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Researchers crack a key problem with sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and grid energy storage

Sodium-ion batteries could alleviate supply-chain concerns with lithium-ion batteries

02-Oct-2024 - Lithium-ionbatterieshave long dominated the market as the go-to power source for electric vehicles. They are also increasingly being considered for storage of renewable energy to be used on the electric grid. However, with the rapid expansion of this market, supply shortages of lithium are ...

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Bayreuth researchers are working on an affordable replacement for lithium-ion batteries

"In the long term, the results of our research can make mid-range electric vehicles more affordable"

17-Jan-2024 - Dr Qingsong Wang from the University of Bayreuth is driving forward research into sodium-ion batteries as a cost-effective, sustainable alternative to lithium-ion. As part of an international team of researchers, he has developed a battery with a long service life and high energy. The results ...

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Cathode innovation makes sodium-ion battery an attractive option for electric vehicles

New cathode design could pave the way for eco- and budget-friendly electric vehicles

12-Jan-2024 - New cathode material for sodium-ion batteries is inspired by earlier work at Argonne that led to the lithium-ion batteries in the Chevy Volt and Bolt. It could help the supply of low-cost and abundant elements for electric vehicle batteries. As most shoppers looking for a new vehicle know, ...

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Argonne and Idaho National Laboratories partner with CMBlu Energy for innovative long-duration energy storage project

The project aims to improve microgrids in cold climates and make fast charging of electric vehicles more affordable in underserved communities

08-Dec-2023 - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, along with Idaho National Laboratory (INL), was chosen by the agency for a demonstration project to validate an innovative long-duration energy storage system developed by battery manufacturer CMBlu Energy. The collaborative ...

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Designing better battery electrolytes

Artificial intelligence and robot-assisted labs could help speed the search for better battery materials

21-Dec-2022 - Looking at the future of battery materials. Designing a battery is a three-part process. You need a positive electrode, you need a negative electrode, and — importantly — you need an electrolyte that works with both electrodes. An electrolyte is the battery component that transfers ions — ...

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Researchers now able to predict battery lifetimes with machine learning

Technique could reduce costs of battery development

10-May-2022 - Imagine a psychic telling your parents, on the day you were born, how long you would live. A similar experience is possible for battery chemists who are using new computational models to calculate battery lifetimes based on as little as a single cycle of experimental data. In a new study, ...

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Wet electrolyte could be a key to inexpensive energy storage

Water containing battery electrolyte could enable cheaper, easier to produce batteries

04-May-2022 - For scientists working to create the next generation of batteries, water has typically been the enemy. For example, lithium-ion batteries typically need to be produced under extremely dry conditions for them to hold large amounts of charge. But a new discovery may show that a specific type of ...

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Argonne-related spinoff company charges up the battery world

Sepion Technologies is pursuing innovative new lithium battery technologies and recently secured Series A funding

13-Dec-2021 - For America to move fully away from fossil fuels and to a more sustainable energy economy, batteries are the key ingredient. For both electric vehicles and the power grid, new battery technologies will transform the energy equation behind how we live and how we move. As part of this effort, the ...

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Why batteries can’t charge in minutes

Researchers find new issue complicating fast charging

06-Dec-2021 - Researchers find new issue complicating fast charging. Haste makes waste, as the saying goes. Such a maxim may be especially true of batteries, thanks to a new study that seeks to identify the reasons that cause the performance of fast charged lithium-ion batteries to degrade in electric ...

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Inside the battery in 3D

Powerful X-rays watch solid state batteries charging and discharging

08-Feb-2021 - Despite worldwide use of lithium batteries, the exact dynamics of their operation has remained elusive. X-rays have proven to be a powerful tool for peering inside of these batteries to see the changes that occur in real time. Using the ultrabright X-rays of the Advanced Photon Source (APS), a ...

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