Prashanth Sivakumar
@masterwindu.bsky.social
Doctoral Researcher in ICMCB Bordeaux/Tiamat Energy. Research on Layered Oxide Cathodes for Sodium ion batteries.
Interests: F1 / Science based lifting / Whisky
Interests: F1 / Science based lifting / Whisky
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Editors Choice article -free to read Perspective
Assessment of Thermal Safety for Organic Electrolytes: from Material to Cell Level
-Discusses key factors and characterization methods for evaluating the thermal safety of electrolytes from the material to the cell level
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Assessment of Thermal Safety for Organic Electrolytes: from Material to Cell Level
-Discusses key factors and characterization methods for evaluating the thermal safety of electrolytes from the material to the cell level
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Assessment of Thermal Safety for Organic Electrolytes: from Material to Cell Level
Thermal safety is a key bottleneck in the development of high-energy-density batteries, primarily due to the high volatility and flammability of organic electrolytes. Efforts to enhance battery safety...
pubs.acs.org
June 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Editors Choice article -free to read Perspective
Assessment of Thermal Safety for Organic Electrolytes: from Material to Cell Level
-Discusses key factors and characterization methods for evaluating the thermal safety of electrolytes from the material to the cell level
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Assessment of Thermal Safety for Organic Electrolytes: from Material to Cell Level
-Discusses key factors and characterization methods for evaluating the thermal safety of electrolytes from the material to the cell level
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Norway’s new research minister has signalled that the government will axe a controversial law that requires PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from other countries to undertake mandatory Norwegian language training
https://go.nature.com/3XLUBAr
https://go.nature.com/3XLUBAr
Norway set to scrap mandatory language training for foreign postdocs and PhD students
Researchers jubilant over swift ministerial response to rule they say would hamper international recruitment.
go.nature.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Norway’s new research minister has signalled that the government will axe a controversial law that requires PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from other countries to undertake mandatory Norwegian language training
https://go.nature.com/3XLUBAr
https://go.nature.com/3XLUBAr
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BYD redesigned their Blade batteries to lower the cell’s internal resistance and therefore allow for:
• 1MW charging power
• Adding 400km of range for 5min of charging
For comparison, Tesla Supercharger V4 will aim for 1.2MW, as announced back in November.
#battchat #energysky 🧪🔌💡
• 1MW charging power
• Adding 400km of range for 5min of charging
For comparison, Tesla Supercharger V4 will aim for 1.2MW, as announced back in November.
#battchat #energysky 🧪🔌💡
Wow. 6 minutes to fully charge an EV battery.
1,000 kW charging support. BYD says the MW charging era has begun.
cnevpost.com/2025/03/17/b...
1,000 kW charging support. BYD says the MW charging era has begun.
cnevpost.com/2025/03/17/b...
BYD unveils new EV platform with 1,000-kW supercharging support, starts Han L, Tang L pre-sales
BYD's Super e-Platform uses redesigned blade batteries and supports a charging multiplier of up to 10 C. The official launch of the Han L, Tang L will be in early April.
cnevpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
BYD redesigned their Blade batteries to lower the cell’s internal resistance and therefore allow for:
• 1MW charging power
• Adding 400km of range for 5min of charging
For comparison, Tesla Supercharger V4 will aim for 1.2MW, as announced back in November.
#battchat #energysky 🧪🔌💡
• 1MW charging power
• Adding 400km of range for 5min of charging
For comparison, Tesla Supercharger V4 will aim for 1.2MW, as announced back in November.
#battchat #energysky 🧪🔌💡
Reposted by Prashanth Sivakumar
This really captures the big difference of an industry in full swing and a nascent one. While Chinese cell makers every year introduce higher C rates, lower cost, higher specific energy etc, all backed up with clear data, European cell makers remains at ”we will soon make cells”.
BYD redesigned their Blade batteries to lower the cell’s internal resistance and therefore allow for:
• 1MW charging power
• Adding 400km of range for 5min of charging
For comparison, Tesla Supercharger V4 will aim for 1.2MW, as announced back in November.
#battchat #energysky 🧪🔌💡
• 1MW charging power
• Adding 400km of range for 5min of charging
For comparison, Tesla Supercharger V4 will aim for 1.2MW, as announced back in November.
#battchat #energysky 🧪🔌💡
Wow. 6 minutes to fully charge an EV battery.
1,000 kW charging support. BYD says the MW charging era has begun.
cnevpost.com/2025/03/17/b...
1,000 kW charging support. BYD says the MW charging era has begun.
cnevpost.com/2025/03/17/b...
March 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
This really captures the big difference of an industry in full swing and a nascent one. While Chinese cell makers every year introduce higher C rates, lower cost, higher specific energy etc, all backed up with clear data, European cell makers remains at ”we will soon make cells”.
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For International Women's Day, here are twelve more women from chemistry history, with achievements ranging from developing antifungal medicines to creating milk substitutes for people with lactose intolerance 👩🏽🔬👩🏻🔬
www.compoundchem.com/2025/03/07/i...
#IWD2025 #ChemSky 🧪
www.compoundchem.com/2025/03/07/i...
#IWD2025 #ChemSky 🧪
March 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
For International Women's Day, here are twelve more women from chemistry history, with achievements ranging from developing antifungal medicines to creating milk substitutes for people with lactose intolerance 👩🏽🔬👩🏻🔬
www.compoundchem.com/2025/03/07/i...
#IWD2025 #ChemSky 🧪
www.compoundchem.com/2025/03/07/i...
#IWD2025 #ChemSky 🧪
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Tesla and BYD—China’s leading EV manufacturer—have released limited data about their batteries. To learn more, engineers have taken them apart to see what's inside. www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#RWTHAachenUniversity Jonas Gorsch, Moritz Frieges
@cp-cellrepphyssci.bsky.social
#RWTHAachenUniversity Jonas Gorsch, Moritz Frieges
@cp-cellrepphyssci.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Tesla and BYD—China’s leading EV manufacturer—have released limited data about their batteries. To learn more, engineers have taken them apart to see what's inside. www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#RWTHAachenUniversity Jonas Gorsch, Moritz Frieges
@cp-cellrepphyssci.bsky.social
#RWTHAachenUniversity Jonas Gorsch, Moritz Frieges
@cp-cellrepphyssci.bsky.social
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Hello BlueSky community 👋 You can now find us
@crystengcomm.rsc.org
Join the CrystEngComm conversation for the design and understanding of solid-state and crystalline materials #ChemSky
@crystengcomm.rsc.org
Join the CrystEngComm conversation for the design and understanding of solid-state and crystalline materials #ChemSky
March 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Hello BlueSky community 👋 You can now find us
@crystengcomm.rsc.org
Join the CrystEngComm conversation for the design and understanding of solid-state and crystalline materials #ChemSky
@crystengcomm.rsc.org
Join the CrystEngComm conversation for the design and understanding of solid-state and crystalline materials #ChemSky
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Germany's #EV registrations rose by 53.5% in January 2025, reaching 34,498 vehicles % a 16.6% market share. Plug-in hybrids increased 23.1%, while petrol & diesel cars declined. Tesla led but saw reduced sales, with MG & Polestar growing. The overall market contracted 2.8%. Will 2025 be resurgent?
German EV registrations increase by 53.5 per cent in January - electrive.com
The German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) registered 34,498 new electric cars in January. Compared to December, new electric car registrations
www.electrive.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Germany's #EV registrations rose by 53.5% in January 2025, reaching 34,498 vehicles % a 16.6% market share. Plug-in hybrids increased 23.1%, while petrol & diesel cars declined. Tesla led but saw reduced sales, with MG & Polestar growing. The overall market contracted 2.8%. Will 2025 be resurgent?
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Happy new year!
We welcome 2025 with a couple of new publications from the group. In the paper published in J. Mater. Chem. A, the effect of Zn and Ti substitution in P3-phase Na-ion battery cathodes has been investigated
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
We welcome 2025 with a couple of new publications from the group. In the paper published in J. Mater. Chem. A, the effect of Zn and Ti substitution in P3-phase Na-ion battery cathodes has been investigated
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Optimisation of a P3 phase with superior high voltage reversibility
Activation of oxygen anion redox represents an effective method of increasing the specific capacity as well as raising the operating voltage of layered sodium transition metal oxides. However, these r...
pubs.rsc.org
January 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Happy new year!
We welcome 2025 with a couple of new publications from the group. In the paper published in J. Mater. Chem. A, the effect of Zn and Ti substitution in P3-phase Na-ion battery cathodes has been investigated
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
We welcome 2025 with a couple of new publications from the group. In the paper published in J. Mater. Chem. A, the effect of Zn and Ti substitution in P3-phase Na-ion battery cathodes has been investigated
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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On the migration of the scientific community to Bluesky:
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
www.nature.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
On the migration of the scientific community to Bluesky:
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
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Volta Foundation Battery Report 2024 is now available!
More than 500 pages of all you need to know about the state of the battery industry and value chain from 2024.
#battchat
www.linkedin.com/posts/volta-...
More than 500 pages of all you need to know about the state of the battery industry and value chain from 2024.
#battchat
www.linkedin.com/posts/volta-...
Volta Foundation on LinkedIn: #batteryreport2024 #batteries #energystorage #energy #ev #electricvehicle… | 54 comments
The 2024 Battery Report is now live! 🔋🎉
2024 marked a transformative year for the battery industry, with significant developments in investments… | 54 comments on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
January 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Volta Foundation Battery Report 2024 is now available!
More than 500 pages of all you need to know about the state of the battery industry and value chain from 2024.
#battchat
www.linkedin.com/posts/volta-...
More than 500 pages of all you need to know about the state of the battery industry and value chain from 2024.
#battchat
www.linkedin.com/posts/volta-...
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Announcing NEXTSTEP Doctoral Programme nextstep-programme.eu/news/nextste..., #HorizonEurope #MSCA cofund to recruit 36 #PhD students for exciting projects at @esrf.fr, @illneutrons.bsky.social, @fz-juelich.de , @ Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), @ AreaSciencePark.
Nextstep: a new doctoral programme sees the light
nextstep-programme.eu
January 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Announcing NEXTSTEP Doctoral Programme nextstep-programme.eu/news/nextste..., #HorizonEurope #MSCA cofund to recruit 36 #PhD students for exciting projects at @esrf.fr, @illneutrons.bsky.social, @fz-juelich.de , @ Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), @ AreaSciencePark.
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Proud to have contributed to this paper "The evolution of lithium-ion battery recycling" led by Yan Wang's group at WPI that appears in the first issue of Nature Clean Energy Reviews. www.nature.com/articles/s44... The group brought together a really great range of perspectives.
The evolution of lithium-ion battery recycling - Nature Reviews Clean Technology
Recycling techniques are essential to addressing the challenge of resource sustainability associated with the rising demand for lithium-ion batteries. This Review discusses industrial and developing t...
www.nature.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Proud to have contributed to this paper "The evolution of lithium-ion battery recycling" led by Yan Wang's group at WPI that appears in the first issue of Nature Clean Energy Reviews. www.nature.com/articles/s44... The group brought together a really great range of perspectives.
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Lord Toby Young has posted a rehashing of the "CO2 is saturated" meme. It sounds plausible, and some eminent scientists believed it back in history. But we've known for 100 years that the atmosphere isn't saturated with CO2
And one very simple observation shows it beyond doubt.
And one very simple observation shows it beyond doubt.
December 24, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Lord Toby Young has posted a rehashing of the "CO2 is saturated" meme. It sounds plausible, and some eminent scientists believed it back in history. But we've known for 100 years that the atmosphere isn't saturated with CO2
And one very simple observation shows it beyond doubt.
And one very simple observation shows it beyond doubt.
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My second 🔓editorial for @naturenano.bsky.social is out. This time, I talk about something I care a lot: Why do battery researchers not use a shared basic electrochemistry terminology?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What's your experience? 🙂
#batteries #battchat #electrochemistry
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What's your experience? 🙂
#batteries #battchat #electrochemistry
The importance of basic electrochemistry terminology in the era of interdisciplinary battery research - Nature Nanotechnology
Understanding and adopting an appropriate electrochemistry language will foster constructive collaborations among battery research community members with diverse scientific backgrounds.
www.nature.com
December 13, 2024 at 10:10 AM
My second 🔓editorial for @naturenano.bsky.social is out. This time, I talk about something I care a lot: Why do battery researchers not use a shared basic electrochemistry terminology?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What's your experience? 🙂
#batteries #battchat #electrochemistry
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What's your experience? 🙂
#batteries #battchat #electrochemistry
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source.benchmarkminerals.com/article/2024...
312 GWh capacity cancelled in 2024 primarily from Tier 3 cell manufacturers from China due to highly competitive market.
312 GWh capacity cancelled in 2024 primarily from Tier 3 cell manufacturers from China due to highly competitive market.
2024 sees highest gigafactory capacity cancellations on record | Benchmark Source
More than 312 gigawatt hours (GWh) of gigafactory capacity has been cancelled in 2024, substantially higher than preceding years, according to Benchmark analysis. These cancellations have been primari...
source.benchmarkminerals.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:45 AM
source.benchmarkminerals.com/article/2024...
312 GWh capacity cancelled in 2024 primarily from Tier 3 cell manufacturers from China due to highly competitive market.
312 GWh capacity cancelled in 2024 primarily from Tier 3 cell manufacturers from China due to highly competitive market.
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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.
A Place of Joy.
A Place of Joy.
December 3, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
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I have an opening for a postdoctoral scholar to develop design rules for fast charging battery materials. The focus will be on operando X-ray characterization to understand disorder using spectroscopy and diffraction. Description + application instructions: careers.slac.stanford.edu/sites/defaul...
careers.slac.stanford.edu
November 25, 2024 at 10:25 PM
I have an opening for a postdoctoral scholar to develop design rules for fast charging battery materials. The focus will be on operando X-ray characterization to understand disorder using spectroscopy and diffraction. Description + application instructions: careers.slac.stanford.edu/sites/defaul...
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this is a wild story
chemsky ⚗️🧪
chemsky ⚗️🧪
Thanksgiving turkey inspired invention: a fascinating story about the invention of LASIK eye surgery technology. #invention #technology #Thanksgiving #Chemsky #polymersky
research.ibm.com/blog/40-year...
research.ibm.com/blog/40-year...
You have Thanksgiving turkey to thank for LASIK
In November 1981, a group of IBM researchers found that it was possible to use lasers to safely cut into living tissue.
research.ibm.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
this is a wild story
chemsky ⚗️🧪
chemsky ⚗️🧪
Northvolt Files for Bankruptcy With Debt of $5.8 Billion www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Northvolt Files for Bankruptcy in Blow to Europe’s Battery Hopes
Northvolt AB filed for bankruptcy protection in the US after a desperate bid to secure rescue funding fell short, leaving the struggling battery maker with just one week’s cash in its accounts.
www.bloomberg.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Northvolt Files for Bankruptcy With Debt of $5.8 Billion www.bloomberg.com/news/article...