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U Kentucky CAER receives $1M for carbon fiber research

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The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) received a $1 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant to continue their research in developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber. The center is home to the largest carbon fiber spinline at any university in North America.

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DOE to award $15.8M to 30 hydrogen and fuel cell technologies projects

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Selections were made under the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) annual funding opportunity announcement (FOA) in 2017. Advanced Water Splitting Materials. Precursor Development for Low-Cost, High-Strength Carbon Fiber. Carnegie Mellon University. Giner, Inc.

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PEM fuel cell X-ray CT study details effects of temperature and moisture on performance

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A team from Lawrence Berkeley and Argonne National Laboratories, Tufts University and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have now used X-ray based imaging techniques to study the inner workings of PEM fuelcell components subjected to a range of temperature and moisture conditions. —Shum et al.

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SGL Group is development partner for GDLs in high-performance fuel cells in the automotive sector

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SGL Group brings its long-established expertise as a component developer to the project, and is responsible for the development of the gas diffusion layers (GDL), which will be manufactured based on carbon fibers. Specific objectives are: To deliver an increased automotive beginning of life (BOL) power density of 1.5 W/cm 2 at 0.6

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DOE awarding $2M to CMU-led project to develop PGM-free cathodes for fuel cells

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Of those 30 projects, Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Shawn Litster has been selected to receive $2 million in funding as principal investigator of his multi-institution team’s research project, “Advanced PGM-free Cathode Engineering for Higher Power Density and Durability.”.

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Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

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That idea didn’t advance, but in 2017, Keith became faculty director of Harvard’s. SCoPEx’s gondola , an aluminum and carbon-fiber frame that holds an array of hardware. But sulfate aerosols—the combination of particles and water—can destroy the planet-protecting ozone layer. Faye McNeill’s group at Columbia University.

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

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Market launch is scheduled to begin in 2017. The company hopes to launch AWC in 2017. mi) on a single tank, with nothing more than a few drops of water leaving the tailpipe. The protons migrate through the membrane to the cathode, where they react with oxygen present in air to form water vapor.

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