Car battery recycling market gears up for future boom
Researcher Anna Vanderbruggen peers into a vat of dark bubbling liquid, the result of a process she has developed to recover graphite from old lithium-ion batteries.
Mar 29, 2023
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Researcher Anna Vanderbruggen peers into a vat of dark bubbling liquid, the result of a process she has developed to recover graphite from old lithium-ion batteries.
Mar 29, 2023
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Lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous today, but that does not mean that they are the best solution for all areas of application. TU Wien has now succeeded in developing an oxygen-ion battery that has some important advantages. ...
Mar 22, 2023
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They are considered the "Holy Grail" of battery research: so-called "solid-state batteries." They no longer have a liquid core, as is the case with today's batteries, but consist of a solid material. This leads to several ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Anybody who has ever enjoyed fresh crab legs or lobster tails can attest to how difficult it is to get through their tough shells. But instead of just throwing them away, researchers are "upcycling" these shells into porous, ...
Mar 13, 2023
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Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a conductive polymer coating—called HOS-PFM—that could enable longer lasting, more powerful lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.
Mar 7, 2023
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Research into electrochemical energy storage devices and their development is among those fields of material sciences in which most work is being done worldwide. The rapidly growing need for high-performance batteries for ...
Feb 23, 2023
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A Nevada company that recycles batteries for electric vehicles has won a $2 billion green energy loan from the Biden administration.
Feb 9, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a method of harnessing artificial intelligence to discover new and more efficient materials for clean energy technology.
Feb 8, 2023
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Currently, most cathode materials used in batteries for electric vehicles are layered oxides composed of nickel for over 60% of the transition metals. Using nickel-rich layered oxide is advantageous in establishing the mileage ...
Feb 8, 2023
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As lithium-ion batteries have become a ubiquitous part of our lives through their use in consumer electronics, automobiles and electricity storage facilities, researchers have been working to improve their power, efficiency ...
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