(33) Three Key Keywords to Compete with LFP... Single Crystal, High Voltage, Mid-Nickel

Editor's NoteWe are now in the battery era. Batteries are found in almost every device, including mobile phones, laptops, and electric vehicles. [Complete Battery Mastery] is a section created to easily convey the basics of batteries, their ecosystem, company information, industry trends, and outlook to general readers, students, and investors interested in the battery industry and related companies. We will meet you every Saturday. Song Hojun, CEO of Ecopro, said in his New Year's address this January, "I hope this year will be one where we advance High Nickel technology further and develop Mid Nickel and Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) technologies to trigger a 'technology coup d'?tat.'" Then, in the early February earnings conference call, Kim Sunju, CFO of Ecopro, stated, "We plan to expand the proven high-nickel single-crystal mass production technology to high-voltage mid-nickel and pursue securing new clients among automakers and cell manufacturers within the year." At the '2024 I

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04.20 08:00

(32) ESS, Will It Be the Breakthrough to Overcome the Electric Vehicle Chasm?

Editor's NoteWe are currently in the battery era. Batteries are found in almost every device, including mobile phones, laptops, and electric vehicles. [Complete Battery Mastery] is a section created to easily convey the basics of batteries, their ecosystem, company information, industry trends, and outlook to general readers, students, and investors interested in the battery industry and related companies. We will meet you every Saturday. AVEL, an independent in-house company of LG Energy Solution, obtained permits for an Energy Storage System (ESS) power plant from Jeju Provincial Government and Korea Electric Power Corporation in March. This is the first domestic case to receive an electricity business license for an ESS power plant. AVEL was launched in October 2022 to manage an integrated renewable energy power grid linked with ESS. Although renewable energy is rapidly increasing, frequent output control occurs due to mismatches between supply and demand, and it is difficult to pr

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04.13 08:00

(31) Battery Recycling Turned into a 'Warzone of Stars,' Who Will Be the Winner?

Editor's NoteWe are currently in the battery era. Batteries are found in almost everything, from mobile phones and laptops to electric vehicles. [Complete Battery Mastery] is a section created to easily convey the basics of batteries, their ecosystem, company information, industry trends, and outlook to general readers, students, and investors interested in the battery industry and related companies. We meet you every Saturday. Last March, Envirostream, a subsidiary of Australia's Lithium Australia, signed consecutive battery recycling contracts with LG Energy Solution and Hyundai Glovis. Under these agreements, Envirostream will exclusively handle the collection and recycling of waste batteries from the two companies for three years. Earlier, Seongil Hightech, a domestic used battery recycling company, announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) related to an off-take (long-term purchase) contract and joint development agreement (JDA) with Lithium Australia for b

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04.06 08:00

(30) Will LG Energy Solution Release Dry Electrode Technology Before Tesla?

Editor's NoteWe are now in the battery era. Batteries are found in almost every device, including mobile phones, laptops, and electric vehicles. [Complete Battery Mastery] is a section created to easily convey the basics of batteries, their ecosystem, company information, industry trends, and outlook to general readers, students, and investors interested in the battery industry and related companies. We visit you every Saturday. At the beginning of this month, there was a notable conference at 'Inter Battery 2024' held at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul. It was a presentation on dry electrode technology by the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology (IWS) in Germany. Despite little promotion, the lecture hall was packed to the point where seats were insufficient. This has been a consistent trend in recent presentations and lectures on dry electrode technology. Dry electrodes have become a popular topic as a key trend in next-generation batteries. Interest in dry electrodes increa

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03.30 08:00

(29) Are Binders Harmful Substances? ... Battery Industry on Alert for EU Environmental Regulations

Editor's NoteWe are currently in the battery era. Batteries are found in almost every device, including mobile phones, laptops, and electric vehicles. [Complete Battery Mastery] is a section created to easily convey the basics of batteries, their ecosystem, company information, industry trends, and outlook to general readers, students, and investors interested in the battery industry and related companies. We visit you every Saturday. Among the four major materials of secondary batteries, the electrode has the greatest impact on performance. Cathodes and anodes are made by mixing active materials, conductive agents, and binders with solvents to create a slurry, which is then coated onto a current collector (aluminum foil or copper foil). (For current collectors and conductive agents, refer to Complete Battery Mastery episodes 24, 26, and 27.) The binder accounts for less than 5% by mass in the electrode, so it has not received much attention until now. However, as research on next-gen

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03.23 08:00

(28) "Where K-Batteries Are Born"... A Report on the Ochang Secondary Battery Special Zone

Editor's NoteWe are now in the battery era. Batteries are found in almost everything, from mobile phones and laptops to electric vehicles. [Complete Battery Conquest] is a section created to easily convey the basics of batteries, their ecosystem, company information, industry trends, and outlook to general readers, students, and investors interested in the battery industry and related companies. We visit you every Saturday. On the 13th, we visited the Battery Manufacturing and Verification Support Center located in Ochang, Cheongju, Chungbuk. Next to the main building of the center, which held its opening ceremony on the 5th of last month, construction was underway for annex buildings such as the Secondary Battery Performance Evaluation Building and the MV (Micro Vehicle) Safety Evaluation Building. The Battery Manufacturing and Verification Support Center in Ochang, Chungbuk, will transform into the largest secondary battery support facility in Korea supporting full-cycle R&D of seco

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03.16 08:00

(27) Tire and Shoe Sole Materials Also Used in Batteries... What Are Conductive Additives?

Editor's NoteWe are currently in the battery era. Batteries are found in almost every device, including mobile phones, laptops, and electric vehicles. [Complete Battery Mastery] is a section created to easily convey the basics of batteries, their ecosystem, company information, industry trends, and outlook to general readers, students, and investors interested in the battery industry and related companies. We visit you every Saturday. In January 2017, LG Electronics announced a new laptop model called the 'All-Day Gram,' which significantly increased usage time while reducing weight. A special material, previously unused, was applied to the battery inside this laptop. The 'Gram' laptop, first introduced in 2014, gained great popularity due to its thinness and light weight, but there were many complaints about its short usage time. Users had to carry chargers or external batteries separately. The LG Electronics PC development team began to explore ways to extend battery life without ch

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03.09 08:00

Tobacco Packaging and Tuna Can Manufacturer's Major Transformation... 'Aluminum Foil' Soars with Secondary Battery Boom [Battery Mastery] (26)

Tobacco Packaging and Tuna Can Manufacturer's Major Transformation... 'Aluminum Foil' Soars with Secondary Battery Boom (26)

Editor's NoteWe are now in the battery era. Batteries are found in almost every device, including mobile phones, laptops, and electric vehicles. [Complete Battery Conquest] is a section created to easily convey the basics of batteries, their ecosystem, company information, industry trends, and outlook to general readers, students, and investors interested in the battery industry and related companies. We visit you every Saturday. On February 23, Lotte Aluminum passed the "Approval of Physical Spin-off Plan" at its regular shareholders' meeting, which involves physically splitting certain business sectors. Lotte Aluminum plans to establish Lotte Aluminum BM and Lotte Aluminum PM through the physical spin-off on April 1. Lotte Aluminum BM will oversee the anode foil and general foil business sectors, while Lotte Aluminum PM will manage the business sectors including cans, flexible packaging, corrugated cardboard, household goods, and PET bottles. Lotte Aluminum, a subsidiary of Hotel Lo

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03.02 08:00

(40) Half of 'critical mineral' nickel comes from Indonesia, backed by Chinese capital

(33) Three Key Keywords to Compete with LFP... Single Crystal, High Voltage, Mid-Nickel

(32) ESS, Will It Be the Breakthrough to Overcome the Electric Vehicle Chasm?

(31) Battery Recycling Turned into a 'Warzone of Stars,' Who Will Be the Winner?

(30) Will LG Energy Solution Release Dry Electrode Technology Before Tesla?

(29) Are Binders Harmful Substances? ... Battery Industry on Alert for EU Environmental Regulations

(28) "Where K-Batteries Are Born"... A Report on the Ochang Secondary Battery Special Zone

(27) Tire and Shoe Sole Materials Also Used in Batteries... What Are Conductive Additives?

Tobacco Packaging and Tuna Can Manufacturer's Major Transformation... 'Aluminum Foil' Soars with Secondary Battery Boom (26)

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