Lithium-Ion Batteries

Synthetic Lily Pads Speed Lithium Brine Evaporation

Karen Simpson — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:57:40 +0000

June

2025

New devices that float atop brine pools can speed the evaporation of lithium brine ponds.

CEP: News Update

Karen Simpson — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:57:30 +0000

Bacterial “Reporters” Allow for Far-Flung Sensing; Solving the Challenges of Graphene Membrane Fabrication; Scientists Use Magnets to Maneuver Pharmaceuticals; Experimenting with Building Materials Made from Mold and Bacteria; Synthetic Lily Pads Speed Lithium Brine Evaporation;

June

2025

Teardown Reveals Secrets of Electric Vehicle Battery Designs

cms_emilf — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:38:55 +0000

April

2025

Engineers have taken apart EV batteries made by Tesla and BYD and discovered trade-offs between performance, volume efficiency, and cost.

CEP: News Update

cms_emilf — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:38:39 +0000

Machine Learning Can Decipher How Fast the Brain is Aging; Teardown Reveals Secrets of Electric Vehicle Battery Designs; Thermogalvanic Cells Show Promise for Next-Gen Refrigeration; Researchers Use Light to Tune Quantum Dot Properties;

April

2025

Extracting Lithium from Brine Just Got Easier

Karen Simpson — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:06:05 +0000

November

2024

Two new methods for pulling lithium out of low-concentration brines could help address a looming shortage of this critical battery material.

January 2024 CEP Preview

Karen Simpson — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 01:58:52 +0000

January 11, 2024

This issue, a new approach to distillation control education, ways to increase the sustainability of process plant projects, strategies for cybersecurity, and much more.

Managing the Hazards of Lithium-Ion Battery Systems

Karen Simpson — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 20:43:07 +0000

Associated fire and explosion risks need to be recognized and addressed in order to safely deploy lithium-ion battery technology.

January

2024

Editorial: Prioritizing a Safer Home This New Year

Karen Simpson — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 20:41:07 +0000

If you have resolved to make your health and wellbeing a priority this year, be sure to keep your living space in mind as well.

January

2024

Process Safety Beacon: Lithium-Ion Battery Hazards

Karen Simpson — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:56:07 +0000

Hazards of lithium-ion batteries need to be identified, understood, and considered when changing and approving the devices used in classified areas.

September

2023

New Electrolyte for Low-Temperature Lithium-Ion Batteries

Karen Simpson — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:16:17 +0000

August

2023

A new electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries keeps functioning under 20°C, a strong candidate for use in electric vehicles that run in low temperatures.

CEP: News Update

Karen Simpson — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:16:08 +0000

Understanding the Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act; New Electrolyte for Low-Temperature Lithium-Ion Batteries; Mapping Hidden Methane Leaks with AI; A Failed Antibiotic Could Be the New Herbicide of Tomorrow; AI Can Predict CRISPR’s Effect on RNA

August

2023

Business Update: July 2023

Karen Simpson — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 17:38:36 +0000

Read about major business-related developments.

July

2023

Researchers Analyze Graphite Lifecycle in the U.S.

Karen Simpson — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:10:57 +0000

April

2023

To characterize graphite's sources and sinks, researchers created a material flow analysis that tracked the lifecycles of natural vs. synthetic graphite.

Field Guide to Battery Materials Characterization

Karen Simpson — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:18:55 +0000

Great battery materials power top-performing batteries. This e-book, containing real measurement data, tells you how to characterize essential lithium-ion battery materials across electrodes, slurries, separators, and electrolytes – so your batteries outperform the competition.

Bringing Lithium Batteries Back from the Dead

Karen Simpson — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 19:18:49 +0000

February

2022

Scientists successfully slowed the degradation of a standard lithium battery, increasing its lifetime by nearly 30%.