Towards a sustainable and competitive battery value chain in Europe The Horizon 2020 SOLiDIFY consortium, comprised of 14 European partners, has developed a high-performance lithium-metal solid-state battery. The prototype battery, manufactured in a state-of-the-art battery lab at EnergyVille, Belgium, features a unique “liquid-to-solid” processed electrolyte, jointly developed by imec, Empa … [continued]
■ Increases ionic conductivity tenfold, enabling operation at room temperature and ensuring high-speed charging performance and fire safety ■ Achieved through joint research with research team of the late Professor John B. Goodenough, a Nobel laureate in Chemistry SK On has succeeded in co-developing a polymer electrolyte for lithium-metal batteries … [continued]
The US startup QuantumScape is moving ahead with plans to manufacture a solid-state battery with a self-forming lithium-metal anode.
Innovative battery researchers have cracked the code to creating real-time 3D images of the promising but temperamental lithium metal battery as it cycles. A team from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in observing how the lithium metal in the cell behaves as it charges and discharges. The new … [continued]
Scientists at the Energy Department’s Brookhaven National Laboratory are unlocking the secrets of lighter, less expensive, more energy dense and just all-around better EV batteries.
QuantumScape, which is developing solid-state lithium-metal batteries for electric vehicles, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Volkswagen Group of America to pick the location of the two companies’ joint-venture solid-state battery pilot-line facility by the end of this year. Both companies are eyeing Salzgitter, Germany, for … [continued]
Toward the end of President Obama’s time in office, the US Department of Energy (DOE) launched a “Battery500 Consortium.” The goal is in the name: reaching 500 Wh/kg battery energy density with lithium-metal battery cells, a target which was reportedly triple the battery energy density at the time.
General Motors says it is making good progress toward new batteries with higher energy density and lower costs. It will use pouch cells manufactured at a new factory shared with LG Chem in Lordstown, Ohio.
It sounds as if the electric aviation news industry has somewhat tapered down, giving a chance for other competing electric mobility industries to make it into the limelight. But that doesn’t mean that the electric aviation industry is sitting idly either. In fact, Sion Power just announced a “breakthrough” in its Location Lithium battery chemistry.
The MIT spinoff company SolidEnergy Systems is claiming that it can double the battery life of regular lithium-ion batteries and reduce battery sizes though the use of its new lithium-metal technology. More specifically, the company is claiming that its battery technology allows for energy densities of 400 Wh/kg. The technology … [continued]
