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MIT team synthesizes all carbon nanofiber electrodes for high-energy rechargeable Li-air batteries

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A team at MIT, led by Carl V. The carbon nanofiber electrodes are substantially more porous than other carbon electrodes, and can therefore more efficiently store the solid oxidized lithium (Li 2 O 2 ) that fills the pores as the battery discharges. Source: Mitchell et al. Click to enlarge. ” Resources. Mitchell, Betar M.

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New Lithium rechargeable semi-solid flow cell offers energy densities an order of magnitude greater than previous flow batteries; possible applications in transportation and grid-scale storage

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Yet-Ming Chiang will give a talk on “Scaling Lithium Ion (or other) Chemistries Using a Flow Battery Architecture” at the upcoming 4 th Symposium on Energy Storage: Beyond Li-ion , to be held at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 7-–9 June 2011. 2011), Semi-Solid Lithium Rechargeable Flow Battery.

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National University of Singapore researchers devise membrane-based supercapacitors; possible new route to high-performance supercapacitive energy storage

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When sandwiched between and charged by two metal plates, the membrane can store charge at 0.2 With existing technologies based on liquid electrolytes, it costs about US$7 to store each farad. With the advanced energy storage membrane, the cost to store each farad falls to US$0.62. Wh per US dollar for lithium ion batteries.

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24M emerges from stealth mode with new semi-solid Li-ion cell; <$100/kWh by 2020

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The semisolid thick electrode is a material science innovation originating in Dr. Chiang’s lab at MIT. —“Semi-Solid Lithium Rechargeable Flow Battery”. Using thick electrodes, the cell also stores more energy, bettering the performance of the battery as well as its cost. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Brunini, W.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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On the other hand, drivers of other vehicles waste considerable time making special trips to refuel their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles at the liquid fuel station or their battery electric vehicle (BEV) at the rapid recharging station. Slow Level 1 charging [ 11 ] should be used to recharge PHEVLER batteries whenever possible.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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Electricity is a commodity that is bought and sold, and yet unlike most other commodities, it cannot easily be stored. In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, for instance, Nissan developed and marketed a vehicle-to-building (V2B) charging system that enabled its Leaf EV to provide backup power.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 60 research projects for up to a combined $156 million in funding from the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. is one of the most energy dense forms of stored energy in. field trials.

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