Gansu Jinche Energy Storage Battery Technology Co. Ltd. announced on September 12, 2021, that it will set up an LFP battery manufacturing project in China’s Gansu Province. ...  more

With energy density 23% higher and half the cost of lithium-ion batteries with no need to worry about fire and can be quickly replenish, Influit Energy, a spin-off company of the Illinois Institute of Technology in the United States, said its proprietary flow battery is about to be commercialized. ...  more

The demand for anode materials used in Li-ion batteries has grown exponentially because of the widening adoption of NEVs. Consequently, companies that are involved in the manufacturing of anode materials have also experienced rapid growth as well. Seeing opportunities, many Chinese companies have crossed into the field of battery anode materials. They include Sunstone, Jereh Group, Shandong Jingyang, Guibao, Sunway, and LB Group. The market is now receiving one more new entrant. ...  more

TrendForce reports that China’s demand for NEV power batteries slowed down during the first half of this year because of the COVID-19 lockdowns in the second quarter. However, NEV sales in China maintained high growth during the first half-year period. ...  more

It is obviously a good direction in seeing more relevant studies on batteries since they are an important medium for power storage. A Russian science team has recently targeted at alternatives of sodium-ion batteries, and managed to develop a sodium-ion battery that has a high energy density and is capable of enduring low temperature. ...  more

China exhibited strong and growing demand for Li-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and energy storage systems during the first half of this year. On other hand, the country’s demand for Li-ion batteries used in consumer electronics was anemic in the same period. Global market intelligence firm TrendForce notes that shipments of anode materials in China totaled around 500,000 tons for the first half of 2022, showing a year-on-year growth rate of 56%. TrendForce also projects that the total shipments in the country for the whole 2022 could surpass 1.15 million tons. ...  more

Lithium-ion batteries are used in smart phones, laptops, electric vehicles, and battery energy storage systems in various industries and companies have paid great attention to lithium ore and battery supply chains for their own ESG performance. Now scientists have found a way to establish a tracking system through the atoms in lithium batteries to ensure that purchased products are insulated from disputes. ...  more