Sumitomo Rubber and Adeka established on April 1 the Sulfur Battery Business Creation Study Group as a forum for corporate co-creation with a view to creating a business for sulfur batteries, which are expected to become next-generation batteries. The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) will be the representative organizer, with the Osaka Industrial Technology Research Institute...
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Sumitomo Rubber Succeeds at Visualizing Sulfur Compounds Used in Li–S Batteries
Sumitomo Rubber has used the SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility in a joint project to create what it is calling a Tender X-Ray Nanoscope, the world’s first technology able to analyze a substance’s structure and chemical bonds at the nano level. This has then been used to successfully visualize the sulfur compounds employed in lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries. The project comes as...
Fujikura Composites to Offer Small Magnesium–Air Batteries for Use in Emergencies
Fujikura Composites Inc. (TYO:5121), formerly known as Fujikura Rubber Ltd., is set to launch its Aqua Charge series of small magnesium–air batteries for residential use on May 29. These have been designed as a smaller version of the company’s existing WattSatt series of magnesium–air batteries for emergency power storage. WattSatt products have been receiving positive feedback from companies and government...