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Directory:Lithium Ion Batteries

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Directory of Lithium Ion battery technologies and resources.

Technologies

Scientists create non-flammable lithium-ion battery (http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/36912/113/) - The Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (http://www.isc.fraunhofer.de/index_e.html) says it has already created a prototype of a non-flammable lithium-ion battery and will be displaying it at a German trade show, April 2008. (TG Daily; April 11, 2008)

Longer-Lasting Batteries for Laptops (http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/20524/) - Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, IL, have developed composite battery materials that can make such batteries both safer and longer lived, while increasing their capacity to store energy by 30 percent. (MIT Technology Review; Aprl 7, 2008)

Jump Start (http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0407/068.html) - Carmakers favor lithium-ion batteries (already popular in cell phones and laptops) because they can store twice as much energy per liter of volume as nickel batteries. Forbes has posted a chart listing which plug-in hybrids and electric cars are possibly using what type of Lithium-ion technology. (Forbes; April 4, 2008)

Lithium-Ion Battery Contract for PHEV10s (http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/01/usabc-awards-co.html) - USABC (http://www.uscar.org/guest/view_team.php?teams_id=12) has awarded Compact Power (http://www.compactpower.com/) a contract to develop lithium-ion battery technology for 10-mile all-electric range PHEVs using CPI’s high energy and high power manganese-spinel (LiMn2O4) cathode chemistry. The cells have improved life under high temperature conditions and less risk of explosions. (Green Car Congress; Jan. 3, 2008)

Nanowire Battery Holds 10 Times The Charge (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071219103105.htm) - Stanford (http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/january9/nanowire-010908.html) researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, iPods, video cameras, cell phones, and countless other devices. Could also be applied to electric vehicles. (Science Daily; Dec. 20, 2007) (See Slashdot (http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/19/169259))

German battery could jump-start electric car production (http://www.physorg.com/news116482073.html) - Li-Tec (http://www.li-tec.de/) has designed a ceramic lithium-ion battery membrane (Separion) that provides greater thermal stability and could finally make electric cars common. Their battery takes up 30% less volume than Toyota's and allows 3x more range than French models. (PhysOrg; Dec. 10, 2007)

Ener1 integrates lithium-ion battery into HEV (http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/12/04/ener1-first-to-integrate-lithium-ion-battery-into-hev-explains/) - Ener1 (http://www.ener1.com/) integrated a lithium-ion battery into a HEV (hybrid electric vehicle) using an "end-to-end solution (http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/12/05/evs23-enerdels-end-to-end-lithium-solution-for-hybrids/)". It will be affordable (http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/09/19/enerdel-plans-to-sell-affordable-lithium-ion-battery-in-2-years/) at just $1,500. The battery requirement for HEV is very different than PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicles). (AutoblogGreen; Dec. 4, 2007)

Reducing the cost of lithium ion batteries (http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/11/08/ricardo-and-qinetiq-partner-on-reducing-cost-of-lithium-ion-batt/) - Ricardo (http://www.ricardo.com/media/pressreleases/pressrelease.aspx?page=93) and QinetiQ (http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2007/4th_quarter/qinetiq_and_ricardo.html) will try to bring the cost of lithium ion batteries down so that they can be commercially viable without degrading performance. In 2006 they showed off their Efficient-C diesel hybrid Citroen Berlingo van but acknowledged that the hybrid's extra cost needed to be reduced by half to €2,000. (AutoblogGreen; Nov. 8, 2007)

Lithium-Ion Motorcycles (http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/19069/) - Better batteries are making electric motorcycles possible, providing a cleaner alternative to pollution-spewing gas-powered bikes. (MIT Technology Review; July 19, 2007)

Safer Lithium-Ion Batteries (http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17362) - In light of Apple's and Dell's massive recalls, will computer makers opt for batteries that are less prone to catching fire? A new lithium-ion battery being developed by MIT's Yet-Ming Chiang, founder of A123Systems, replaces cobalt oxide with iron phosphate, a much more stable material. (MIT Technology Review; Aug. 25, 2006)

Are Lithium-Ion Electric Cars Safe? (http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17250&ch=biztech) - The use of a type of battery with a history of overheating raises safety concerns. How Tesla Motors' Roadster (http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Tesla_Motors,_Inc.) addresses safety concerns, including cooling, disconnect, fuses, and casing. (MIT Technology Review; Aug. 3, 2006)

75 miles for a 5 minute rechargeable car (http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003339.html) - Fuji Heavy Industries, the maker of Subaru brand vehicles, announced that it will release the R1e electric mini car by 2010, and that the vehicle will begin road tests in Japan this year. The R1e uses a lithium-ion battery can be recharged to 90% of capacity in five minutes. (WorldChanging; Aug. 21, 2005)

A123Systems releases new Lithium-ion battery (http://www.opensourceenergy.org/C17/News%20Viewer/default.aspx?ID=1041) - Utilizing nanoscale electrode technology, the battery lasts 10x as long, has 5X power gain, charges 90% capacity in five minutes. First batteries will be sold to Black & Decker for their... (OSEN; Nov. 2, 2005) (MIT Technology Review (http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16894); May 19, 2006)

Toshiba's New Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Recharges in Only One Minute (http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2005_03/pr2901.htm) - A breakthrough technology applied to the negative electrode uses new nano-particles to prevent organic liquid electrolytes from reducing during battery recharging. The nano-particles quickly absorb and store vast amount of lithium ions, without causing any deterioration in the electrode. (Toshiba.com; March 29, 2005)

New Lithium Ion batteries reflect industry's highest level of energy density (http://www.physorg.com/news2310.html) - Sony Corporation's batteries, shipping this month, respond to mobile products' needs for high capacity and large current. (PhysOrg; Dec. 9, 2004)