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Expanded graphite as a superior anode for sodium-ion batteries

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Researchers at the University of Maryland, with colleagues at the University of Illinois at Chicago, report on a new method for expanding graphite for use as a superior anode for sodium-ion batteries in a paper in Nature Communications. Galvanostatic studies showed that expanded graphite can deliver a high reversible capacity of 284?mAh?g

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UMD-led study: road salts and other human sources are threatening world’s freshwater supplies

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But a new study led by Sujay Kaushal of the University of Maryland warns that introducing salt into the environment—whether it's for de-icing roads, fertilizing farmland or other purposes—releases toxic chemical cocktails that create a serious and growing global threat to our freshwater supply and human health. Increasing Cl ?

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Lamborghini licenses MIT’s Cobalt-free organic battery tech for EVs – ET Auto

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Within the molecules are chemical groups called quinones, which are the electron reservoirs, and amines, which help the material to form strong hydrogen bonds, explained the study published in the journal ACS Central Science. Keck Professor of Energy at MIT.

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Gulf oil giants Saudi Aramco, Adnoc set sights on lithium – ET Auto

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Analysts have said the EV industry will depend on lithium for years to come, even though cheaper battery technology alternatives using less or no lithium are being studied. “They have done good work, they have done good extractions of sodium, magnesium, and traces of lithium.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

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Team PluginIndia The Lithium mining FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) created by some paid media organizations and random YouTube channels is so bad, that many people read headlines of such articles and assume that Lithium mining is the worst thing in the world and is worse than extracting and refining 10,000 liters of oil used by an average ICE car.

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New high-performance Na-ion battery with SO2-based catholyte; potential for other non-Li-metal-based battery systems

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Researchers in South Korea have demonstrated new type of room-temperature and high-energy density sodium rechargeable battery using a sulfur dioxide (SO 2 )-based inorganic molten complex catholyte that serves as both a Na + -conducting medium and cathode material (i.e. catholyte). —Jeong et al. mA cm −2 ).

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200 Years Ago, Faraday Invented the Electric Motor

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He had discovered sodium, potassium, and several compounds and invented the. But when Phillips asked Faraday to write the review article for the. For a good summary of Faraday's article, see Aaron D. William Hyde Wollaston , who had been studying the problem of rotary motion with currents and magnets for more than a year.

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