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U of I study: synthetic fuels via CO2 conversion and FT not currently economically & environmentally competitive

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A study by a team at University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign has found that, with currently achievable performance levels, synthetic fuels produced via the electrochemical reduction of CO 2 and the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process system are not economically and environmentally competitive with using petroleum-based fuel. 6b00665.

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UI, Argonne develop catalyst for more efficient solar-powered reduction of CO2 to CO for conversion to fuel

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In a new study from the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Illinois at Chicago, researchers report devising a new transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) nanoarchitecture for catalytic electrochemical reduction of CO 2 to carbon monoxide (CO) in an ionic liquid. Klie, Jeremiah Abiade, Larry A.

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Applications open for ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship for innovative electrochemical research; alignment with Toyota’s needs

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Technology for the capture and/or conversion of CO 2 into value-added products. The 2016-2017 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellows are: Professor Elizabeth Biddinger, City College of New York. Professor Joaquin Rodriguez Lopez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Joshua Snyder, Drexel University.

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Researchers discover lower-cost, energy-efficient way to produce alane for hydrogen storage

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A preliminary mechanochemical experiment shows approximately 10% conversion of Al into AlH 3 or closely related species at 344 bar H 2 in the presence of catalytic Ti, a pressure much lower than the 104 bar expected from bulk thermodynamics. —Wang et al. Resources. Herwadkar, J. Johnson, S. Peña-Martin, A. Rockett, I. Robertson, S.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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So Stillwell went inside Atwood’s and used his phone to record his conversation with Libby and another man, Duane Maki. Voice-based recognition systems differ from old-school wiretapping and surveillance by going beyond the substance of a conversation to infer information about the speaker from the voice itself. I heard it.

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This Robot Could Be the Key to Helping People With Disabilities

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In 2016, Kemp started working on the design of a new robot. Once the challenges with autonomy, interfaces, and reliability are addressed, Henry says, “the conversation will turn to cost issues.” I found that incredibly frustrating,” Kemp recalls. It is, after all, still research hardware.

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