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MAY 20, 2013

MIT scientists demonstrated two approaches for growing CNTs on carbon fiber without degrading the fiber strength. Researchers at MIT have demonstrated two approaches for producing carbon fibers coated in carbon nanotubes without degrading the underlying fiber’s strength. Credit: ACS, Steiner et al.

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APRIL 6, 2021

Friend Family Distinguished Professor of Engineering, have been exploring the use of low-cost materials to create rechargeable batteries that will make energy storage more affordable. A paper on the work is published in Nature Energy. This magnified image shows aluminum deposited on carbon fibers in a battery electrode.

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MARCH 24, 2014

(c) The sketch of Li 2 O 2 grown on a coral-like carbon fiber. V) between the charge and discharge plateaus and an unusually high energy efficiency of 90%. The corresponding energy efficiency was calculated to be 90%, the highest value for nonaqueous Li-O 2 batteries reported so far. … Credit: ACS, Shui et al.

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MAY 4, 2022

The collaboration, announced at JEC World in Paris, will apply Hankuk Carbon’s expertise in advanced materials and industrialization, leveraging Dymag’s expertise in manufacturing lightweight carbon composite wheels for the high-performance and luxury vehicle markets.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

SGL Group and BMW Group have formed a 51:49 joint venture to manufacture carbon fibers and fabrics for the automotive industry. The joint venture will be operated through two companies, one based in North America (SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers LLC), and the other in Germany (SGL Automotive Fibers GmbH & Co KG).

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

A composite blend of carbon fibers and polymer resin is being developed that can store and charge more energy faster than conventional batteries can. The material combines carbon fibers and a polymer resin, creating a very advanced nanomaterial, and structural supercapacitors. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 26, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI), which will focus on growing US manufacturing of clean energy products and boosting US competitiveness through major improvements in manufacturing energy productivity. Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 6, 2023

The new two-year project is funded jointly by Ramaco Carbon and ORNL via a DOE Fossil Energy & Carbon Management Program Field Work Proposal, and it will focus on scaling up to commercial level a process that has already shown success at the bench scale at ORNL.

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MAY 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Their electrode—metal-organic cuprous tetracyanoquino-dimethane (CuTCNQ) in a three-dimensional (3D) conductive carbon nanofibers (CNFs) network (CuTCNQ)—exhibits a capacity of 252 mAh g -1 at 0.1 They obtained a high specific energy of 762 Wh kg -1 with high average potential of 3.2 —Huang et al. —Huang et al.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

The BMW i3 was the BMW Group’s first purely electrically powered large-scale serial model and also the company’s first vehicle with a passenger cell made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). It is shaped in Leipzig from carbon fiber scrims and assembled in a unique process developed by the BMW Group. kWh/100 km).

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FEBRUARY 20, 2021

This partnership is an important illustration of our common vison for expanding the use of hydrogen as a cornerstone of the energy transition and as a perfect solution for zero-emissions mobility. —Mathias Miedreich, Executive Vice President of Faurecia Clean Mobility.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

We will now be focusing our resources fully on our growth areas Composites - Fibers & Materials (CFM) and Graphite Materials & Systems (GMS) taking advantage of three megatrends mobility, energy supply, and digitization. The transaction is an important milestone for our strategic realignment. Jürgen Köhler, CEO of SGL Group.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

In a paper in the journal Small , the team reports that the metal/metal oxide@N-doped graphitic carbon fibers—especially Co 3 O 4 —exhibit comparable ORR catalytic activity but superior stability and methanol tolerance versus the industry-standard platinum in alkaline solutions. . Resources. —Tang et al.

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JULY 1, 2022

The BMW i3’s independent vehicle architecture consists of a drive module as an aluminum chassis, which carries the e-drive, the suspension and the high-voltage battery as well as a passenger cell made of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) called the life module. The BMW Group plant in Leipzig also has such an energy storage farm.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The US Department of Energy launched the Energy Materials Network ( EMN ), a new National Laboratory-led initiative. Each EMN consortium will bring together National Labs, industry, and academia to focus on specific classes of materials aligned with industry’s most pressing challenges related to materials for clean energy technologies.

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JUNE 9, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $15.8 Selected projects will leverage national lab consortia launched under DOE’s Energy Materials Network (EMN) this past year ( earlier post ), in support of DOE’s materials research and advanced manufacturing priorities. GreenWay Energy, LLC. Proton Energy Systems.

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing a program-wide funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0001629 ) for the Vehicle Technologies Office of up to $19.7 The US Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing a program-wide funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0001629 ) for the Vehicle Technologies Office of up to $19.7 Battery500 Seedling Projects.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

This prevents fire-causing short circuits, but also in theory it enables solid-state batteries to have higher energy density. Cold sintering is a process that enables sintering of ceramics at a much lower temperature than traditional methods, therefore using much less energy and enabling potential new material combinations.

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MARCH 6, 2017

The performance hybrid powertrain being explored through Project Black S features an energy recovery system (ERS) to harvest energy, deploying recovered electric power to boost power and torque. While the Q60’s organic and artistic design aesthetic remains, the use of carbon fiber has added a more technical element.

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APRIL 13, 2020

increasing demand for battery systems with higher energy density requests a breakthrough in finding new materials. Resources. 1 , with very high stability and coulombic efficiency. An open-access paper on their work is published in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society. —Maroni et al. Maroni et al.

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JANUARY 18, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) issued an Incubator Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOAs) for a total of approximately $10 million. ( long term clean energy goals for the US, and in that context has established multi?

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APRIL 22, 2018

The study focuses on four promising areas: Carbon fibers and products incorporating carbon fibers. Energy-intensive infrastructure is currently needed to load and unload railcars. It ensures the value of our bitumen resources. —Axel Meisen, former Chair of Foresight and now Advisor, Alberta Innovates.

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MAY 29, 2013

Correlation between weight reduction and life cycle primary energy demand for (a) component and (b) total vehicle scenarios. steel, iron) decreases the energy consumption and hence GHG emissions during vehicle use. 92% of the life cycle energy consumption; materials production 8?32%; Credit: ACS; Kim and Wallington.

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MAY 5, 2020

Hydrogen as a zero-carbon energy carrier has the potential to transform fundamentally the global energy landscape—but the production must benefit the environment, according to experts at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

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AUGUST 30, 2016

LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 19, 2013

The SEPARION technology is manufactured exclusively by Evonik and allows the battery cells to store energy generated from a portable wind turbine. Evonik’s silica-silane technology for rubber formulation reduced the rolling resistance of the vehicle’s tires, lowering fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.

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JANUARY 9, 2015

While advanced composites are used in selective industries such as aircraft, satellites and cars, these materials remain expensive, require large amounts of energy to manufacture and are difficult to recycle. 14 Other Entities: Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI); Abaris Training Resources, Inc.;

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JUNE 9, 2016

Greenlots, a global provider of open standards-based distributed energy resource solutions, will supply 100 Level 2 chargers and four DC fast chargers to LAPD. The BMW i3 is the first purpose-built electric production vehicle to be made primarily of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP).

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The energy is provided by a new generation high-performance battery, which also ensures a long range. Every year, sheep grow a new fleece, making wool a completely renewable fiber, unlike synthetic fabrics, which are industrially produced from non-renewable fossil energy. 3D Printed Form.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The research team, led by Iryna Zenyuk, a former Berkeley Lab postdoctoral researcher now at Tufts University, included scientists from Berkeley Lab’s Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division and the Advanced Light Source (ALS), an X-ray source known as a synchrotron. (Credit: Berkeley Lab). Shum, Dilworth Y.

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APRIL 4, 2019

If it is possible to operate electric vehicles using only renewable energy, the CO 2 emissions over the entire lifecycle fall by 70% compared with combustion-engine vehicles. In order to gauge a vehicle’s environmental compatibility, the experts consider all emissions and the use of resources over the entire lifecycle.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype multifunctional structural composite material composed of carbon fibers and a polymer resin which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2015

The regeneration apparatus or hybrid system, which the patent grants exclusive rights and inventor status to Lightning Hybrids, uses hydraulic pumps and accumulators to capture braking energy and regenerate it for accelerating a vehicle. Reynolds said new manufacturing processes were instrumental in achieving Lightning Hybrids’ patent goal.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

The team projects that reasonable estimates for production costs and loss of performance due to system implementation result in total energy storage costs roughly 5 times cheaper than those for 700 bar tanks, potentially opening doors for increased adoption of hydrogen as an energy vector. wt% and 50 kgH 2 /m 3 for 5 kg of hydrogen.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

This is reflected in areas of the car such as its optimized aerodynamics, intelligent lightweight Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic design as well as extensive use of natural and recycled materials. All figures relating to performance, energy consumption and range are predicted values based on the car’s current stage of development.).

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OCTOBER 24, 2016

The Energy Department (DOE) recently announced $10 million, subject to appropriations, to support the launch of the HydroGEN Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium ( HydroGEN ). Currently, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) funds research and development of low-carbon hydrogen production pathways.

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