UK Energy Storage Startups Take Aim At EV Battery Market
Lithium-ion is the gold standard for EV batteries today, but sodium-ion and lithium-sulfur could offer lighter, cheaper energy storage alternatives.
Lithium-ion is the gold standard for EV batteries today, but sodium-ion and lithium-sulfur could offer lighter, cheaper energy storage alternatives.
Cabot has developed a graphene-based additive called LITX™ G700 to improve the energy density of lithium-ion batteries. LITX™ G700 is a conductive graphene-based additive that is to improve conductivity and achieve a high energy density in lithium-ion batteries at “ultra-low loadings” in comparison to conventional additives. Lower volume additives offer the advantage … [continued]
A super fast-charging lithium-ion battery capable of being recharged 30 to 120 times faster than conventional li-ion batteries has been developed by researchers. The researchers think that they can use this technology to create a battery pack for electric vehicles that will fully charge in less than a minute. The primary … [continued]
A new way to create the flexible components of rechargeable lithium-ion (LI) batteries from discarded silicon has been developed by researchers at Rice University and the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Silicon is able to absorb roughly 10 times more lithium than the carbon that is typically used in … [continued]
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) $712,500 to investigate the behaviour of lithium-ion batteries during charge and discharge. The contract is one of 19 projects being awarded funding by the DoE from the $43 million set aside for the Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop … [continued]
In an effort to solve a problem in rechargeable lithium (Li)-ion batteries that prevents them from quickly accepting or discharging energy, engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute intentionally engineered defects in a sheet of graphene, resulting in a graphene anode material that can be charged or discharged 10 times faster than … [continued]
In the long run, there’s no avoiding energy storage for a 100% renewable energy society. The two major sources of renewable power are wind and sun, and they are either fickle or reliably not available at night. The problem is that the simplest energy storage option for electricity is batteries, … [continued]
Rice University researchers have developed an unusual type of lithium-ion battery. It is a liquid that can be painted or sprayed onto any surface. The research team mixed various paints to determine which were best for the construction of the 5-layered components of a lithium-ion battery. Those components are: … [continued]
Pike Research has just come out with a new market research report, “Electric Vehicle Batteries.” The report, which ranks what it thinks are the top 10 Lithium-ion battery companies, finds that market revenue for Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for transportation (EVs and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles) “will grow over 700%, from $2.0 billion annually in … [continued]
Just finished my new solar energy project roundup of the week, so on to wind…. Here are the 7 big ones I’ve seen this week (other than what we’ve covered.. or are about to cover): 1. 21-MW Hawaii wind project to lean on 11-MW lithium ion battery bank. A123 … [continued]