Lithium News

Keeping battery-powered electronics in good shape is an arcane art. Do you keep them on the charger, so they’re always at 100 percent when needed, or do you constantly charge cycle them to prevent the batteries from degrading? Well, luckily for you, someone smarter than both of us has figured out the methods for your […]

Japanese researchers at Yokohama National University have demonstrated a promising alternative to nickel and cobalt-based batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). Their approach uses manganese in the anode to create a high-energy density battery that is both cost-effective and sustainable. EV manufacturers prefer nickel and cobalt batteries since they deliver higher energy density, translating to more […]

Norwegian battery startup Morrow, which opened its first factory earlier this month, has reached a preliminary deal to deliver power storage systems to Ukraine, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Morrow said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine’s State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving (SAEE), adding that a […]

Lithium iron phosphate is one of the most important materials for batteries in electric cars, stationary energy storage systems and tools. It has a long service life, is comparatively inexpensive and does not tend to spontaneously combust. Energy density is also making progress. However, experts are still puzzled as to why lithium iron phosphate batteries […]

The Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has developed a redox-active metal-organic hybrid electrode material (SKIER-5) for Li batteries that remains stable in cold conditions as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius. By addressing the limitations of graphite as an anode material of conventional Li batteries under freezing conditions, SKIER-5 has the potential to be […]

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) see a realistic path forward to the manufacture of bio-derivable wind blades that can be chemically recycled and the components reused, ending the practice of old blades winding up in landfills at the end of their useful life. The findings are published in […]

Batteries have rapidly become a crucial factor in the global energy storage ecosystem and it is expected that batteries will continue to be central to ensuring a safe, affordable, and clean energy transition. Batteries represent an essential enabler for the increasing number of electric vehicles (EVs) being sold every year, throughout the transport sector. Batteries […]

Chile’s SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second-biggest lithium producer, reported a sharp 63.2% decline in quarterly profit on the back of slumping prices of the key metal used in the batteries that power electric vehicles and high tech devices. The company, which also manufactures fertilizers and industrial chemicals, said it expects the downward trend in lithium prices […]

The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and SoftBank Corp. have jointly developed a model capable of predicting the cycle lives of high-energy-density lithium-metal batteries by applying machine learning methods to battery performance data. The work is published in the journal Advanced Science. The model proved able to accurately estimate batteries’ longevity by analyzing their […]

Currently, industrial processes in the U.S. account for approximately a third of the country’s carbon dioxide emissions—even more than the annual emissions from passenger vehicles, trucks, and airplanes combined. Decarbonizing this sector is a challenging but vital step in mitigating impacts on our future climate. Researchers at Stanford Engineering have designed and demonstrated a new […]