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MAY 26, 2011

Scheme of the semi-solid flow cell (SSFC) system using flowing lithium-ion cathode and anode suspensions. In contrast to previous flow batteries, the SSFC stores energy in suspensions of solid storage compounds to and from which charge transfer is accomplished via dilute yet percolating networks of nanoscale conductors. –2.9

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Toshiba Corporation has supplied a Li-ion battery traction energy storage system (TESS) to Tobu Railway Co., TESS stores traction energy generated by decelerating trains as they enter a station and releases it as needed when trains accelerate from the station. The system is planned to operate from 22 December.

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MARCH 19, 2014

The nanocrystals possess high and similar Li-ion and Na-ion charge storage capacities of 580?640 85% of the low-rate value, indicating that rate capability of Sb nanostructures can be comparable to the best Li-ion intercalation anodes and is so far unprecedented for Na-ion storage. 640 mAh g ?1

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AUGUST 11, 2011

The Ragone plots of graphene surface-enabled Li ion-exchanging cells with different electrode thicknesses. This approach obviates the need for lithium intercalation or deintercalation—the basic process used in Li-ion batteries. Credit: ACS, Jang et al. Click to enlarge. —Jang et al.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

has acquired a carbon nanotube technology that can significantly improve the power capability of lithium-ion batteries, through an exclusive technology licensing agreement with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Contour Energy Systems, Inc. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

The buses—full-size, low-floor models for the city’s regular route network—will operate on MHI’s high-performance “ MLIX ” lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. Use of a specially developed charger enables full recharging in approximately half the required time, compared with current CHAdeMO type quick charging systems.

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MAY 12, 2010

Itochu Corporation, Mazda, Family Mart, EnerDel and 11 other partners have launched a 3-year project in Tsukuba City, Japan—the “Green Crossover Project”—designed to showcase a real-world integration of the smart grid, stationary lithium-ion grid storage, electric vehicles, rapid recharging and renewable energy technologies.

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JUNE 16, 2011

MHI), has developed Japan’s first cargo container-type large-capacity energy storage system using Li-ion batteries. Japan’s first container-type large-capacity energy storage system using lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., (MHI), Click to enlarge.

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MAY 13, 2020

Volta Power Systems has partnered with Stellar Industries to provide lithium-ion power systems that reduce idling from fleet utility and work trucks. The auxiliary system stores enough energy to provide all-day power to operate hydraulics, power tools, and multiphase worksite power without idling. The HPS features a 13.5

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JULY 14, 2010

in collaboration with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), will develop Li-ion battery electrodes using Vorbeck’s Vor-x functionalized graphene materials under a new cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA). Vorbeck Materials Corp., PNNL, in collaboration with Prof. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Toshiba Corporation announced the development of its next-generation SCiB (Super Charge ion Battery), which uses a new material to double the capacity of the battery anode. The new battery offers high-energy density and the ultra-rapid recharging required for automotive applications.

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JULY 28, 2011

Researchers with the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have embedded arrays of tin (Sn) nanopillars between graphene sheets without adding any polymer binder and carbon black for as-formed use as a high-performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs).

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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 19, 2009

Densities for steel springs and Li-ion batteries provide a comparison. Carol Livermore, associate professor of mechanical engineering and her team used an ordered grouping of carbon nanotubes (CNT) as a spring to store elastic energy for later use—much as a steel spring stores energy in a mechanical watch.

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University may have found a way to revitalize rechargeable lithium batteries, potentially boosting the range of electric vehicles and battery life in next-gen electronic devices. Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2012

The project aims at demonstrating power supply stabilization in the region by introducing cargo container-type large capacity energy storage system using a lithium-ion rechargeable battery, which has a maximum power output capacity of 2MW. Each battery container houses more than 2,000 units of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries.

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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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MARCH 21, 2011

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a self-assembling three-dimensional nanostructure for battery cathodes (Li-ion and NiMH) that allows for faster charging and discharging without sacrificing energy storage capacity. Most capacitors store very little energy. This does both.

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JULY 5, 2013

Powered by a Li-ion battery, the AE21 features an electric motor located in the front wheel. The battery is locked in place and can be recharged directly in the bike or removed for recharging at home. With compact dimensions and folding handlebars and pedals, the AE21 can be stored against a wall of an apartment.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

has nearly completed development of a lithium-ion battery using a lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide cathode (NMC). The new battery can store about twice as much electricity as batteries with positive electrodes made only from manganese. and a rechargeable capacity of up to 250 mAh g -1 over the same window. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 19, 2009

Ah lithium-ion battery and began mass production of the battery this December. Ah lithium-ion battery with a nickel positive electrode (energy density: 620 Wh/L) in 2006. Ah lithium-ion battery, currently the industry’s highest capacity in the 18650-type. Panasonic Corporation has developed an 18650-type high-capacity 3.1

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APRIL 15, 2013

Up until now, Li-ion batteries have been considered to exhibit no “memory effect”—a deviation in the voltage of the battery resulting from repeated charging after being only partially discharged that can limit the usability of the stored energy as well as the ability to determine the state of charge of the battery reliably.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

New research conducted by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has identified a specific building block that improves the anode in lithium-ion batteries. Traditionally, graphite is used for the anode of a lithium-ion battery, but this carbon material has major limitations.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

Focus Electric is powered by a 23 kWh lithium-ion (li-ion) battery system (with cells from LG Chem/Compact Power) with an advanced active liquid cooling and heating system to precondition and regulate the temperature. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.; Seattle; and Washington, D.C.

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AUGUST 18, 2014

Ragone plot, comparing Li-CNT-F batteries with other batteries in terms of weight of cathode materials. The highest energy density for Li-CNT-F batteries, 4,113 Wh kg carbon ?1 Reaching beyond the horizon of LIBs [lithium-ion batteries] requires the exploration of new electrochemistry and/or new materials. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 30, 2022

Solid-state Li-metal battery company QuantumScape released data showing its battery cells have completed 400 consecutive 15-minute fast-charging (4C) cycles from 10% to 80% of the cell’s capacity while retaining well above 80% of the initial energy—a first for this type of battery technology. Source: QuantumScape.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Out of several candidates that could replace Li in rechargeable batteries, calcium (Ca) stands out as a promising metal. Not only is Ca 10,000 times more abundant than Li, but it can also yield—in theory—similar battery performance.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) battery scientist Nitash Balsara and co-inventor Joseph DeSimone of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have launched Blue Current , a startup company backed by investment firm Faster LLC, to commercialize their non-flammable electrolytes for Li-ion batteries.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

One of the features of the new hybrid drive system is the capability to recharge the battery packs without the use of diesel generators. The ZF Marine hybrid drive system creates kinetic energy when reversing the propeller while under sail, thereby storing this regenerative energy back into the batteries.

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APRIL 1, 2011

Example of a lithium-water rechargeable battery. Researchers at the University of Texas, including Dr. John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. A typical Li-air battery discharges at 2.5-2.7

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JUNE 22, 2015

Stealth-mode battery start-up 24M has introduced its new semi-solid lithium-ion cell. Together, our inventions achieve what lithium-ion has yet to do—meet the ultra-low cost targets of the grid and transportation industries. The lithium-ion battery is a brilliant, enabling technology, but its economics are flawed.

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DECEMBER 2, 2013

Schematic showing the chemical reduction reaction of one Li 2 S 6 molecule by lithium to form six Li 2 S molecules, involving the diffusion/driving of lithium out of the graphene layers in the graphite. The approach offers a new way to introduce lithium into the cathode in Li?S air, or Li?organic Lithium-sulfur (Li?S)

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JUNE 19, 2010

Toshiba Corporation is proposing the development of an electric vehicle charging system—the “Charge Grid”—that features the deployment of its Li-ion battery storage systems (specifically, its SCiB batteries, earlier post ) in various areas. The electricity grid and the Li-ion batteries are connected via the bidirectional inverters.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

International Battery (IB), a US manufacturer and developer of large-format lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, has been chosen as the battery system provider for the first-of-its-kind Community Energy Storage (CES) systems, developed by S&C Electric Company for American Electric Power (AEP).

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

High voltage lithium-ion battery prototype. NEC Corporation has developed a prototype next-generation manganese lithium-ion battery featuring cathodes that support higher voltage operations (4.5V NEC currently develops and produces lithium-ion batteries with cathodes made with manganese. Click to enlarge. from the 3.8V

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MARCH 28, 2015

However, transition metal fluorides, which contain the element fluorine plus one or more of the transition metals, such as iron and copper, have much higher ion-storage capacities than traditional cathodes. The lithium ions then bond temporarily to the fluorine atoms. In addition, a recent study of the ?

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Stanford researchers have developed a sodium-ion battery (SIB) that can store the same amount of energy as a state-of-the-art lithium ion, at substantially lower cost. The researchers focused mainly on the favorable cost-performance comparisons between their sodium-ion battery and lithium. —Lee et al.

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