German chemical company LANXESS and battery materials manufacturer IBU-tec are collaborating on research aimed at developing iron oxides for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode material and improving battery performance. The companies want to improve LFP battery energy density, charging speed and cycle life. European LFP demand is predicted to climb 20% per year until 2030…. Read more »
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American Battery Factory and First Phosphate to produce LFP cathode active material in North America
American Battery Factory (ABF) has partnered with Canadian mineral development company First Phosphate to produce more than 40,000 tons of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode active material (CAM) annually for the battery storage sector in North America. The agreement envisions LFP CAM manufacturing of $500 million to $1 billion annually at future raw material costs…. Read more »
Australia invests in lithium refining to reduce dependence on China
Australia is a lithium mining powerhouse—the country mines about 53 percent of the world’s supply of lithium. However, lithium must undergo several processing steps before it’s ready for use in batteries, and almost all of Australia’s lithium is sold to China, which dominates lithium processing. Moving the processing closer to the mines is important not… Read more »
Aqua Metals produces high-purity lithium hydroxide directly from recycled Li-ion batteries
Battery recycler Aqua Metals has demonstrated the recovery of high-purity lithium hydroxide from lithium-ion battery black mass at the company’s Li AquaRefining recycling facility in Nevada. “The production and availability of the first recycled lithium hydroxide at scale will help close the supply chain loop for critical battery metals in America, paving the way for… Read more »
Rice researchers find misaligned crystallites in cathodes limit lithium flow
Researchers at Rice University have found that stress between misaligned crystallites in cathodes limits the flow of lithium. In an article published in ACS Energy Letters, the researchers write: “As an important battery cathode material, reaction distribution in lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) has been extensively studied in dispersed particle systems, but remains poorly understood for… Read more »
NIO’s new standard-range battery uses both ternary lithium and LFP cells
NIO has launched a new battery type. New NIO EVs will now be available with a choice of the 100 kWh long-range ternary lithium battery pack or the new 75 kWh standard-range hybrid-cell battery. Models equipped with the new pack will be delivered to customers starting in November. The 75 kWh standard-range battery features a… Read more »
Super B and Lithium Werks forge supply agreement to meet growing battery demand
Lithium Werks, a producer of Li-ion phosphate energy cells, and Super B, a specialist in lithium battery solutions, have agreed to work together to increase their overall battery production. The agreement calls for an expansion of Super B’s operations, including solutions for transportation and renewable energy needs, and a ramping-up of Lithium Werks’ nanophosphate cell… Read more »
Lithium Werks acquires Valence Technologies
Battery and portable power solutions group Lithium Werks has acquired substantially all the assets of Valence Technologies, including Valence’s proprietary lithium magnesium iron phosphate IP. Lithium Werks, which has subsidiaries in the US, Europe and China, intends to continue supplying its Valence Modules and Battery Management System to global energy storage customers, and to introduce… Read more »
Nemaska Lithium to collaborate with Johnson Matthey to build lithium plant
Nemaska Lithium has signed a memorandum of understanding with Johnson Matthey Battery Materials, under which Nemaska will build a commercial lithium plant in Shawinigan, Québec with a capacity of about 500 tons per year of lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate, and will supply the lithium salts to Johnson Matthey for its battery material products. “We… Read more »
Freescale introduces new lithium-ion battery cell controller
Lithium-ion chemistries are increasingly replacing lead-acid automotive batteries, especially in start-stop and energy recuperation systems, and they are even making inroads into starter battery applications. Electronics such as Freescale Semiconductor’s battery cell controllers are used to manage risks such as overcharge, overheating and internal short circuits. Now Freescale has introduced the MC33772 3- to 6-cell… Read more »