Lithium News

Researchers have invented a new battery that they claim could have profound implications for the future of energy storage and renewable technologies. The lithium-based redox-flow battery, developed by a team at the University of Cincinnati, could prove crucial for wind and solar operations, where large-scale batteries are needed to store energy during times of overproduction […]

A rebound in lithium exports from the No. 2 supplier Chile offers some relief for the nation’s two producers, SQM and Albemarle Corp., which have been hit by slumping prices. Revenue from Chilean lithium shipments jumped 18% in August versus July, according to data released Thursday by the central bank. That’s despite an acceleration in […]

Amid the fierce competition throughout the globe to develop hydrogen mobility technologies to achieve carbon neutrality, a new technology for a 2-liter class hydrogen-fueled engine (a passenger car hydrogen engine) capable of running entirely on hydrogen has been developed for the first time in Korea. The joint research team led by Principal Researcher Young Choi […]

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have devised an efficient method of recovering high-purity silicon from expired solar panels to produce lithium-ion batteries that could help meet the increasing global demand to power electric vehicles. High-purity silicon makes up the majority of solar cells, yet they are typically discarded at the end of […]

Electric-vehicle maker Rivian Automotive (RIVN.O) will benefit late this year and in 2024 from a significant deflation for battery material prices, finance chief Claire McDonough said at a technology conference on Thursday. Prices for raw materials used in batteries surged to record highs in recent years on burgeoning demand for EVs, coupled with tight supplies […]

Five years ago, Liu Gong bought an electric car for just over 100,000 yuan (US$14,600) with the help of government subsidies. Its battery has now weakened to less than 70% of the original capacity. To continue driving, he has been told that he will have to pay around 60,000 yuan (US$8,277) to replace the battery. […]

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) provide our portable devices like tablets and mobiles—and increasingly also vehicles—with power. As the share of volatile renewable energy needing electricity storage increases, more and more LIBs are needed, lithium prices rise, resources dwindle, and the amount of depleted batteries that contain toxic substances increases. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, researchers introduce a […]

How are you reading this article? Most likely with a smartphone, a tablet or a laptop. What do they all have in common? Batteries. Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries Yep. Invaluable, rechargeable, lithium-based batteries that allow you to use devices for hours or even days at a time, carrying millions of times more computing power in your pocket than what landed the […]

Genex Power says its newly Bouldercombe Battery is already “sopping up” some of the negatively priced energy from cheap solar power flooding the Queensland grid, despite still being in the commissioning phase. At its annual results briefing, the stock exchange listed Genex said the 50MW/100MWh Bouldercombe battery project near Rockhampton is energised and going through […]

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology have tripled the energy density of their experimental proton batteries, presenting an alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere. Chances are, they power your phone, laptop, appliances, and other electronics. Lithium-ion batteries have a high energy density, which means they can store a lot of […]