New process uses solar panel waste for increased battery capacity
Deakin University researchers have developed a novel method to extract valuable silicon from end-of-life solar panels and reconfigure it to build better batteries.
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Albanese pledges to fund battery manufacturing plant
The Opposition Leader has promised $100 million for a battery manufacturing precinct in regional Queensland if Labor were to win the election.
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Precision for battery production
Bestech Australia tells Manufacturers’ Monthly about how optimising battery production requires the best sensors to monitor measurement tasks.
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The nanotechnology that keeps batteries stable
Flat batteries could be a thing of the past thanks to lithium-ion battery nanotechnology developed by the University of Queensland.
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Australia’s $243 electric car manufacturing boost
Scott Morrison has moved to reduce Australia’s reliance on China for rare earth materials with $243 million in grants to produce critical minerals required to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles.
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Liquid gallium proven to be a cheap, efficient CO2 converter
A global collaboration, including researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), has shown how liquid gallium can be used as a cost-effective way to capture and convert CO2 greenhouse emissions.
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Queensland to streamline approvals for vanadium mine
A proposed $470 million vanadium mine in North West Queensland has this week been declared a prescribed project. The project will include facilities for processing the vanadium for use in batteries, chemical
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UNSW receives $3 million towards energy storage research
A total of $3 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) funding is going towards a research hub for developing cheaper and more effective energy storage for Australians, including towards storage technology
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Swinburne scientists investigating potential of “atomaterials”
Researchers at Swinburne University are using “atomaterials” to create new functionalities, which they believe will change everyday products.
“Atomaterials” is a term coined by Professor Baohua Jia,
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Australian-Chinese partnership to commercialise lithium battery technology
An Australian company, VSPC, has partnered with a Chinese firm to commercialise a Lithium Ferro Phosphate (LFP) cathode product.
The MoU between VSPC and Beijing Saideli Technology Incorporated Company
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Researchers develop non-flammable lithium ion batteries
Researchers at Deakin University’s Institute for Frontier Materials have found a way to overcome the flammability of lithium-ion batteries.
Replacing the volatile liquid electrolyte with a solid polymer
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Investment to create circular economy in lithium battery manufacturing
The potential to extract lithium, manufacture products such as batteries, and recycle them at the end of their life, all in Australia, has taken a step forward with Lithium Australia announcing a 73.7
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SA steps up battery manufacture
Multinational battery manufacturer Alpha-ESS has increased its production in South Australia, with the aim to double its production by 2020.
At its assembly site in Lonsdale, the China-headquartered company
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Source for electric batteries found in common medication
A discovery of new electrolytes and capacitors for use in advanced electronics such as electric cars and mobile phones has been found in an unlikely location, laxatives.
Co-conducted by researchers from
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High-performance batteries to be made from new materials
A program to find applications for a new type of battery material has received $3 million in funding from the federal government’s Cooperative Research Centre Projects (CRC-P) program.
The project aims
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Aluminium-ion batteries inch closer to reality
Rechargeable aluminium-ion batteries are a step closer to becoming a reality after a UNSW Sydney researcher found a way to make the science behind the technology work.
In a study completed at Northwestern
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Canada’s Eguana Technologies to produce battery systems in SA
Canadian energy storage company, Eguana Technologies, has announced it will produce its home battery systems in South Australia, following approval of its application to the state’s Home Battery Scheme
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Sonnen to manufacture batteries in Adelaide
German energy storage company Sonnen will use the old Adelaide GM Holden factory to manufacture lithium-ion batteries, with the new production facility expected to be up and running within two months.
The
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Federal government supports two new energy storage research hubs
The Federal government has announced $7.5 million in funding for two new research hubs that will focus on different aspects of advancing Australia’s energy storage sector.
Deakin University will receive
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CSIRO: Australia could lead lithium-ion battery recycling
As the demand for energy storage systems and batteries grows, so too does the amount of lithium-ion battery waste. Australia alone produces about 3,300 tonnes of lithium-ion battery waste annually, of
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