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New stable Fe3O4/C composite material for conversion electrode in solid-state Li-ion batteries

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Researchers in Europe, with colleagues from Samsung R&D Institute in Japan, have developed a highly stable Fe 3 O 4 /C composite for use as a conversion electrode in all-solid-state Li-ion batteries. In addition, recently a new chemistry has surfaced, allowing to store more Li + by the so-called conversion mechanism.

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BIT, FAW team develops turbocharged, DI hydrogen engine; high power and efficiency, near-zero NOx

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Peak power of 120 kW @ 4400 rpm and a maximum torque of 340 N·m @ 2000 rpm can be achieved with the matched turbocharger. of 1.91 @ 2000 rpm and 40.4% High conversion efficiency of NO x emissions of more than 99.5% A paper on the study appears in the journal Fuel. BTE with the ? of 2.47 @ 3000 rpm.

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NREL supports propane-to-electricity shuttle bus conversion at Zion National Park

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The National Park Service (NPS) originally deployed the propane buses in 2000 to reduce congestion along the park’s main traffic corridor. Each bus pulls a passenger trailer.

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EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

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Annual methanol consumption in China, 2000-16. Methanol can also be converted directly to gasoline, and in China this conversion occurs much less often than the blending of methanol or its derivatives into gasoline. Source: EIA and Argus Media group, China Methanol to Energy Study , January 2017. Click to enlarge. Background.

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Tsinghua team develops bio-inspired self-healing sulfur electrodes; almost no capacity decay after 2000 cycles

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Spatial heterogeneity plays a vital role in the conversion-type electrochemical reactions, agreeing with the insertion-type ones coincidently. This innovative approach can also be feasibly and facilely implemented in other high-energy electrochemical storage/conversion systems such as metal−O 2 batteries and fuel cells. 6b12358.

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BMW’s GM of battery cell technology joins Wildcat Discovery’s board

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Between 1994 and 2000 he was group leader at the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage of the Bayerischen Zentrum für angewandte Energieforschung (ZAE) in Garching. His PhD thesis “Investigation of photoelectric injection of electrons in liquid argon” was prepared at the Max Planck Institute for Physics, Munich.

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EIA: US uranium concentrate production in 2021 remained near all-time lows; 95% imported

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By most measures, production of uranium concentrate (U 3 O 8 ) remained at or near all-time lows in the United States during 2021, at 21,000 pounds—less than 1% of the post-2000 production high of 4.9 million pounds U 3 O 8 in 2014, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Total US commercial inventories were 141.7