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How Much of Our Planet’s Natural Resources Actually Remain?

Benji Jerew — Fri, 16 May 2014 18:55:51 +0000

For someone born in 2010, perhaps with a life expectancy of one hundred years, how long until some of the world’s most important natural resources remain? Notwithstanding some reports that shocked the world into the realization that the world’s natural resources are finite, such as petroleum and coal, it does one good to ask. For […]

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New Lithium Deposits in Wyoming Could Bring Down Cost of Battery Production

Mila Luleva — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:41:58 +0000

Researchers from University of Wyoming discovered new deposits of lithium in the Rock Springs Uplift in southern Wyoming. The amount of the element is thought to be sufficient to meet the annual U.S. demand, exceeding twice the reserves of the largest lithium producer in Nevada. Although lithium can be recycled and does now disappear from […]

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Sodium-Air Battery Development Could Surpass Lithium-Air

Benji Jerew — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:11:28 +0000

Lithium-air [LiO2] batteries have a theoretical energy density of some 3,460Wh/kg but in practice hasn’t been able to surpass that of a sodium-air battery at 1,600Wh/kg. Development of the next-generation rechargeable battery is going to directly impact the performance and capabilities of electric vehicles. Current lithium-ion [Li-ion] battery technology has a maximum density of 250Wh/kg, […]

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Rechargeable Batteries Revolutionized with Layered Nanomaterials

Leigh Hutchens — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:25:05 +0000

Kansas State University assistant professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering Gurpreet Singh and his team of engineers have discovered more efficient and less expensive methods for creating nanomaterials that can be used for lithium-ion batteries. Singh believes that understanding lithium interaction with single-, double-, and multiple-layer-thick materials will provide clues to the best way to […]

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Higher Ranged EV Battery Possible with Lithium and Sulfur

Benji Jerew — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:38:21 +0000

Current lithium-ion [Li-ion] batteries, while more energy-dense than their nickel-cadmium [NiCad] and nickel-metal hydride [NiMH] predecessors, are still limited to 200 watt-hours per kilogram [Wh/kg]. While Li-ion technology is fine for laptops and mobile devices, the inherent density limitation of Li-ion batteries has made the adoption of electric vehicles [EV] difficult. Aside from the density […]

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Lithium Extracted From Geothermal Power Plants to Make Cheaper Batteries

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:51:32 +0000

Simbol Materials of Pleasanton, California has proposed a new method of acquiring lithium for batteries by extracting the element from post-production brine solutions of geothermal power plants. Lithium is an expensive key component of batteries, hybrid vehicles, and electric vehicles; and according to Jonathan lee, an analyst at Byron Capital Markets in Toronto, its price […]

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Simbol Materials to Extract Cheap But Precious Lithium From Geothermal Wells

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:45:52 +0000

Electric cars produced nowadays use lithium ion batteries. As this market will rise over the next few years, so will the lithium demand, ultimately driving new extraction technologies for the industry to keep pace with the demand and to lower the prices. While some 12 years ago the U.S. had been producing 75 percent of […]

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New Hope for EVs: Bolivia Holding World's Richest Lithium Field

Cristi — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:20:04 +0000

As the automotive industry has oriented itself towards green energy usage, the need of a "supreme" alternative resource is obvious. And what is more obvious is the demand of Electric Vehicles. EVs need to store their energy in batteries: mainly Lithium-Ion batteries. As of this particular reason, Lithium seems to be one of the most searched resource.

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New Technology Extracts Lithium from Geothermal Waste Water

Mike Sandru — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:06:57 +0000

The new technique developed by California-based Simbol Mining could make geothermal wells even more valuable. Extracting lithium with old technologies has up to now been considered impractical.

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Researchers Make One More Step Towards Metallic Hydrogen as Superconductor

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:47:24 +0000

A team of scientists from Cornell University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook announced this week in a specialized publication that they discovered, at least theoretically, how to turn hydrogen into a metal at significantly lower pressures than ever thought and make a superconductor out of it.

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Lithium-Sulfur Batteries With 5-10 Times Increased Capacity

Cristi — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:15:22 +0000

Even if lithium-ion batteries are more known on the market and considered the most reliable, cheap and safe to use, lithium-sulfur batteries are catching up fast. There were several problems reported to the lithium-sulfur batteries but they will be solved in the close future as the capacity of the lithium-sulfur batteries is several times the one of the lithium-ion.

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LiFePO4 Batteries: Chevy Volt`s Future Energy Sources

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:22:14 +0000

The Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries are based on Lithium Ion, but they offer many advantages over LiCO2 (Lithium Cobalt), frequently used in laptops, mp3 players and cell phones. They also offer a greater range, power and safety, in an electric vehicle - they will not explode or catch fire if overcharged.

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How To Make a Lithium Polymer Battery For Your Hybrid/Electric Car

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:43:45 +0000

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Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:51:26 +0000

The Bolloré Group, through its subsidiary BatScap, introduced an electric vehicle (EV) concept car using new its Lithium-Metal-Polymer batteries at the Geneva Motor Show.The Bolloré group is not trying to become an automaker, but is eager to have its battery technology used in a vehicle. The new BlueCar with its LMP batteries offers an operating […]

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Toyota Volta Hybrid Sportscar

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:10:15 +0000

While Toyota’s supremacy in the current hybrid car market is undeniable, they’re going to have to keep up the innovation if they’re going to stay on top of their game. And while they’ve been having some trouble with their lithium ion batteries of late, that doesn’t mean that they aren’t planning for the future. Witness […]

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Toyota Hybrid X Concept Car seeking approval from government

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:14:51 +0000

According to Asahi, a daily Japanese trade rag which we don’t know how to read, Toyota will officially be asking for permission from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport “for the testing of a prototype plug-in Prius on public roads.” After completing the road tests, Toyota will then be able to begin the process […]

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