Lithium News

A recent discovery could pave the way for safer, more powerful lithium-metal batteries. These types of batteries have twice the energy capacity of the more common lithium-ion batteries found in smartphones and electric vehicles. Lithium-metal batteries, the predecessors of lithium-ion batteries, have not been widely adopted due to their higher risk of combustion. However, scientists […]

Panasonic has a purchase order with a California company to provide a common Earth element that could transform electric vehicle battery tech. Sila touts its Titan Silicon powder as a superb alternative to the graphite commonly used in batteries. The anode is opposite the cathode in battery cells. Both are needed for the charge/discharge cycle […]

In July 2018, not long after the boom in lithium, and lithium batteries, began, people were pondering where the boom would end. The former chief scientist, Alan Finkel, wrote an article for Cosmos “Long live the power of lithium!” and said: “It is difficult to predict where the next big battery breakthrough will come from.” […]

A research team led by scientists from Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, has used the Australian Synchrotron in developing a novel strategy for the scalable production of high-performance, thin, and free-standing lithium anodes for lithium-ion batteries with enhanced cycling stability and electrochemical properties. The work was undertaken to meet the growing demand for high-performance […]

JAC Group’s Yiwei, a new EV brand in China backed by Volkswagen, debuted the first sodium-ion battery-powered electric car. The new JAC Yiwei EV rolled off the assembly line Wednesday. Yiwei is a new EV maker under the JAC Group. It was established earlier this year. Volkswagen owns 50% of JAC’s parent company; the other […]

JAC Motors, a Volkswagen-backed Chinese automaker, is set to launch the first mass-produced electric vehicle (EV) with a sodium-ion battery through its new Yiwei brand. Although sodium-ion battery tech has a lower density (and is less mature) than lithium-ion, its lower costs, more abundant supplies and superior cold-weather performance could help accelerate mass EV adoption. […]

When it comes to rare-earth elements (REEs), lithium stands out because of its usefulness and potential value. That’s why the Department of Energy (DOE) was jumping for joy when it discovered what is believed to be the world’s largest supply of lithium beneath California’s Salton Sea. The estimated 18 million-ton motherlode could be worth up […]

In a typical battery, charged ions zip one way through a sea of other particles as the battery recharges, before racing back in the other direction to release the stored energy on cue. Back and forth the ions go, some getting diverted along the way, until the capacity of the battery is drained, and it […]

A team of international scientists have developed an ultra-high speed signal processor that can analyze 400,000 real time video images concurrently, according to a paper published in Communications Engineering. The team, led by Swinburne University of Technology’s Professor David Moss, have developed a processor that operates more than 10,000 times faster than typical electronic processors […]

Over the past decades, engineers and materials scientists have been working hard to develop battery technologies that exhibit increasingly better performances. Their efforts are aimed at supporting the needs of the electronics industry, increasing the battery life of countless rechargeable devices, electric vehicles, and robotic systems. Nickel (Ni)-rich layered materials have been often employed as […]