Tianqi Lithium Becomes A Member of Chile's Association of National Mining

In August 2026, transaction prices for artificial graphite anode material trended upward, though the overall magnitude of increases remained mild, with the market characterised by "aggressive quoted price hikes, while actual transaction gains were restrained."

Institute of Electrical Engineering, CAS: Progress Made in Low-Temperature Lithium-Ion Capacitor Electrolyte Research, with Energy Density Reaching 8.9 Times That of Conventional Electrolytes According to the Institute of Electrical Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, researcher Ma Yanwei's team recently proposed a "solvation-deshielding electrolyte" design strategy. The team adopted gamma-valerolactone (GVL), which combines moderate polarity, a low melting point, and appropriate coordination ability, as the main solvent, used lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiDFOB) as the functional lithium salt, and introduced weakly coordinating ethyl acetate (EA) as a solvation-regulating component to weaken the wrapping and shielding effect of the solvent on lithium ions, promote anion participation in constructing the local solvation structure, and form a weakly bound, anion-involved solvation-deshielding environment. This design effectively reduced the desolvation barrier and interfacial charge transfer resistance under low-temperature conditions and improved the stability of the electrode-electrolyte interface. The study showed that all-carbon lithium-ion capacitors prepared with this solvation-deshielding electrolyte still maintained excellent energy output performance at -40 degrees Celsius, achieving an energy density of 106.8 Wh/kg based on the mass of electrode materials, which is 8.9 times that of conventional carbonate-based electrolytes.

[Solid-State Battery Expert Voice: Yang Hongxin Says All-Solid-State Batteries Unlikely to Achieve Large-Scale Popularization Before 2030, Hybrid Solid-Liquid Batteries to See Rapid Penetration Rate Growth First as a Transitional Solution] On September 3, 2026, at the 2026 World Power Battery Conference, SVOLT Chairman and CEO Yang Hongxin stated that liquid lithium batteries will continue to deliver value over the long term, all-solid-state batteries are unlikely to achieve large-scale popularization before 2030, and hybrid solid-liquid batteries will see rapid penetration rate growth as a transitional solution. He explicitly proposed that enterprises should adopt a "hybrid solid-liquid first, then all-solid-state" roadmap to steadily advance solid-state commercialization.