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New electrolytes enable safe, stable and fast-charging lithium-metal batteries

TechXplore

In recent years, researchers have been trying to develop increasingly advanced battery technologies that can be charged faster and store more energy, while also remaining safe and stable over time.

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Flow battery companies look beyond vanadium to compete with lithium-ion

Energy Storage News

We hear from XL Batteries and Quino Energy, 'organic' chemistry flow battery technology companies, about how they plan to scale up and reduce costs to compete with lithium-ion.

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Wastewater analysis at Bolivian lithium deposit explores how to avoid past environmental mistakes

Envirotec Magazine

A US group has conducted the first thorough chemical analysis of wastewater associated with mining the lithium brine at the Salar de Uyuni, in Bolivia. The Salar de Uyuni is the location of the worlds largest known lithium deposit, and is a vast salt pan stretching for thousands of square miles atop a high, dry Andean plateau in Bolivia.

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New technology extracts lithium from brines inexpensively and sustainably

TechXplore

A new technology can extract lithium from brines at an estimated cost of under 40% that of today's dominant extraction method, and at just a fourth of lithium's current market price.

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Sylvatex secures $1.4 million from DOE to develop lithium iron phosphate technology

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US-based battery materials manufacturing technology company Sylvatex (SVX) has received $1.4 Supplemental funding of $982,000 for an additional two-year project will allow SVX to continue the development of competitive, domestically produced battery-grade LFP materials and support new domestic lithium-ion battery (LIB) manufacturing.

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Pure Lithium receives funding from the US Department of Energy to scale recycled lithium metals

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US battery technology company Pure Lithium has been awarded funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE)s Vehicle Technology Office to scale production of lithium metal anodes from recycled lithium metal, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). Source: Pure Lithium

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Pure Lithium and Saint-Gobain Ceramics to produce lithium-selective membranes for batteries

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US-based lithium battery technology company Pure Lithium has signed a joint development agreement with Saint-Gobain Ceramics to accelerate the production of Pure Lithiums selective, water-blocking membranes for lithium metal anode production from brine. Saint-Gobain Ceramics will also scale the technology.

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