Thermal Instability of Olivine-type LiMnPO4 Cathodes

Updated Procedure for Making Li-ion Batteries is Now Online (December 2010)

The Battaglia Group at LBNL has updated their standard operating procedures for making and testing lithium-ion batteries. The easy-to-follow SOP is publicly available at http://bestar.lbl.gov/vbattaglia/cell-analysis-tools/.

BATT Program Awards More Than $8 Million for Innovative Research Projects on Lithium Battery Anodes

The Batteries for Advanced Transportation Technologies (BATT) Program has announced the funding of eight R&D projects on lithium battery anodes. BATT is funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Vehicle Technologies and is managed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as part of its Carbon Cycle 2.0 initiative.

The FY 2010 BATT Request for [...]