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DaniMer Scientific and Myriant form strategic alliance; bio-succinic acid for production of bio-based polymers

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DaniMer Scientific and Myriant have formed a strategic alliance focused on delivering innovative, cost-effective bio-based materials to the marketplace. As part of the alliance, DaniMer will utilize Myriant’s bio-succinic acid for the production of high-performance, bio-based polymers used to make a broad range of products.

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Ford first automaker to use captured CO2 to develop foam and plastic for vehicles

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Ford began working with several companies, suppliers and universities in 2013 to find applications for captured CO 2. Novomer is commercializing a proprietary catalyst system that transforms waste CO 2 into high performance, low-cost polymers for a variety of applications, including foam and plastic that are easily recyclable.

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Stanford team develops new approach to overcoming capacity fading in Lithium-sulfur batteries

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Lithium sulfur batteries are of great interest due to their high specific energy and relatively low cost (e.g., To overcome this mechanism, they introduced amphiphilic polymers to modify the carbon surface. Commercial applications of lithium sulfur batteries have not been very successful despite several decades of research.

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Cornell spin-off lithium-sulfur battery company NOHMs to locate in Lexington, KY

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In April 2013, the company was awarded a $500,000 Phase II SBIR Award from the NSF to scale a novel low-cost manufacturing process for long-life sulfur cathode composite materials. Founded in October 2010, NOHMs Technologies has developed a battery that is based on lithium-sulfur chemistry. Technology.

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DOE to issue funding opportunity for R&D for hydrogen storage for vehicles, material handling and portable power

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DOE plans to issue the FOA in late June or early July 2013. The goal is to enable the widespread commercialization of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and specifically to provide adequate hydrogen storage for onboard vehicle, material handling, and portable power applications that meet the DOE hydrogen storage targets.

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UK Carbon Trust report says fuel cell vehicles could take more than 30% of mid-sized car market by 2050

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The report is specifically focused on the potential for technology from select UK companies to enable a disruptive step-change in fuel cell cost reduction to accelerate consumer uptake, leading to approximately double the number of fuel cell cars on the road globally by 2030 versus current expectations. 500,000 units per year).

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New silicon-hydrogel composite Li-ion anode material shows long cycle life, easy manufacturability

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Schematic illustration of 3D porous SiNP/conductive polymer hydrogel composite electrodes. Each SiNP is encapsulated in a conductive polymer surface. A team at Stanford University has developed stable silicon Li-ion battery anodes by incorporating a conducting polymer hydrogel into the Si-based material. Click to enlarge.

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