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An illustration of how the Dukosi battery monitoring system operates

Wireless Battery Monitoring System Saves Weight and Cost

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

We use batteries extensively for our transport, to store our energy, and to power our consumer goods. As we rely on batteries more and more, it is necessary to know their condition, especially when they are deployed in use cases that require multiple cells. Traditionally, in those applications each in

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Date:

06/28/2023

Scientists Develop a High-energy-density and Ultralong-life Aqueous Zinc-ion Battery

Scientists Develop a High-Energy-Density and Ultralong-Life Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery

HEFEI INSTITUTES OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

A research team at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), led by Prof. ZHAO Bangchuan, developed a high-performance aqueous zinc-ion battery with ultralong cycle lifespan in a weak magnetic field. The relevant results were published in Materials Horizons.

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Date:

06/26/2023

Scientists from SIT, Japan developed a new and efficient method to synthesize CSO nanocrystals in under 20 minutes using solution plasma process.

Towards Efficient Lithium–Air Batteries with Solution Plasma-Based Synthesis of Perovskite Hydroxide Catalysts

SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

With global warming on the rise, it has become imperative to reduce fossil fuel dependency and switch to alternate green energy sources. The development of electric vehicles is a move towards this direction. However, electric vehicles require high energy density batteries for their functioning, and conventional li

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Date:

06/26/2023

Battery technologies beyond lithium-ion for EV application

USABC Awards $2.6 Million Lithium Electrode-Based Cell Development Contract to Farasis Energy USA

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC) earlier this year announced a $2.6 million contract to Farasis Energy USA in Hayward (California) to develop beyond lithium-ion battery technologies. The program goal is to develop a lithium metal-based anode with nickel-rich cathode and liquid el

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Date:

06/22/2023

Huolin Xin, UCI professor of physics & astronomy, lead author of a paper on a new way to use nickel in lithium-ion batteries.

Cutting the Cost of Nickel-Based Batteries

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

There’s no area of technology that is seeing more research spend than batteries. Whether they are required to store the energy needed to even out the peaks and troughs of renewable generation, or to squeeze extra mileage out of electric vehicles by becoming more energy dense or lighter, or even to bring o

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Date:

06/21/2023

Jeff Myatt, Senior Marketing Manager, Vicor

PSDcast – Battery Formation and Test

High voltage battery manufacturing faces a number of economic challenges, including and especially battery formation and test, which apparently makes up a full one-third of the cost of a high voltage battery.

Date:

06/15/2023

RWE Connects its First Utility-Scale Battery Storage Project to the California Grid

RWE continues to expand its renewables portfolio in the U.S., connecting its first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) to the California Independent System Operator. The project, Fifth Standard, also includes a 150-megawatt (MWac) solar PV facility, expected to be complete in August. The BESS fa

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Date:

06/14/2023

SolarEdge Unveils New Bi-Directional DC-Coupled Electric Vehicle Charger

SolarEdge Technologies unveiled its new Bi-Directional DC EV Charger at Intersolar Europe. The new charger will enable solar-powered Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) functionalities and is expected to be commercially available in the second half of 2024. Based on SolarEdge’s innovativ

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Date:

06/14/2023

U.S. DoE, Sunvapor, and Oberon Fuels Aim to Unlock Zero-Emission Renewable Fuel Production with Test of Novel Solar Steam & Battery Technology

The U.S. Department of Energy is funding a demonstration of Sunvapor’s solar steam and thermal battery technology to further lower the Carbon Intensity (CI) of the renewable dimethyl ether (DME) produced by Oberon Fuels at its Maverick Innovation Center in Brawley, California. The demonstration pr

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Date:

06/13/2023

L600 Astroinno battery cell

1000 km Range EV Batteries Set for Production

There’s a real competition going on between battery manufacturers to develop better batteries for electric vehicles. One of those companies is Gotion High-Tech, who have recently launched a new battery, which the company claims will give electric vehicles the ability to drive for up to 1000km between

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Date:

06/06/2023

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Figure 1: Pre-charge Initial State

Pre-Charge Circuits in High-Voltage Systems

Claire Chang, Tilden Chen, Texas Instruments

An inrush current, also referred to as input surge current, or switch on surge, is the high current, which is often drawn when circuits are initially switched on. Power converters can have inrush currents that are many times higher than their steady-state currents. This is due to the initial charging current of

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Date:

06/01/2023

Lithium-Ion Battery Separator Market Report Scope and Research Methodology

Lithium-Ion Battery Separator Market is Expected to hit $15.46 Bn by 2029

A global Energy & Power research and business-consulting firm, Maximize Market Research, has published a market intelligence report on the “Lithium-Ion Battery Separator Market”. The primary and secondary data sources are used for gathering data and domain experts have analyzed the Lithium-Ion Battery Se

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Date:

06/01/2023

Batteries & Other Energy Storage Devices