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. A network of aramid nanofibers, recycled from Kevlar, can enable lithium-sulfur batteries to overcome their Achilles heel … [continued]
Lithium sulfur and lithium carbon batteries are almost ready for prime time.
Morrow Batteries says it will build the world’s most sustainable battery factory in southern Norway.
Lithium-sulfur batteries are getting more competitive with cobalt driven lithium-ion batteries. The use of lithium-sulfur chemistries can actually bring down costs.
Research at Monash University in Australia led to the development of a very high-performance and energy efficient lithium-sulfur battery. Dr. Mahdokht Shaibani, a Research Fellow in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Monash University, who also held a leadership role on the project, answered some questions about the work for CleanTechnica.
I met with the Safran team at the National Business Aviation Association–Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) event two weeks ago for the introduction of their newly revealed ENGINeUS aviation electric motors. I learned a little more about what the company is doing in the electric aviation world and how it plans to develop its technology for the future of our urban air mobility (UAM) future.
As part of the ever-evolving improvement of battery technology, there’s a lot of anode research going on around the world. One idea is to replace commonly used graphite with lithium metal for the anode, and that may have just gotten a notable boost thanks to some research out of New York State’s Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
The European Union — as part of its Horizon 2020 research + development program — is launching a new project centered on the effort to bring lithium-sulfur battery technologies to commercial readiness, according to recent reports. The new €6,899,233 ($7.6 million) collaboration, ALISE (Advanced Lithium Sulfur battery for xEV), aims … [continued]
The UK company OXIS Energy has thrown down the energy storage gauntlet, challenging the Tesla Powerwall battery with its new lithium-sulfur battery.
Originally published on Kompulsa. Many years ago, I learned of a technology that could turn the energy industry upside down — the lithium-sulfur battery. It could achieve a gravimetric energy density of 400 Wh/kg. The majority of electric vehicle batteries are well under 200 Wh/kg. This means that lithium-sulfur battery technology … [continued]
