithium-air batteries, and that making advances in new electrolytes will be a key factor in reducing the large overpotential and improving reversibility of Li-air batteries.

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MARCH 26, 2021

The new application was found somewhat serendipitously, after it had initially been developed a few years ago by MIT professor Yang Shao-Horn, Johnson, and others, in a collaborative venture aimed at lithium-air battery development. There’s still really nothing that allows a good rechargeable lithium-air battery.

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

Carbon is seen as an attractive potential cathode material for aprotic (non-aqueous) Lithium-air batteries, which are themselves of great interest for applications such as in electric vehicles because of the cells’ high theoretical specific energy. Carbon promotes electrolyte decomposition during discharge and charge in a Li?O

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MARCH 11, 2010

The 19 projects, which include two lithium-air efforts, will leverage $7.3 Also, the system can provide backup electricity during an outage and, during normal operation, allow customers to draw on the stored energy to reduce both their peak electric grid demand and the utility charges associated with peak demand. Murray, Jr.,

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MAY 27, 2014

Last year, researchers at George Washington University led by Dr. Stuart Licht introduced the principles of a new class rechargeable molten air batteries that offer amongst the highest intrinsic electric energy storage capabilities. The iron molten air battery; illustration of the charge/discharge in molten carbonate.

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APRIL 30, 2012

Back in January, we told you about IBM’s quest to build a rechargeable lithium-air battery that could theoretically let an electric car travel 500 miles on a single charge.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Metal-air batteries : TMC has determined the reaction mechanism of lithium-air batteries and has clarified its research policy regarding the batteries as rechargeable secondary batteries. In January 2010, TMC established a division charged with studying production of next-generation batteries.

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APRIL 30, 2010

This novel high energy battery concept is based upon a closed loop system in which the zinc (anode), suspended as slurry in a storage tank, is transported through reaction tubes (cathode) to facilitate the discharge and recharge of the battery. Solid State Lithium Battery : Solid State All Inorganic Rechargeable Lithium Batteries.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

These cathode materials—NCM-111, NCM-424 and NCM-523—allow higher energy density, improved safety due to higher temperature stability, and increased efficiency by enabling more discharge/charge cycles for batteries. Earlier post.).

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MAY 1, 2017

Lithium-air (Li-O 2 ) batteries are among the nost energy-dense electrochemical platforms for mobile energy storage, and are thus considered promising for electrified transportation. the formation of a stable interphase with lithium, protecting the metal while promoting ion transport.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

Although lithium metal is a promising anode material for Li-ion rechargeable batteries due to its theoretical high capacity (3,860?mAh 1 of graphite anodes), it fails to meet cycle life and safety requirements due to electrolyte decomposition and dendrite formation on the surfaces of the lithium metal anodes during cycling.

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JULY 9, 2010

IBM and its partners have launched a multi-year research initiative exploring rechargeable Li-air systems: The Battery 500 Project. Fortunately, an energy density of 1700 Wh/kg for the fully charged battery corresponds only to 14.5% of the theoretical energy content of lithium metal. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 26, 2018

The new work, published in Science , shows that four-electron conversion for lithium-oxygen electrochemistry is highly reversible. The Waterloo team is the first to achieve four-electron conversion, which doubles the electron storage of lithium-oxygen, also known as lithium-air, batteries. —Xia et al.

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a working laboratory demonstrator of a lithium-oxygen battery which has very high energy density, is more than 90% efficient, and, to date, can be recharged more than 2000 times, showing how several of the problems holding back the development of these devices could be solved.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a new electrolyte that allows lithium-sulfur, lithium-metal and lithium-air batteries to operate at 99% efficiency, while having a high current density and without growing dendrites that short-circuit rechargeable batteries.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Using in-situ electrochemical atomic force microscopy ( in-situ EC-AFM) at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at ORNL, they were able to observe how deposits of iron hydroxide particles (Fe(OH) 2 ) form at the iron electrode under conditions similar to those prevalent during charging and discharging. Weinrich Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

Also on the list of five is the arrival of advanced batteries, including air batteries (e.g., Lithium air), but targeted initially at small devices. If successful, the result will be a lightweight, powerful and rechargeable battery capable of powering for everything from electric cars to consumer devices. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 26, 2015

In some studies it has been noted that the adequate BEV range perceived by the customer could be lower if the recharging time would be sufficiently short. Therefore, companies have been establishing fast-charging stations (ranging, e.g., from 24 kW by BMW to 120 kW by Tesla). using a 24 kW charging station and within ≈12 min.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

From how much they cost and weigh to the amount of power they store and how long they take to charge, electric vehicle (EV) batteries have a significant impact on EVs themselves, the EV industry as a whole, and ultimately EV buyers. The post What’s Happening in EV Battery Technology appeared first on Driivz.

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

Andrews in Scotland report in a paper in the journal Nature Materials that titanium carbide (TiC) may represent a viable, stable cathode for rechargeable lithium-air batteries. Li-air batteries are receiving intense interest because of their extremely high theoretical specific energy. —Thotiyl et al.

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have shed new light on the formation of dendrites in high energy density rechargeable batteries with lithium metal anodes. It is thus not surprising that researchers have used a variety of tools to study dendrite formation in lithium batteries. However, as Xu et al.

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