Lithium News

Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp., the Reno, Nevada-based producer of Battle Born Batteries, has developed a lithium-based battery cell using lithium hydroxide recovered from lithium-ion batteries by Aqua Metals Inc. The lithium-based battery cell was manufactured using Dragonfly Energy’s dry battery electrode coating technology. The process demonstrates a potential path toward a more circular lithium battery […]

A research team led by Professor Hongkyung Lee at DGIST has developed a new manufacturing method for replacing lithium foil, overcoming the limitations of lithium batteries and potentially replacing existing commercial lithium cathodes through a new manufacturing process. Lithium metal, which is widely known as an ideal cathode material for batteries, can be used to […]

A dead, irreplaceable battery is often the demise of an otherwise perfectly good piece of equipment, and it can be incredibly frustrating. New research shows, however, that the opposite may be true when it comes to the batteries running electric vehicles. The Globe and Mail reports that a study done in March by Recurrent Motors […]

A research team led by Prof. Yan Lifeng from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has designed a water-based nanomicellar electrolyte by using methylurea (Mu). The results were published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) are competitive candidates […]

Researchers from Australia and China are working to develop the world’s first safe and efficient non-toxic aqueous aluminium radical battery. Teams from Flinders University in South Australia and Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in China have reported the first stage of developing these novel batteries in a new article published by the prestigious Journal of American Chemistry, […]

QPO Energy, a lithium battery maker based in Tualitin, announced plans this week to expand its Tualatin operation and relocate an inverter factory from China to Oregon. A press release from Greater Portland Inc. does not offer a timeline for the expansion, and Oregon Business was not able to reach either QPO or GPI for […]

Toyota on Thursday provided an update on its battery development plans, including a more detailed roadmap for the rollout of solid-state batteries. The automaker has five next-generation battery designs, including both liquid and solid electrolytes. Toyota expects the solid-state batteries, which the company has been researching with Panasonic, to be “ready for commercial use” by […]

Some big offshore wind projects have recently run into the challenges of rising interest rates and delays in getting key components, and developers say some projects no longer make financial sense. It’s a messy situation, and it threatens to undermine the future of offshore wind as a major and affordable source of electricity for the […]

Tesla introduced its newest home battery backup system, the Powerwall 3, which comes with more power throughput and its own built-in solar inverter. The setup makes for a more vertically integrated home solar power installation for new setups compared to the Powerwall 2, which is just a battery. Early details of the Powerwall 3 trickled […]

Volvo Energy and UK battery storage company Connected Energy today announced that they’ve signed a letter of intent to turn used Volvo EV batteries into new battery storage. A second life for used Volvo EV batteries The two companies are going to jointly develop a battery energy storage system with batteries recovered from Volvo’s electric buses, trucks, and […]