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BASF and Volkswagen present Science Award Electrochemistry to Dr. Vanessa Wood for work on Li-ion batteries

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Dr. Wood developed a new method for image analysis for this purpose, upon which she created a new low-cost technique that is compatible with current manufacturing processes. The award was presented in a ceremony at Stanford University by Dr. Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, and Prof.

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New catalysts convert ethanol to butanol with high selectivity; potential low-cost upgrade for ethanol plants

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The team presented a pair of papers on their work at the Spring meeting of the American Chemical Society this week in New Orleans. Duncan Wass, Rich Wingad, George Dowson, Jason Lee (2013) CATL 195 - Catalytic conversion of ethanol to an advanced biofuel: Unprecedented selectivity to n-butanol. Wass’ team acknowledges funding from BP.

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New aqueous rechargeable lithium battery shows good safety, high reliability, high energy density and low cost; another post Li-ion alternative

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The battery, which can be low cost and reliable in terms of safety, provides another chemistry for post Li-ion batteries, they suggest, and with higher practical energy densities than Li-air systems for supporting applications including electric vehicles and large-scale grid energy storage. Its average discharge voltage is about 4.0

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Aqueous hybrid-ion battery company Aquion completes $55M financing round

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Due to strong investor interest, the total amount of funding for this round was increased from the $35-million level previously announced by the company in April of 2013. Aquion Technical Presentation. Aquion Energy, Inc., Earlier post.). Aqueous hybrid ion chemistry. Source: Aquion. Click to enlarge.

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2013 SAE International High Octane Fuels Symposium (HOF): the potential for high octane fuels (Part 1)

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The 2013 SAE International High Octane Fuels Symposium (HOFS) this week in Washington, DC, explored the pros and the cons of high octane fuels, with a particular focus on using ethanol as the source of the octane improvement. Ford is presenting a paper at the upcoming SAE World Congress on mid-level ethanol splash blend potential.)

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ORNL researcher proposes more efficient control strategy for series hybrids

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Malikopoulos 2013. We show that the control policy that yields higher probability distribution to the states with low cost and lower probability distribution to the states with high cost is an optimal control policy, defined as an equilibrium control policy. —Malikopoulos (2013). —Malikopoulos (2013).

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Rechargeable membrane-less hydrogen bromine flow battery shows high power density

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Low-cost energy storage remains a critical unmet need for a wide range of applications, including grid scale frequency regulation, load following, contingency reserves and peak shaving, as well as portable power systems. A paper on the work is published in Nature Communications. —Braff et al. Braff, Martin Z.

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