EV AND BATTERY DESIGN, TESTING, AND SIMULATION
U.S. Department of Energy Launches $16M Critical Minerals Workforce Prize
The U.S. Department of Energy has launched a $16 million planning prize to expand the domestic critical minerals workforce across mining, processing, recovery, recycling and related supply chain disciplines. Administered through the Department of Energy’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI), the PROSPECT Planning Prize will provide awards of up to $1 million […]
Dukosi Adds Contactless Link to Modular Battery BMS
Dukosi, global industry experts in battery monitoring and contactless communications technologies, has introduced a contactless intra battery communications platform designed to upgrade conventional modular battery management architectures without requiring fundamental changes to underlying battery design. The DK-NFLNK™ platform connects traditional multi-channel analog front ends (AFEs) with the battery management system host through Dukosi’s near-field communications […]
Avocet Battery Materials Advances Dry Battery Tab Surface Technology
Avocet Battery Materials, UK industry experts in pouch-cell tab development and manufacturing, has secured grant funding through the UK Government’s DRIVE35 program to advance DryTab, its proprietary dry surface treatment technology for battery lead tabs. The funding will support further development, validation and commercialization of DryTab as Avocet moves the technology toward industrial deployment. DRIVE35 […]
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Avocet Battery Materials Advances Dry Battery Tab Surface Technology
Avocet Battery Materials, UK industry experts in pouch-cell tab development and manufacturing, has secured grant funding through the UK Government’s DRIVE35 program to advance DryTab, its proprietary dry surface treatment technology for battery lead tabs. The funding will support further development, validation and commercialization of DryTab as Avocet moves the technology toward industrial deployment. DRIVE35 […]
Asahi Kasei Develops Pre-Doping for Silicon-Rich Batteries
Asahi Kasei has developed a lithium pre-doping technology intended to improve the energy density and cost performance of high-voltage lithium-ion batteries using silicon-based anodes. The approach uses lithium carbonate as an additional lithium source to compensate for irreversible capacity loss that can occur during the first charge-discharge cycle of silicon-rich cells, one of the key […]
New UChicago Research Redefines Battery Failure In EV Cathodes
New research from Argonne National Laboratory and the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering has identified previously misunderstood degradation mechanisms in lithium-ion battery cathodes—findings that could enable longer-lasting and safer batteries for electric vehicles and other technologies.
Solidion Develops Silicon Anode For Lithium-Ion Batteries
Solidion Technology, Inc., industry experts in advanced battery materials and high-capacity lithium-ion anode technologies, has announced the development of silicon-rich anode materials designed to improve energy density while reducing cell-level cost for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and other electrified platforms.