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BATT Program Awards More Than $8 Million for Innovative Research Projects on Lithium Battery Anodes

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BATT is funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Vehicle Technologies and is managed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as part of its Carbon Cycle 2.0 The goal is to develop anodes with volumetric energy densities that approach double those of current carbon anodes, while still maintaining at least 400 mAh/g.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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awards are subject to FY 2010 to FY 2013 appropriations. Pennsylvania State University. Polymer-Based Materials for Harvesting Solar Energy. $16. Use novel, self-assembled polymer materials in systems for the conversion of sunlight into electricity. EFRC Name. Funding ($mil). EFRC Objective. University of Massachusetts.

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Layered Graphene Sheets Could Be A Promising Hydrogen Storage Material

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Graphene—carbon formed into sheets a single atom thick—now appears to be a promising base material for capturing hydrogen, according to recent research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Pennsylvania. March 18, 2010. March 18, 2010. Credit: NIST. Click to enlarge.

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