TOPICS:
Battery Technology,Materials Science,Renewable Energy,Sustainability,University Of Warwick,Lithium Ion Batteries
By LISA BARWICK, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK FEBRUARY 18, 2018

LG Chem announced a 10 trillion KRW ($8.7 billion) investment in three engines of growth - eco-friendly materials, battery materials, and innovative new drugs. About 60% of the spending will fall on South Korea, while the remaining 40% is for abroad.

Researchers at the University of Southampton and REAPsystems have found that using lithium iron phosphate batteries as the storage device for photovoltaic systems have the potential to greatly improve the efficiency and reduce the cost of solar power.

New CEO is open for "large investment" to offer better performing cells. Panasonic's new President and CEO Yuki Kusumi is on a mission to oversee the company's operations from the manufacturing floor up, focusing on improving efficiency.

Lithium-ion batteries are the major rechargeable power source for many portable devices as well as electric vehicles, but their use is limited, because they do not provide high power output while simultaneously allowing reversible energy storage. Research reported in Applied Physics Reviews aims to ......

New technology to be used in lithium batteries can make them charge faster. The material graphite that was often used, already had a successor that could not further be improved, was the assumption. Until now, as researchers of the MESA+ Institute of the University of Twente found out that by nano s......