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APRIL 20, 2020

Components of the first face shields were 3D printed at five different GM locations—three onsite at the Global Technical Center in Warren, one at the Milford Proving Ground in Milford and one at the North Hollywood Advanced Design Center in North Hollywood, California. The company will donate the first 2,500 shields to GM.

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JULY 21, 2020

Antioxidant Functionalized Polymers for Extended HD Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Lifetimes. University of California: Irvine. TOPIC 3: FUEL CELL R&D FOR HEAVY-DUTY APPLICATIONS; SUBTOPIC 3A: MEMBRANES FOR HEAVY-DUTY APPLICATIONS. 3M Company. Extending PFSA Membrane Durability Through Enhanced Ionomer Backbone Stability.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The ORNL technology will enable cost-competitive production of jet fuel and co-production of butadiene for use in renewable polymer synthesis. The mission of Prometheus Fuels, a startup based in Santa Cruz, California, is to remove carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into net-zero carbon gasoline and jet fuel.

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MARCH 1, 2016

A recent collaboration between the MIT’s Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) showed that phenomena associated with deflection-induced pavement-vehicle interaction (PVI) accounts for 1% of overall fuel consumption on California highways.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Twelve has developed an efficient polymer-electrolyte membrane (PEM) CO 2 electrolyzer that uses proprietary CO 2 -reducing catalysts to split CO 2 with just water and renewable electricity as inputs, syngas (CO and hydrogen) as the output, and pure oxygen as the only byproduct. Formerly Opus 12, Twelve is based in Berkeley, California.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

The California Energy Commission has awarded $1,585,490 to spur research on projects including a solid-state Li-ion battery system for grid-scale energy storage. to develop and test a 25 kWh prototype battery system based on nanostructured polymer electrolytes. Conventional Li-ion cell (left) compared to Seeo cell (right).

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JANUARY 22, 2018

The researchers formed 1D nanostructures by electrospinning polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers containing transition metal (Co, Ni, and Fe) salts and annealing in a reducing atmosphere to yield metal nanoparticles/nanoclusters that catalyze graphitization of the surrounding polymer matrix at greatly reduced temperatures (?800 Tang et al.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

EU RED II 2018/2001/EU for Europe and US California LCFS for the US), and the raw material mix used to manufacture the product for each market.). million tons by the end of 2023, and make Neste the only global provider of renewable fuels and renewable feedstock for polymers and chemicals with a production footprint on three continents.

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JANUARY 8, 2013

2,3BD is a key chemical building block used to make polymers, plastics and hydrocarbon fuels; it can be readily converted to intermediaries such as butenes, butadiene and methyl ethyl ketone that are used in the production of hydrocarbon fuels and a variety of chemicals including polymers, synthetic rubbers, plastics and textiles.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

BioSolar’s cathode technology, which has been the primary focus of its university-led research and development efforts, is a novel conductive polymer material that leverages fast redox-reaction properties rather than conventional lithium-ion intercalation chemistry to enable rapid charge and discharge. Earlier post.).

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JULY 25, 2020

Scientists from ExxonMobil, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new material that could capture more than 90% of CO 2 emitted from industrial sources using low-temperature steam, requiring less energy for the overall carbon capture process.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Recently, a team of engineers from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have described a new artificial microfiber made from liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) that replicates the tensile strength, quick responsiveness, and high power density of human muscles. "[The

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

For example, Toray is working with California-based Joby Aviation to use carbon fiber on its upcoming all-electric air taxi. Joint R&D includes carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) parts. It’s also signed an agreement with German aerospace Lilium to use carbon fiber composite on its fully electric five-seater jet.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

For example, Toray is working with California-based Joby Aviation to use carbon fiber on its upcoming all-electric air taxi. Joint R&D includes carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) parts. It’s also signed an agreement with German aerospace Lilium to use carbon fiber composite on its fully electric five-seater jet.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

PFPE is nothing new; it’s a polymer that has long been used as a heavy-duty lubricant to keep gears in industrial machinery running smoothly. When we discovered that we could dissolve lithium salt in this polymer, that’s when we decided to roll with it. Most polymers don’t mix with salts, but this one did—and it was nonflammable.

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JULY 21, 2014

CALEB Technology and California Lithium Battery ( CalBattery )—both based in California— signed an MOU to establish a joint venture to produce a new line of safe, high performance lithium ion batteries for consumer electronic devices, power tools, and electric vehicles (EVs).

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MARCH 15, 2022

A Patras, Greece-based team is working in recently upgraded facilities to produce the necessary monomers, polymers, and ionomers for the MEAs. Advent is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with offices in California, Greece, Denmark, Germany, and the Philippines.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

Among the projects selected are one by GM and EPRI of California to improve welding techniques for automobile manufacturing and power plant builds in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Sepion’s polymer membrane technology provides a counterpoint, yielding long-lasting lithium-sulfur cells.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

will introduce their newest grades of anode and cathode binders for Li-ion batteries at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) held January 2011 in Pasadena, California. is a wholly owned subsidiary of ZEON CORPORATION of Tokyo, Japan, a global provider of specialty elastomers, polymers and specialty chemicals.

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AUGUST 9, 2013

A German-US collaboration including OH-Energy Germany, GmbH; the University of Delaware; Fraunhofer ICT; and Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research released initial results demonstrating 616 mW/cm 2 peak power density at 80 °C for a hydroxide (OH - ) exchange membrane (HEM) fuel cell. Earlier post.). OH Energy, Inc. Fuel Cells Hydrogen'

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APRIL 18, 2018

This topic seeks platinum group metal-free oxygen reduction electrocatalyst and electrode R&D enabling cost-competitive polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, as part of DOE’s Energy Materials Network. The pathway depicted above is currently challenged by capital costs, reliability, energy consumption, and footprint of current technologies.

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OCTOBER 11, 2014

The award extends funding for the integrated research project (IRP) between MIT, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison to develop a test reactor and, ultimately, a commercial high-temperature salt-cooled reactor, also called a Fluoride-salt High-Temperature Reactor [FHR].

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Novel Polymer-enhanced Rechargeable Aluminum-Alkaline Battery Technology – $2,000,000. At the center of Ionic Materials’ innovation is a new polymer-based material that suppresses the formation of unwanted chemical products that prevent aluminum-alkaline batteries from recharging. University of California, San Diego.

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JUNE 18, 2012

Coates of Cornell University in the Academic Category for developing a new family of catalysts that can effectively and economically turn carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide into valuable polymers. and Professor Yi Tang of the University of California, Los Angeles, in the Greener Synthetic Pathways Category. of Bolingbrook, Ill.,

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MAY 5, 2014

Materials are such things as alloys, polymers or composites; components are switches, engines or aircraft wings, for example, while systems can be entire airplanes, appliances or even bridges. The PPM approach has become a prototype for tackling other difficult materials issues.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Currently the 2024 Hyundai Nexo compact crossover and the Toyota Mirai sedan are the only two hydrogen fuel cell (FCEV) EVs available to buy in the US, and that’s only in California. Rather than plugging in the vehicle as you would for a battery-electric car, hydrogen fuel cells rely on compressed hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2015

Additionally, algae can be used to make a range of other valuable bioproducts, such as industrial chemicals, bio-based polymers, and proteins. University of California, San Diego. Algal biomass can be converted to advanced biofuels that offer promising alternatives to petroleum-based diesel and jet fuels.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have developed a novel nano-silicon paper electrode material for high capacity lithium-ion batteries. Cycling data for C-coated SiNFs compared to uncoated SiNFs at C/10 (1C = 4 A g ?1 Favors et al. Click to enlarge. —Favors et al.

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MAY 19, 2014

The aromatic polymer lignin is found in most terrestrial plants in the approximate range of 15 to 40% dry weight and provides the plants with their structural integrity. Ragauskas et al. courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.] Click to enlarge. —Arthur Ragauskas. Ragauskas, et al., Science doi: 10.1126/science.1246843.

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JUNE 20, 2011

Greener reaction conditions: Kraton Performance Polymers, LLC, Houston, Texas. Kraton has developed a family of halogen-free, high-flow, polymer membranes made using less solvent. Kraton Performance Polymers developed NEXAR polymer membrane technology for applications requiring high water or ion flux.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The plant will operate under realistic conditions at a California oil field for at least two months of continuous steady-state testing. Field testing will be conducted at a renewable power generation site in California to capture operational data on the novel process and material combination under real conditions.

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AUGUST 3, 2019

In a step forward in understanding how plant biomass can be more efficiently broken down, a research team led by the University of California, Riverside, has created a chemical roadmap to breach these defenses. A paper on their work is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

BEI) of Chino, California, a manufacturer of advanced components for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, is moving its headquarters to Tallahassee, Florida. Bing Energy Inc. BEI, in collaboration with Florida State University’s (FSU) Dr. Jim P.

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AUGUST 11, 2016

the giant Japanese integrated trading company, will start selling fuel cells for commercial vehicles via a partnership with California-based US Hybrid. The company is privately held and was founded in Torrance, California by Dr. Abas Goodarzi, Ph.D, The Nikkei reports that Sumitomo Corp., earlier post ).

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Wei Gao/Caltech California Institute of Technology’s Wei Gao developed a self-powering “electronic skin.” A team including researchers from Japan’s Tohoku University recently developed a durable, efficient energy harvester that combines piezoelectric composites with carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP).

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JANUARY 20, 2012

A team of scientists from Bio Architecture Lab (BAL) in Berkeley, California, ( earlier post ) has engineered a strain of Eschericia coli to break down and then to ferment alginate—one of the most abundant sugars in brown algae, but a sugar that industrial microbes can’t metabolize—into ethanol. Wargacki et al.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

The goal of the project is to continue to develop a circular carbon economy that replaces the petroleum-based chemicals in consumer products with algae-derived and biodegradable polymers. dry ton equivalents of hardwood biomass per day (0.5 The envisioned system will be developed to support production of at least 0.5

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