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New lithium polysulfide flow battery for large-scale energy storage

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Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a new lithium/polysulfide (Li/PS) semi-liquid (flow) battery for large-scale energy storage, with lithium polysulfide (Li 2 S 8 ) in ether solvent as a catholyte and metallic lithium as an anode.

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KERI researchers develop high-capacity Li-metal battery with improved rate performance and stability

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As the Li-metal shows 10 times higher theoretical capacity (3,860 mAh/g) than graphite (372 mAh/g), it has steadily gained much attention from areas that need high-capacity batteries, such as electric vehicles and energy storage systems. However, these hosts suffer from unwanted Li growth on their surface (i.e.,

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. The selected projects include advanced battery systems (including flow batteries), flywheels, and compressed air energy systems. Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project.

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Rolls-Royce Power Systems road map for climate-neutrality; 35% cut by 2030 from 2019; key role of mtu engines

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The engines are used in a wide variety of applications, for example, in energy supply, commercial shipping, heavy land vehicles, passenger trains and in yachts. Hence, sector-coupling and alignment of the power generation industry and energy-consumption industries will become very important. but also second-generation biofuels).

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DICP vanadium redox flow battery hits 10,000 charge/discharge cycle mark

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The DICP team led by Hua Min Zhang began work in 2000. To speed up the development of flow energy storage battery technology, the research team and the Industrial Investment Co., set up Dalian Raycom Energy Storage Technology Development Co., set up Dalian Raycom Energy Storage Technology Development Co.,

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New technique for manganese dioxide nanorods can boost performance of redox capacitors

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Redox (reduction-oxidation) capacitors are hybrids between physical supercapacitors, which release a burst of energy and discharge quickly, and batteries, which store more energy and release it gradually over a longer period. Typically, redox (chemical) capacitors have more energy and less power than the physical ones.

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BP establishing $100M international research center for advanced materials for energy and industrial applications

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The BP-ICAM will carry out research into seven primary areas of direct interest to industry: structural materials, smart coatings, functional materials, catalysis, membranes, energy storage and energy harvesting. —Bob Dudley. The University of Cambridge also has a long association with BP.