Batteries & Other Energy Storage Devices

August 2022

Bourns POWrFuse High-Power Fuse Model PF-K Series

High-Power Fuse Series Optimized for High-Voltage EV/HEV Application Accessory Circuit Protection

Bourns, Inc., announced a new POWrFuse High-Power Fuse model series. Bourns specifically designed the POWrFuse Model PF-K Series to meet ISO 8820-8 standards for the protection of high-voltage accessory circuits in electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). These ci

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Date:

08/31/2022

The three primary constituents of the battery are aluminum (left), sulfur (center), and rock salt crystals (right). All are domestically available Earth-abundant materials not requiring a global supply chain.

Cheap Battery Made from Abundant Materials

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Lithium is expensive, hard to extract in the quantities that will be required to meet demand for EV batteries and renewable energy storage, and often dangerous. Formulating a battery that doesn’t need lithium, even for some applications, would help ensure the lithium supply we have now lasts longer

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Date:

08/30/2022

Christopher L. Mapes, Lincoln’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Lincoln Electric Launches a DC Fast Charge Electric Vehicle Charger Initiative

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of an initiative to design and manufacture DC fast charge electric vehicle (EV) chargers for the U.S. EV market. The Company has developed a 50kW DC fast charger power module with a scalable architecture to deliver power levels over 300kW, as we

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Date:

08/29/2022

Frederik Dostal, Subject Matter Expert, Power Management, Analog Devices

Easy Integration of Supercapacitor Power Back-up

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

One of the major trends over the last two decades is to replace mechanical systems with electronic systems wherever possible. Deploying an electronic system usually has the advantage of offering faster and more accurate responses, while being more reliable due to having no physical wear and te

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Date:

08/23/2022

900mA Dual-Channel Input with Integrated Boost SoC Li-Ion Battery Switching Charger

Halo Microelectronics announced the release of its HL7090, a fully automatic and highly integrated lithium battery charging management IC with one switching charger, two linear chargers, and full-range programmable charge parameters through an I2C compatible interface. The HL7090 is a compact, flexible, and high-

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Date:

08/23/2022

Brushing metal powders into the surface of lithium anodes shows promise to curtail the threat of dendrites that damage recyclable batteries, according to scientists at Rice University.

Brushing Thin Films onto Electrodes Preserves Batteries

RICE UNIVERSITY

A bit of brushing may be the secret to making better rechargeable lithium batteries. The Rice University lab of chemist James Tour introduced a technique to tune the surface of anodes for batteries by simply brushing powders into them. The powder adheres to the anode and becomes a thin, l

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Date:

08/23/2022

(Diagram) Framework of the Materials Open Platform (MOP) for All Solid-State Battery

Materials Open Platform for All Solid-State Battery to Begin Full-Scale Operation

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE, JAPAN

The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and 10 private companies have announced that their Materials Open Platform (MOP) for All Solid-State Battery will begin full-scale operation in FY2022. The participating companies are DENSO CORPORATION, JFE Steel Corporation, JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co

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Date:

08/23/2022

How the prismatic cells fit directly into the battery pack

ACE Batteries Drive LFP Technology Closer to Li-ion for EVs

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

When modern EVs were introduced, the main reason for their initial slow sales was the range. However, battery technology has progressed and now some of the latest vehicles can get almost 600 miles on a full charge. As always in engineering, when one problem is solved another crops up, or in the case of electric veh

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Date:

08/02/2022

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Figure 1. The placement polarity checker and the safety contactor

Using Bidirectional Programmable DC Power Supplies for Battery Testing

Zeke Pietsch, Sr. Applications Support Engineer, EA Elektro-Automatik

In today’s fast-paced world the need to create quicker, more mobile mechanical devices is steadily increasing. One primary method for doing this is to replace traditional gas powered or plugged-in devices with battery power. Batteries have become smaller and increasingly efficient as a result. In order to ke

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Date:

08/01/2022

How to Increase High-Power EV Battery Charging using Surface Mount Power Devices

Martin Schulz and Philippe Di Fulvio, Littelfuse, Inc.

End users expect new EV designs to minimize vehicle idle time, especially for long-distance driving. EV automotive designers need to increase charger power output, power density, and efficiency to achieve the fast-charging end-users expect. Single-unit, charger designs currently range from 7 kW to 30 kW. The co

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Date:

08/01/2022

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Figure 1: China holds global share of lithium battery material refining and processing (Source: Avicenne Energy 2022 Report)

A Battery Designed for Energy Storage

Sasha Gorer, CTO & Co-Founder, Zēlos Energy, and Ben Glenney, Operations Analyst, Zēlos Energy

In 2021, 20.1% of the electricity generated in the United States came from renewable sources, and so did 80% of generation capacity additions. Energy storage is an essential component of a renewable-powered grid infrastructure. To make the grid more resilient, lower carbon emissions, and redu

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Date:

08/01/2022

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Recharging the Batteries and the March Towards Electric Vehicles

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

It’s nice and sunny here in Scotland as I write this, a welcome change from the weather of the last few weeks. We are well and truly into the holiday season and it is good to take some time out. Myself, I had a short visit to one of the Scottish islands. The islands are often quite behind the times when it

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Date:

08/01/2022

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Diving into the Dog Days of Summer with EVs

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Last month, I mentioned a two-issue string of interrelated topics, starting with July’s “Batteries and Other Storage Devices” and leading straight into the application most relevant to these miniature power sources, electric vehicles. After all, the priciest component of EVs is the battery pack, and

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Date:

08/01/2022