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MIT: hybrid cathodes could boost energy capacity of lithium-sulfur batteries

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Researchers at MIT and in China are proposing a new class of dense intercalation-conversion hybrid cathodes by combining intercalation-type Mo 6 S 8 with conversion-type sulfur (HMSC) to realize a Li–S full cell. 1 and a volumetric energy density of 581?Wh?l Design strategy for jointly high gravimetric–volumetric energy density.

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Lyten to build lithium-sulfur battery gigafactory in Nevada – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Lithium-sulfur batteries, which feature high energy density, and don’t need problematic minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and graphite, are widely seen as a possible replacement for today’s lithium-ion batteries. The planned 1.25-million-square-foot Today is the latest milestone in Lyten’s nine-year history.

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Nevada is getting the world’s first lithium-sulfur battery gigafactory

Baua Electric

Rendering: Lyten Supermaterials trailblazer Lyten will invest over $1 billion to build the world’s first lithium-sulfur battery gigafactory in Reno, Nevada. The new gigafactory will produce both cathode active materials and lithium metal anodes, and it will assemble battery cells in cylindrical and pouch formats.

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€7.9M Lithium Sulfur for Safe Road Electrification project launches in Europe in January

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million), 43-month Lithium Sulfur for Safe Road Electrification (LISA) project will launch 1 January 2019 in Europe. The overall goal is to design and manufacture a lithium-sulfur technology that will enable safe electrification of EV applications. million (US$8.9-million),

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1,000-Cycle Lithium-Sulfur Battery Could Quintuple Electric Vehicle Ranges

CleanTechnica EVs

A new biologically inspired battery membrane has enabled a battery with five times the capacity of the industry-standard lithium ion design to run for the thousand-plus cycles needed to power an electric car.

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Researchers say energy-dense lithium-sulfur batteries may double EV range

Green Car Reports

Researchers in Australia say that advancements made in cathode durability could make lithium-sulfur batteries a reality for electric vehicles soon. The news was reported Friday by IEEE Spectrum following a paper published Monday by researchers at Monash University in Science Advances.

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HZB team devises new Ti4O7 cathode material for Lithium-sulfur batteries

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Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB), with colleagues from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and University of Potsdam, have fabricated a nanomaterial made from nanoparticles of a titanium oxide compound (Ti 4 O 7 ) for use as a cathode material in lithium-sulfur batteries.