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Silicon-graphene anodes for improved lithium-ion capacity Wednesday, 1 May 2013 – Energy Storage Publishing XG Sciences, a developer of anodes for lithium-ion batteries, has launched an anode material using silicon-graphene to achieve four-times the capacity of conventional anodes. The material is produced using the company’s graphene nanoplatelets, which stabilise the silicon particles. The company says…

  New lithium-ion battery design that’s 2,000 times more powerful, recharges 1,000 times faster By Sebastian Anthony on April 17, 2013 – ExtremeTech Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new lithium-ion battery technology that is 2,000 times more powerful than comparable batteries. According to the researchers, this is not simply an…

Renewable Energy Storage Systems a Market Opportunity for Lithium Monday March 18, 2013,  PDTBy Melissa Pistilli – Exclusive to Lithium Investing News This week I suffered through a minor, but still frustrating, inconvenience that plagues most people accustomed to the luxury of modern residential electrification: a power outage. Instead of dropping the kids off at daycare and returning…

Red Orbit – News March 31, 2011 — The next-generation battery, like next-generation TV, may be 3-D, scientists reported here today at the 241st National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). They described a new lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery, already available in a prototype version, with a three-dimensional interior architecture that could be…

CACIA, Portugal — Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., has begun construction of a state-of-the-art, advanced lithium-ion battery plant in Cacia, Portugal to support the rollout of electric vehicles from the Renault-Nissan Alliance in Europe. The battery plant is being built on a 30,450-square meter plot of land belonging to the Renault CACIA gearbox assembly plant following…

Energy technology: Lithium-ion batteries start to take on the heavy-duty jobs previously handled by other types of battery Dec 9th 2010 –The Economist ALMOST every portable device that uses electricity has benefited from the development of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. They hold more charge in a lighter package than any other kind (lithium is the lightest…

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Tesla Motors, Inc have partnered for the joint development of electric vehicles, production, parts and engineering. A team of specialists will be appointed from both groups to develop those efforts. Toyota will purchase $50 million in Tesla’s common stock which was offered in a private placement to close immediately after…