tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9376380234747556812024-03-06T05:32:19.951+00:00Barker's Battery BlogRecent news about Energy Storage and Energy ConversionJerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-13854318333828387002023-08-11T15:25:00.003+01:002023-08-11T15:25:48.222+01:00Paper: Opportunities for moderate-range electric vehicles using sustainable sodium-ion batteries<p> Hiya,</p><p>We recently published an invited commentary in the prestigious journal, <i>Nature Energy</i>. The article was entitled, <i>Opportunities for moderate-range electric vehicles using sustainable sodium-ion batteries. </i></p><p>Here is the link to the open source article:</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-023-01215-w">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-023-01215-w</a></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Harding, Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Abstract: Today’s sodium-ion batteries can not only be used in stationary energy storage applications, but also in 160–280 mile driving-range five-passenger electric vehicles. This technology will alleviate some of the supply-chain issues arising from limited resources of materials used in the ubiquitous lithium-ion batteries.</span></p>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-42270647558730872952023-08-11T15:07:00.004+01:002023-08-14T14:27:49.079+01:00Faraday Institution Conference - 2023<p>Hiya Everyone,</p><p>I will be gving a plenary talk at the forthcoming 2023 Faraday Institution Conference at the University of Birmingham. Check out the following links for more information.</p><p><a href="https://faradayconference.org.uk/">https://faradayconference.org.uk/</a></p><p><a href="https://faradayconference.org.uk/speakers/jerry-barker/">https://faradayconference.org.uk/speakers/jerry-barker/</a></p><p><a href="https://faradayconference.org.uk/programme/">https://faradayconference.org.uk/programme/</a></p><p>The title of my talk: The Commercialization of Some Advanced Battery Technologies.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaJF5XpbifLos-e8pS-j6RjorkFURNHRXsrUTOIueZdZCelVN8i8VeJOQatlSCQmfpRVyL6DhJnPxV7cgjMk8R0yIuPcN-9jFbOr5sLBqMkPOCcUsyf4b_MozV0LkvGjdRhXjtmuGbyU5nW7UJjb_rpa9xqI8nZWco9B2RZwpEsFd82NDHq9CdGAO6e9S1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1000" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaJF5XpbifLos-e8pS-j6RjorkFURNHRXsrUTOIueZdZCelVN8i8VeJOQatlSCQmfpRVyL6DhJnPxV7cgjMk8R0yIuPcN-9jFbOr5sLBqMkPOCcUsyf4b_MozV0LkvGjdRhXjtmuGbyU5nW7UJjb_rpa9xqI8nZWco9B2RZwpEsFd82NDHq9CdGAO6e9S1" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>I hope to see you in Birmingham!!</p>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-34472605013587072582022-08-24T15:26:00.000+01:002022-08-24T15:26:01.962+01:00Introducing Redoxion Limited<p> Hi All,</p><p>Just to let everybody know - I have recently founded and launched a new start-up company in the UK - Redoxion Limited. The company is currently looking to secure corporate funding.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8fpfmyj0oKli2lQySWm5kG1y1Gz-FiZBuXEUVjUkmq1O4kf333ZIdp3djaoHqLUjPvDebMLXq7Laje1bSF7lcI3tslgeeyK58vJ4du1KCvlvdnci_0dKYUKmkY1aou2tBb83GiUxcA0j6iB-Vn2-RGsfCcbPMViGonT9nwBP82yfoXdRABSFDJkwMhA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="106" data-original-width="360" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8fpfmyj0oKli2lQySWm5kG1y1Gz-FiZBuXEUVjUkmq1O4kf333ZIdp3djaoHqLUjPvDebMLXq7Laje1bSF7lcI3tslgeeyK58vJ4du1KCvlvdnci_0dKYUKmkY1aou2tBb83GiUxcA0j6iB-Vn2-RGsfCcbPMViGonT9nwBP82yfoXdRABSFDJkwMhA" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Redoxion will re-define and revolutionize the volume manufacturing of low-cost and sustainable Li-ion cathode active materials (Li-CAMs). This will address the Li-CAM supply chain issues currently affecting the Li-ion industry. </p><p>The plan is for the company to develop new and proprietary synthesis methods ready for the volume manufacture of LFP, LFMP and next generaion Li-CAMs. The business emphasis will always be based on low-cost and sustainable solutions:</p><p><b>Project LFP:</b> develop new synthesis methods for LiFePO4 - ready for volume manufacturing using industry standard production equipment.</p><p><b>Project LFMP:</b> develop new synthesis methods for LiFe1-xMnxPO4 - ready for volume manufacturing using industry standard production equipment. LFMP is now used in combination with ternary layered oxide cathodes.</p><p><b>Project Next-Gen Li-CAMs:</b> development of a comprehensive portfolio of next-gen, low cost and sustainable Li-CAMs.</p><p><b>Delivery of a diverse and valuable IP Portfolio.</b></p><p>Best,</p><p>Jerry</p><p><br /></p>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-2960411608249862272021-09-02T10:10:00.001+01:002021-09-02T10:11:07.594+01:00New Paper: Correlating Local Structure and Sodium Storage in Hard Carbon Anodes<p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Please check out this excellent new article on the local structure and sodium-ion storage mechanisms in hard carbon anodes, which has now been published fully open access in JACS. This work was the culmination of a fantastic team effort - so well done everybody. A collaboration between the University of Cambridge, the University of Birmingham, Imperial College London, Diamond Light Source and Faradion. Understanding these mechanisms in hard carbons is of critical importance in optimizing the performance of next-gen sodium-ion batteries. Enjoy!</span></p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901960784313726)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c06058">https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c06058</a></span></span><div><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901960784313726)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901960784313726)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCbVti7CPN-8Am82XtB4fcCTnj2jcbCRqlFAmUEzGnk1GbUJ5odUFDVeovVfLWZK01tqnZQH5CmKL8tuXHLJZ7K0AMeZXp2GvVkyLcNqrAAJazx4co8mNXW6Y9US_BbW0o6rq9lLVLTCf/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="800" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCbVti7CPN-8Am82XtB4fcCTnj2jcbCRqlFAmUEzGnk1GbUJ5odUFDVeovVfLWZK01tqnZQH5CmKL8tuXHLJZ7K0AMeZXp2GvVkyLcNqrAAJazx4co8mNXW6Y9US_BbW0o6rq9lLVLTCf/w390-h212/image.png" width="390" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></span></div>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-79659053719479104462021-07-28T09:59:00.003+01:002021-07-28T09:59:35.706+01:00Sodium-ion Batteries - Roadmap Article from the UK's Faraday Institution (Nexgenna)<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear All,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The roadmap for sodium-ion batteries has now been published fully open access in JPhys Energy. Please take a look. This excellent article covers all aspects of sodium-ion batteries from basic research to commercialization. Enjoy the read. It was a fantastic team effort - so well done everybody. Feedback would be much appreciated.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">Go Sodium!</span></span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /></p><p><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7655/ac01ef&source=gmail&ust=1627549003482000&usg=AFQjCNHIcUCJO610mRglrHWFOk3KYtbJDw" href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7655/ac01ef" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" target="_blank">https://iopscience.iop.org/<wbr></wbr>article/10.1088/2515-7655/<wbr></wbr>ac01ef</a></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZgsAdU4RiWjFBqAtad7EDckUR4WgqwJUdi38E-_mfX-S4Ag25LREuZHwDa4fnKlSiJRLCzuIZn2KLCyVHE4j9NgHyOrM5qrzbK5acMmX1WEceihHOZi0Qz8Ev3Ts37aVOQEdrkS14d5v/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="682" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZgsAdU4RiWjFBqAtad7EDckUR4WgqwJUdi38E-_mfX-S4Ag25LREuZHwDa4fnKlSiJRLCzuIZn2KLCyVHE4j9NgHyOrM5qrzbK5acMmX1WEceihHOZi0Qz8Ev3Ts37aVOQEdrkS14d5v/w245-h299/image.png" width="245" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-76992294554836040292021-07-20T09:35:00.002+01:002021-07-20T20:17:15.144+01:00Next Generation Technologies (Energising the UK battery supply chain)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear All,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />I gave a short talk on Sodium-ion Batteries on July 19, 2021. This was part of a series of webinars organized by the UK's Society of Chemical Industry (SCI).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.soci.org/">https://www.soci.org/</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><a href="https://www.soci.org/events/hq-events/2021/next-generation-technologies-energising-the-uk-battery-supply-chain--part-4">https://www.soci.org/events/hq-events/2021/next-generation-technologies-energising-the-uk-battery-supply-chain--part-4</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a;">For this workshop, SCI and the Chemistry Council Innovation Committee (CCIC) have organised a program of speakers from both industry and academia to cover the latest developments in technologies within the automotive industry. These talks will be followed by breakout discussions between participants, enabling them to meet others working on these technologies, and discuss what is needed to progress these next generation technologies further in the UK.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit;"><b>Programme:</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome and introduction</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">David Bott, SCI</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What’s driving the next generation of batteries?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Prof David Greenwood, University of Warwick</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A Short Introduction to (non-aqueous) Na-ion Batteries</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dr Jerry Barker, Faradion</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Technology review and equipment study for next-generation Li-ion batteries</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dr Bahareh Yazdani, UKBIC</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="itinerary" style="border-left: 10px solid rgb(1, 52, 105); box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Rubik, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 40px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"></div></div>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-58742314052098894732021-05-19T14:20:00.001+01:002021-05-19T14:20:43.863+01:00Fresh Pastures and New Ideas<p><span style="background-color: white;">Hi Everyone,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">After 10 years as <b>Founder
and CTO</b> at Faradion Limited I have decided that the time is right for a
change of direction. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Moving
forward I will remain with the company as the <b>Chief Scientist. </b>But this change
will also allow me to explore some new opportunities within the battery sector.
On that basis, I have re-launched my consultancy business – <b>Jerry Barker
Consultants</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I would
like to thank everyone at Faradion for the past 10 years - it has been a hugely
rewarding experience.<span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> There is little doubt that Faradion’s Na-ion battery technology
has a very bright future. High performance, low-cost and sustainable. What’s
not to like? I am honoured to contribute to this success as the Chief
Scientist.</span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">On a broader theme, this
really is a defining moment in the history of batteries and battery innovation.
There is a huge market demand for low cost and high-performance energy storage.
As a community, where do we go from here? What does the future hold? What are
the really key challenges? What are the best next gen technologies? Beyond
Li-ion cell chemistries, all solid-state cells, fast charge acceptance, anode-free
technology, novel and inexpensive cell manufacturing methods, sustainability, new
electrode architectures, low cost active materials, electric vehicles, new markets
and applications, recycling and second use. These are just some of the areas
where major technical advances will follow. </span><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">From a commercial
standpoint, how does the UK (and for that matter, Europe) remain relevant? How
do we convert cutting-edge fundamental battery innovation into commercial success?
This will require some fresh thinking plus new ideas and major technology innovations.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I will keep you posted on my future plans as they emerge. In
the meantime, please keep in contact and I thank you for your continued
support.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Good Luck!</span><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Jerry</span><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-55502654033859537022021-03-19T10:32:00.007+00:002021-03-23T08:05:38.673+00:00UK House of Lords: Role of Batteries in Achieving UK NetZero 2050<p>Hi everyone,</p><p>I recently gave oral evidence at the following UK House of Lords formal meeting:</p><p>UK House of Lords, Science and Technology Committee. Formal Meeting: Role of Batteries and Fuel Cells in achieving NetZero.</p><p><a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/event/3943/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/">https://committees.parliament.uk/event/3943/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee will hear from leading researchers about anticipated developments in batteries and fuel cells over the next ten years that could contribute to meeting the net-zero target.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px;"><i style="font-family: inherit;">The Committee continues its inquiry into the Role of batteries and fuel cells in achieving Net Zero. It will ask a panel of experts about batteries, hearing about the current state-of-the-art in technologies that are currently in deployment, primarily lithium-ion batteries. It will also explore the potential of next generation technologies currently in development and the challenges in scaling them up to manufacture.</i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Committee will then question a second panel about fuel cells, hearing about the different types available and their applications. It will explore challenges that need to be overcome in the development of the technology, and will consider the UK’s international standing in the sector.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The video of the session may be found here:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #4d4d4d;"><a href="https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/f8361f3c-3cef-47f6-9247-0871d5b0a0b7#player-tabs">https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/f8361f3c-3cef-47f6-9247-0871d5b0a0b7#player-tabs</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #4d4d4d;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #4d4d4d;">There is also access to the transcript.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #4d4d4d;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #4d4d4d;">Thanks!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #4d4d4d;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #4d4d4d;">Jerry</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #4d4d4d;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #4d4d4d;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-80756459044246240362021-02-24T08:43:00.001+00:002021-02-25T08:02:41.156+00:00Book: Na-ion Batteries<p> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Hiya,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">There is an excellent new book published by Wiley on Na-ion Batteries. <span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" style="background-color: white;">This book is highly recommended to anyone who would like to understand the current status of Na-ion battery technology. Covers active materials to commercialization. The future of energy storage is sodium!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; text-align: justify;">This book covers both the fundamental and applied aspects of advanced Na-ion batteries (NIB) which have proven to be a potential challenger to Li-ion batteries. Both the chemistry and design of positive and negative electrode materials are examined. In NIB, the electrolyte is also a crucial part of the batteries and the recent research, showing a possible alternative to classical electrolytes – with the development of ionic liquid-based electrolytes – is also explored.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; text-align: justify;">Cycling performance in NIB is also strongly associated with the quality of the electrode-electrolyte interface, where electrolyte degradation takes place; thus, Na-ion Batteries details the recent achievements in furthering knowledge of this interface. Finally, as the ultimate goal is commercialization of this new electrical storage technology, the last chapters are dedicated to the industrial point of view, given by two start-up companies, who developed two different NIB chemistries for complementary applications and markets.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our group has </span>written<span style="font-family: inherit;"> the chapter on commercialization of Faradion's Na-ion technology.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYR6b_64waGaYfO6Ksnjy3TMVO_TQYqHm2HsGnk7HLApcYDlUivEKHMUtzv3RsuUbVRHrJK_u8s0FVRLOdco3U8NX7GSCtFFhXLySXvBrC9OP9OGgsisZ9uRuryZlE4MJ-gvVFowUa_12/" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="258" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYR6b_64waGaYfO6Ksnjy3TMVO_TQYqHm2HsGnk7HLApcYDlUivEKHMUtzv3RsuUbVRHrJK_u8s0FVRLOdco3U8NX7GSCtFFhXLySXvBrC9OP9OGgsisZ9uRuryZlE4MJ-gvVFowUa_12/" width="155" /></a></p><p><span style="color: #212121; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Contents:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">1</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">. Layered NaMO2 for the Positive Electrode, Shinichi Komaba and Kei Kubota.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">2. Polyanionic-Type Compounds as Positive Electrodes for Na-ion batteries, Long H. B. Nguyen, Fan Chen, Christian Masquelier and</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">Laurence Croguennec.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">3. Hard Carbon for Na-ion Batteries: From Synthesis to Performance and Storage Mechanism, Carolina Del Mar Saavedra Rios, Adrian Beda, Loic Simonin and Camélia Matei Ghimbeu.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">4. Non-Carbonaceous Negative Electrodes in Sodium Batteries, Vincent Gabaudan, Moulay Tahar Sougrati, Lorenzo Stievano</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">and Laure Monconduit.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">5. Electrolytes for Sodium Batteries, Faezeh Makhlooghiazad, Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo, Patrik Johansson and Maria Forsyth.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">6. Solid Electrolyte Interphase in Na-ion batteries, Le Anh Ma, Ronnie Mogensen, Andrew J. Naylor and Reza Younesi.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">7. Batteries Containing Prussian Blue Analogue Electrodes, Colin D. Wessells.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">8. The Design, Performance and Commercialization of Faradion’s Non-aqueous Na-ion Battery Technology, Ashish Rudola, Fazlil Coowar, Richard Heap and Jerry Barker.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><a href="http://www.iste.co.uk/book.php?id=1735">http://www.iste.co.uk/book.php?id=1735</a></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit;">Edited by</span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Laure Monconduit</span>,<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> CNRS</em>, University of Montpellier, France<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Laurence Croguennec</span>,<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> CNRS</em>, University of Bordeaux, France</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #737373; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ISBN : 9781789450132</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #737373; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Publication Date : <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">March 2021</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #737373; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hardcover <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">370 pp</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #737373; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">165.00 USD</span></span></p>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-52674044661417798592021-02-17T15:53:00.006+00:002021-02-25T08:04:50.169+00:00Commercialisation of High Energy Density Sodium-ion Batteries: Faradion's Journey and Outlook<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our recent perspective article has published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/ta/d1ta00376c/unauth#!divAbstract</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="text--small" href="https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA00376C" style="background-color: white; color: #007aaf; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Link to landing page via DOI">https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA00376C</a></span></p><p>Many thanks to my co-authors! Great job!</p><p><span class="article__author-link" style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/results?searchtext=Author%3AAshish%20Rudola" style="color: #007aaf;">Ashish Rudola</a>,<span style="position: relative; top: -0.4em; vertical-align: baseline;"><i></i></span> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="article__author-link" style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/results?searchtext=Author%3AAnthony%20J.%20R.%20Rennie" style="color: #007aaf;">Anthony J. R. Rennie</a>,<span style="position: relative; top: -0.4em; vertical-align: baseline;"><i></i></span> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="article__author-link" style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/results?searchtext=Author%3ARichard%20Heap" style="color: #007aaf;">Richard Heap</a>,<span style="position: relative; top: -0.4em; vertical-align: baseline;"><i></i></span> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="article__author-link" style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/results?searchtext=Author%3ASeyyed%20Shayan%20Meysami" style="color: #007aaf;">Seyyed Shayan Meysami</a>,<span style="position: relative; top: -0.4em; vertical-align: baseline;"><i></i></span> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="article__author-link" style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/results?searchtext=Author%3AAlex%20Lowbridge" style="color: #007aaf;">Alex Lowbridge</a>,<span style="position: relative; top: -0.4em; vertical-align: baseline;"><i></i></span> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="article__author-link" style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/results?searchtext=Author%3AFrancesco%20Mazzali" style="color: #007aaf;">Francesco Mazzali</a>,<span style="position: relative; top: -0.4em; vertical-align: baseline;"><i></i></span> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="article__author-link" style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/results?searchtext=Author%3ARuth%20Sayers" style="color: #007aaf;">Ruth Sayers</a>,<span style="position: relative; top: -0.4em; vertical-align: baseline;"><i></i></span> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="article__author-link" style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/results?searchtext=Author%3AChristopher%20Wright" style="color: #007aaf;">Christopher Wright</a><span style="position: relative; top: -0.4em; vertical-align: baseline;"><i></i></span> and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="article__author-link" style="background-color: white; color: #54585a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/results?searchtext=Author%3AJerry%20Barker" style="color: #009acb;">Jerry Barker</a><span style="position: relative; top: -0.4em; vertical-align: baseline;"><i></i></span> </span></p><p><b style="font-family: inherit;">Abstract:</b></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79)" style="background-color: white;">There is no doubt that rechargeable batteries will play a huge role in the future of the world. Sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries might be the ideal middle-ground between high performance delivered by the modern lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery, desire for low costs and long-term sustainability. To commercialise the Na-ion technology, Faradion was founded in 2011 as the world’s first non-aqueous Na-ion battery company. Over the years, we have made rapid progress in increasing the all-around performance of Na-ion batteries, benefitting from decades’ worth of industry experience and prior Na-ion as well as Li-ion academic research. The Faradion Na-ion chemistry can now exceed the energy densities of LiFePO</span><small style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79);"><span style="bottom: -0.4em; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">4</span></small><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79)" style="background-color: white;">//Graphite Li-ion batteries with rapidly converging cycle lives, similar rate performance and charge acceptance. In addition, our technology makes use of lower materials costs, offers improved safety through the use of high flash point electrolytes and has the ability to be discharged to zero volts for storage and transportation. In this article, Faradion’s step-by-step progress in the Na-ion technology will be discussed together with a general picture of how our Na-ion chemistry compares with other Na-ion systems and commercially available Li-ion technology. Finally, the importance of starting experimental testing on new materials, keeping commercially-relevant protocols in mind, will be illustrated by clearly highlighting the drastic effects of some crucial experimental factors. By sharing such industry know-how, Faradion hopes researchers worldwide will adopt such experimental protocols as routine methodology in the laboratory. These simple measures can significantly shorten the path from a new invention to commercial application, while also ensuring that the battery-related literature conveys the true commercial feasibility of an invention or discovery to the general public.</span></span></p>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-74822980236058040882021-02-17T13:56:00.005+00:002021-02-25T11:18:40.906+00:00Sodium-ion Batteries<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hi everyone,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The wikipedia page on Na-ion Batteries has been thoroughly updated and revised and now represents a really good introduction to the current status of this important, new energy storage technology:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium-ion_battery">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium-ion_battery</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The history of the technology is covered plus the background status from active materials through to current-day commercialization. A good summary of all the companies currently active in this space is given, including Faradion:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Faradion Limited</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">: Founded in 2011 in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">, their chief cell design uses oxide cathodes with hard carbon anode and a liquid electrolyte. Their </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery#Shapes" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Lithium-ion battery">pouch cells</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> have energy densities comparable to commercial Li-ion batteries (140 – 150 Wh/kg at cell-level) with good rate performance till </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_battery#C_rate" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Electric battery">3C</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> and cycle lives of 300 (100% </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_discharge" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Depth of discharge">depth of discharge</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">) to over 1,000 cycles (80% depth of discharge).</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">The viability of its scaled-up battery packs for e-bike and e-scooter applications has been shown.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">They have also demonstrated transporting sodium-ion cells in the shorted state (at 0 V), effectively eliminating any risks from commercial transport of such cells.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> The company's </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_technology_officer" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Chief technology officer">CTO</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> is Dr. Jerry Barker, co-inventor of several popularly used lithium-ion and sodium-ion electrode materials such as LiM</span><sub style="background-color: white; color: #202122; line-height: 1;">1</sub><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">M</span><sub style="background-color: white; color: #202122; line-height: 1;">2</sub><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">PO</span><sub style="background-color: white; color: #202122; line-height: 1;">4</sub><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> Li</span><sub style="background-color: white; color: #202122; line-height: 1;">3</sub><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">M</span><sub style="background-color: white; color: #202122; line-height: 1;">2</sub><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">(PO</span><sub style="background-color: white; color: #202122; line-height: 1;">4</sub><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">)</span><sub style="background-color: white; color: #202122; line-height: 1;">3</sub><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> and Na</span><sub style="background-color: white; color: #202122; line-height: 1;">3</sub><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">M</span><sub style="background-color: white; color: #202122; line-height: 1;">2</sub><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">(PO4)</span><sub style="background-color: white; color: #202122; line-height: 1;">2</sub><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">F</span><sub style="background-color: white; color: #202122; line-height: 1;">3</sub><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> and the carbothermal reduction</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> method of synthesis for battery electrode materials.</span></i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The future of energy storage is Sodium-ion!</span></span></p>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-56363663800512988952020-12-07T09:30:00.001+00:002020-12-07T09:30:29.047+00:00#63 | Interview - Dr Jerry Barker, Founder & CTO Faradion<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4sdWfd2Wer0" frameborder="0"></iframe>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-534264637046094682020-12-05T20:24:00.004+00:002020-12-15T10:39:13.947+00:00Jerry Barker: AVID Technology Podcast<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Hi All,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I recently recorded a podcast with Ryan Maughan of AVID Technology. You can find the podcast here:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline;">https://www.spreaker.com/user/</span><wbr style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;"></wbr><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline;">avid_technology/jerry-barker-</span><wbr style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;"></wbr><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline;">faradion</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">or via the AVID Technology webpage, which also has the links to the various platforms at the bottom of the page.</span></p><div dir="auto"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://avidtp.com/ep63-interview-jerry-barker-faradion/&source=gmail&ust=1607285813828000&usg=AFQjCNFkL9vqqrlUE0pZzzgZb9chceVDRg" href="https://avidtp.com/ep63-interview-jerry-barker-faradion/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://avidtp.com/ep63-<wbr></wbr>interview-jerry-barker-<wbr></wbr>faradion/</span></a></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I managed to talk about everything regarding the development of Li-ion and Na-ion batteries, plus a bit about photovoltaics and conducting polymers.</span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Enjoy!</span></p>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-55433104060548074962020-11-27T11:17:00.009+00:002021-02-25T16:10:17.381+00:00Faraday Institution Annual Conference 2020<p>Hi All,</p><p>Yesterday (November 26) I participated in the Faraday Institution's annual conference for 2020. This year's conference was delivered on-line:</p><p>https://www.faraday2020.org.uk/programme/ </p><p>I gave an invited presentation in the session entitled <b>Pathways to Commercialization and early Faraday Institution Successes</b>, chaired by Ian Ellerington. Here is the first slide:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXEzMgOqDy0VYxTVp_zhBIX_yy4YO8ksqnk1fr0OX5WZBIKzueP612Fgl0hfa7PX2CgqjlxqfFg2jeJReVeU6Y82OqM2rqRw0Q2ue6epNjKsyMtyB_IWBbiblRLrJQK49eRqrpiVXb_V6K/s1134/Jerry+Barker+-+Overcoming+Challenges+to+Battery+Commercialisation+-+Faraday+Institution+-+First+Slide.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXEzMgOqDy0VYxTVp_zhBIX_yy4YO8ksqnk1fr0OX5WZBIKzueP612Fgl0hfa7PX2CgqjlxqfFg2jeJReVeU6Y82OqM2rqRw0Q2ue6epNjKsyMtyB_IWBbiblRLrJQK49eRqrpiVXb_V6K/s320/Jerry+Barker+-+Overcoming+Challenges+to+Battery+Commercialisation+-+Faraday+Institution+-+First+Slide.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-79319020593926383742020-07-31T13:46:00.001+01:002020-07-31T13:47:28.646+01:00Sodium-ion batteries can get ahead in the power gameHiya,<div><br /></div><div>Here is a link to a good recent article in The Engineer on Faradion and its Na-ion battery technology.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.theengineer.co.uk/sodium-ion-battery-manufacturing-faradion/#comment-337869">https://www.theengineer.co.uk/sodium-ion-battery-manufacturing-faradion/#comment-337869</a></div><div><span style="color: #111111; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #111111; font-family: inherit;">Dr Chris Wright, who was one of the pioneers of commercialising lithium-ion technology, saw potential in sodium-ion in 2011, and co-founded Faradion with Jerry Barker to develop sodium-ion technology and bring it to market. After announcing our first major orders from ICM Australia, then for heavy-goods vehicles in India with Infraprime Logistics Technologies in June, we’ve had nearly 120 requests for partnership in the period of just four weeks.</span></div><div><span style="color: #111111; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yRTJ3WzDGuhkltldO0IiWOsWsZt1dx7_V1OxPhYK_vdVpjUWsfnM_2zv-r3lH-F_lpdN7-ij-0-Mteuc9IWz9hRj06RPpcg2nZ2grejwZLbp_vKtHkOVYDGnaMy1GHFCglwGUU5roDOK/s751/FAR14052015_258-751x500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="751" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yRTJ3WzDGuhkltldO0IiWOsWsZt1dx7_V1OxPhYK_vdVpjUWsfnM_2zv-r3lH-F_lpdN7-ij-0-Mteuc9IWz9hRj06RPpcg2nZ2grejwZLbp_vKtHkOVYDGnaMy1GHFCglwGUU5roDOK/w512-h341/FAR14052015_258-751x500.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><span style="color: #111111; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #111111; font-family: inherit;">Cheers!</span></div><div><span style="color: #111111; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #111111; font-family: inherit;">Jerry</span></div><div><br /></div>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-67333402997658447692020-07-23T15:46:00.004+01:002021-02-24T08:49:58.272+00:00JB: Career Commercial HighlightsHi Everyone,<br />
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Here is a summary graphic of my career commercial highlights - starting with the electrodeposition of II-IV compound semiconductors for BP Solar in the early 1990's up until the present-day Na-ion Battery Technology at Faradion. I decided to include the Tiamat highlight as this company is using my NVPF cathode material - discovered and patented during my time at Valence Technology in the early 2000's.<br />
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It has been quite an eventful ride - but that is 6 commercial successes so far. There must be one or two more still to go!<br />
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Cheers, JerryJerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-23791057965909818702020-07-15T14:34:00.002+01:002020-07-15T14:36:58.617+01:00ACS C&EN article: Can Europe be a contender in electric-vehicle batteries?<br />
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Nice article in ACS Chemical and Engineering News (July 13, 2020) by my friend Alex Scott on the current status of Li-ion manufacturing in Europe:<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today, Europe’s share of that market is a mere 3%. But with the battery making up about 40% of the value of an electric vehicle, Europe is waking up to the notion that whoever controls a region’s lithium-ion battery supply chain also wields much control over its lucrative car industry and the hundreds of thousands of jobs that go with it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Some nice quotes, later in the article (where does Alex get these from?):</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The challenge for the UK, as with other European countries, is that it has to put together a battery supply chain that Asian producers already have in place.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“We rely on supplies of some of the critical cell components and precursors from the Far East,” says Jerry Barker, chief technology officer for the UK sodium-ion battery firm Faradion. “It would be far better if we had a reliable, local, UK-based supply chain for cathode, anode, and electrolyte as well as the cell hardware such as separator and current collectors.”</span></span><br />
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Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-45269798070655820762020-07-01T10:20:00.002+01:002020-07-01T14:09:32.537+01:00Australia's StorEnergy training centre - Leading the way in renewable battery technology<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #486a61; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Led by my good friend and colleague, Professor Maria Forsyth, the StorEnergy training centre aims to challenge existing thinking and expand Australia’s capacity in energy storage and production. The centre will create new knowledge and intellectual property in advanced energy materials, batteries and battery-control systems for integration into end user industries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Working with 14 organisations across government and industry, and four other Australian universities, researchers at the centre will facilitate small to medium-sized enterprises to take a global leadership role in advancing and producing new age storage technologies. By harnessing the expertise of researchers and industry partners, the StorEnergy centre aims to deliver benefit to our economy, the community and the environment.</span></div>
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Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-28454596549155018672020-06-04T13:49:00.002+01:002020-06-04T13:49:25.645+01:00Faradion Announces Major Partnership With IPLTech for Developing Sodium-ion Batteries for Commercial Vehicles in India<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 35px;">
<span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">SHEFFIELD, England</span>, <span class="xn-chron" style="box-sizing: border-box;">June 4, 2020</span> /PRNewswire/ -- Faradion Ltd., the British company that is a world leader in sodium-ion battery technology, has announced a new partnership with Infraprime Logistics Technologies (IPLTech) for its high energy sodium-ion batteries for use in commercial vehicles in the Indian market.</div>
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The news comes just a few weeks after Faradion's first major order from <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Australia</span> and reflects its entry into one of the most exciting electric vehicle markets in the world.</div>
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<span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">India</span> has demonstrated a growing appetite for moving towards electric commercial vehicles, driven by the Government's target of 30% electric vehicle adoption by 2030. It has given a significant push to infrastructure by allocating <span class="xn-money" style="box-sizing: border-box;">$1.4 trillion</span> for infrastructure to be invested by 2025. This is higher than the UK (<span class="xn-money" style="box-sizing: border-box;">$35 billion</span>) and the US (<span class="xn-money" style="box-sizing: border-box;">$500 billion</span>) in the same period. Each day, 40km of highways are constructed in <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">India</span> and the market for roads and highways is projected to grow at an annual rate of 36% from now to 2025.</div>
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Faradion's sodium-ion technology provides similar performance to conventional chemistries, while replacing expensive materials such as cobalt and lithium with the far more abundant sodium. Unlike lithium-ion batteries, Faradion's sodium-ion batteries have exceptional thermal stability and safety. Further they can be safely transported and maintained at zero volts.</div>
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IPLTech is a Gurgaon-based heavy goods vehicle fleet service provider that is halving the cost of infrastructure development.</div>
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Siddhartha Das Executive Chairman IPLTech said, "We are driven to minimise the heavy pollution caused by heavy goods vehicles in <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">India</span>. Our full electric mega trucks are the first of their kind to be integrated and deployed in <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">India</span>. We believe that the Faradion technology can provide the Indian market an effective solution at competitive prices," Sid said.</div>
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Faradion has seen significant interest in several markets, including the US, <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Europe</span> and <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Australia</span> due to its performance, safety and price point. <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mr. <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">James Quinn</span>, CEO of Faradion</b> says <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">India</span> was the next logical region for Faradion, given the market conditions.</div>
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"Faradion is accelerating large scale industrialisation of its safe, low cost, Sodium-ion energy storage technology. The partnership with IPLTech reflects an important milestone in our commitment to the market and the Prime Minister's Make In <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">India</span> vision, as we also shortly commence manufacturing in <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">India</span>."</div>
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<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">For more information on Faradion please visit </i><a href="https://www.faradion.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00837e; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">https://www.faradion.co.uk/</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Although Li-ion batteries are currently the dominant technology in the rechargeable-battery sector, sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries possess many benefits in terms of sustainability, safety and costs, and are poised to greatly expand their commercial usage. Sodium-ion battery specialist Faradion Ltd. (Sheffield, U.K.; <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.faradion.co.uk/&source=gmail&ust=1591085777580000&usg=AFQjCNEifh1hf3GKo7jJZeYzi7gzG3H2Rg" href="http://www.faradion.co.uk/" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: inherit; color: #212121; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.faradion.co.uk</a>) — in its largest commercial deployment ever — will provide Na-ion batteries for energy-storage applications in Australia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Previously, the company had undertaken several prototype demonstrations, including electric bikes, golf carts and small-scale domestic storage applications, but the project in Australia represents a larger magnitude for Faradion’s Na-ion technology, explains Jerry Barker, chief technology officer and co-founder of Faradion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“Our cell chemistry is based on a proprietary Na-layered oxide cathode. This chemistry provides a world-leading cell specific energy of 150–160 Wh/kg,” says Barker, adding that the company expects to generate cells with greater than 190 Wh/kg specific energy within the next 9 months. Another benefit of Faradion’s batteries is that they can be produced on existing Li-ion manufacturing lines. Faradion has worked closely with Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.topsoe.com/&source=gmail&ust=1591085777580000&usg=AFQjCNE1VztJtsUl3Y6-He9GMztqHtb-zw" href="http://www.topsoe.com/" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: inherit; color: #212121; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.topsoe.com</a>) in scaling up its proprietary cathode material. With comparable cycling and temperature performance, Na-ion batteries also provide improved thermal stability and safety when compared to conventional Li-ion batteries — Faradion has patented a method for the transportation and storage of Na-ion cells wherein cells can be transported without the risk of overheating or exploding. Faradion’s batteries are anticipated to enter the Australian market later this year.</span></div>
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Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-87847223458067068442020-05-04T14:48:00.001+01:002020-07-31T13:52:15.966+01:00Jerry Barker - Career HighlightsHi All,<br />
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Just wanted to include a summary slide on my career highlights:<br />
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This shows the important milestones, in terms of R&D projects and commercial successes, I have enjoyed since my PhD in 1984. How time flies! My apologies for this being an eye-test - but just click on the image to get a full-size version (much easier to read!).<br />
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Cheers! JerryJerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-32874111268105788292020-04-22T14:28:00.002+01:002020-04-22T14:28:16.863+01:00Faradion Press Release<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
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<b><span lang="EN-US">21 April, 2020: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Faradion Ltd., the world leader in sodium-ion battery technology, has announced it has received its first order from ICM Australia for its high energy sodium-ion batteries for use in the Australian market.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Faradion’s Sodium-ion technology provides similar performance to conventional chemistries, while replacing expensive materials such as cobalt and lithium with the far more abundant sodium. Unlike lithium-ion batteries, Faradion’s sodium-ion batteries have exceptional thermal stability and safety. Further they can be safely transported and maintained at zero volts.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In recent years, Australia and New Zealand have demonstrated a steady uptake in battery storage in residential, commercial and grid scale applications due to factors including significant reductions in the cost of storage and solar systems; increasing cost of electricity, concerns about blackouts and financial incentives and policies from the government.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Speaking on this order from ICM Australia, Mr. Thomas Gregson<b>, ICM Australia Investment Director </b>said, “This order represents a first step for an Australian company to commercialise world leading sodium-ion technology, and we’re pleased to be offering a premium product that is safe and price competitive to the Australasian market.”<i></i><b><u></u><u></u></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“We have seen large interest in energy storage solutions recently and believe the Faradion technology can provide, in a sustainable way, the energy security customers require at attractive ROIs,” Gregson adds.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Having seen significant interest in regions such as the US, Europe and India due to its performance, safety and price point, <b>Mr. James Quinn, CEO of Faradion</b> says Australasia was the next logical region for Faradion given the market conditions.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Faradion is accelerating large scale industrialisation of its safe, low cost, Sodium-ion energy storage technology. In Australia, the market for energy storage is primarily for household battery technologies to complement solar photovoltaic installations, although the market for larger-scale energy storage is growing.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Australia is a perfect market for supporting Faradion’s growth in the rapidly expanding energy storage market and to speed up the transformation of the global energy market,” Quinn concludes.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">ICM Australia expects a range of world class Faradion sodium-ion batteries to be available for the Australasian market later in the year.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Faradion is the world leader in Sodium-ion battery technology that provides low cost, high performance, safe and sustainable energy. Its proprietary technology delivers leading-edge, cost effective solutions for a broad range of applications; including mobility, energy storage, back-up power and energy in remote locations.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Faradion’s patented zero-volt capability, enables the safe transportation and maintenance of Sodium-ion batteries. The wide operating temperature range, high energy density and fast charge/discharge capability combine to offer a next generation, drop-in solution. Its Sodium-ion batteries contain no cobalt, no lithium and no copper, resulting in a safe and sustainable, cost-effective, high performance technology. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.faradion.co.uk&source=gmail&ust=1587541796452000&usg=AFQjCNGWu6gzMok0K2Q4X9p35HW45BmnPw" href="http://www.faradion.co.uk/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.faradion.co.uk</a><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">ICM is an Australian based privately owned business/investment group. The group specialises in developing businesses and brands in industrial products, food and agribusiness globally. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.icmaustralia.com.au&source=gmail&ust=1587541796452000&usg=AFQjCNGZ2UB--wbVLiYB7Vpi6mOp9rVjOw" href="http://www.icmaustralia.com.au/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b>www.icmaustralia.com.au</b></a></span> <span lang="EN-US">.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-42392843187066540072020-04-08T11:44:00.001+01:002020-04-08T12:03:52.543+01:00Faraday Institution - SOLBAT<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear All,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is the website for SOLBAT - the UK's Solid State Battery Project funded by the Faraday Institution:</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.solbat-faraday.org/"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">https://www.solbat-faraday.org/</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The ambition of this project is to demonstrate the feasibility of a solid state battery with performance superior to Li-ion in EV applications. With Oxford, university partners will include the University of Liverpool, University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde, University of Cambridge, University College London, and the University of St. Andrews.</span></span><br />
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I am a member of the FI's expert panel - representing the SOLBAT proect.<br />
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JerryJerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-81918935937529743232020-04-08T11:37:00.001+01:002020-04-08T12:02:43.778+01:00Faraday Institution - NEXGENNA<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear All,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is the website for NEXGENNA - the UK's Na-ion Battery Project funded by the Faraday Institution:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This project will accelerate the development of sodium-ion battery technology by taking a multi-disciplinary approach incorporating fundamental chemistry right through to scale-up and cell manufacturing. Its aim is to put on the path to commercialisation a sodium-ion battery with high performance, low cost, that has a long cycle life and is safe.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Faradion is a collaborator on the NEXGENNA project.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.nexgenna.org/?page_id=476">https://www.nexgenna.org/?page_id=476</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Best Regards,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jerry </span></span>Jerry Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244554861487816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937638023474755681.post-27020640950973528702020-03-12T07:46:00.001+00:002020-04-08T11:48:48.861+01:00IMLB-2020 - Berlin, Germany June 21-26, 2020<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The list of invited speakers at the up-coming conference, International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, 2020 (IMLB-2020, June 21-26, Berlin, Germany) has now been posted:</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.imlb2020.org/front/content.php?id_article=344"><span style="font-family: inherit;">https://www.imlb2020.org/front/content.php?id_article=344</span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Jerry Barker: The Commercialization of Safe, High Energy Density Na-ion Batteries</span><br />
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