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JUNE 16, 2016

Researchers from Griffith University in Australia and Peking University in China have synthesized low-cost, hierarchically porous, and nitrogen-doped loofah sponge carbon (N-LSC) derived from the loofah sponge via a simple calcining process and applied it as a multifunctional blocking layer for Li–S, Li–Se, and Li–I 2 batteries.

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MARCH 13, 2015

Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have found a way to process biomass-derived natural silk to create carbon-based nanosheets that could potentially be used in Li-ion batteries and other energy storage devices. through a facile synthesis route for highly efficient energy storage devices.

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JANUARY 11, 2014

Researchers at Harvard have demonstrated a metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery—a quinone–bromide flow battery (QBFB)—as an example of a class of energy storage materials that exploits the favorable chemical and electrochemical properties of a family of molecules known as quinones. —Huskinson et al.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Stationary energy storage systems that can operate for many cycles, at high power, with high round-trip energy efficiency, and at low cost are required. Existing energy storage technologies cannot satisfy these requirements. —Wessells et al. —Colin Wessells. —Colin Wessells.

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JULY 6, 2020

GlobalData’s latest report, ‘ Thematic Research: Hydrogen ’, highlights that countries worldwide are striving to accelerate the development and use of hydrogen technology to tackle environmental concerns and enhance energy security. Hydrogen fuel can be stored for long periods, in quantities limited only by the size of storage facilities.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. The selected projects include advanced battery systems (including flow batteries), flywheels, and compressed air energy systems. New York State Electric & Gas Corporation.

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MAY 14, 2014

Start-up Power Japan Plus announced plans to commercialize a dual-carbon battery technology, which it calls the Ryden dual carbon battery. Dual-carbon (also called dual-graphite) batteries were first introduced by McCullough and his colleagues at Dow Chemical in a 1989 patent, and were subsequently studied by Carlin et al.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2012

Sandia researchers have developed a new family of electrochemically reversible, metal-based ionic liquid (MetILs) that could lead to non-aqueous redox (reducing-oxidizing) flow-battery energy storage systems ( earlier post ) able to cost-effectively store three times more energy than today’s batteries.

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JULY 29, 2021

Wooding Limited; COBRA—Cloud/On-board Battery Remaining useful life Algorithm—led by Eatron Technologies Ltd; Multi-Bat led by Ricardo UK Limited; Smart Three-dimensional ELectrode Lithium-ion batteries with Automated Robotics (STELLAR) led by Addionics Limited; HIPERCARB—High performance hard carbon composites for Na-ion—led (..)

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

carbon (Fe/N/C) composite is used as the cathode catalyst. MnO 2 or high-surface-area carbon. High overpotentials in discharge and charge result in low efficiences, and are one of the known obstacles needing resolution for the commercialization of Li-air batteries.). Current was 0.05 mA with duration of 5 h. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 31, 2014

Aquion Energy, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) batteries and stationary energy storage systems, recently completed the closing of a $55-million Series D financing round. Earlier post.). Aqueous hybrid ion chemistry. Source: Aquion. Click to enlarge. Aquion Technical Presentation.

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MAY 28, 2014

The study, which provides a joint industry analysis of how different types of batteries are used in different automotive applications, concludes that lead-based batteries will by necessity remain the most wide-spread energy storage system in automotive applications for the foreseeable future. Resources. Lithium-ion batteries.

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APRIL 23, 2018

ion battery using an enhanced sulfur–carbon composite cathode that exploits graphene carbon with a 3D array (3DG?S) V—yielding a theoretical energy density approaching 700 Wh kg S ?1 cycles, suggesting that the characterized materials would be suitable candidates for low?cost cost and high?energy?storage

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AUGUST 10, 2022

SiMPs are the most appropriate, low-cost, and easily available alternatives, especially when combined with materials that have exceptional structural properties, such as silicon oxycarbide black glasses. of energy capacity even after 775 cycles of charging and discharging. —Prof. The new material retained 99.4%

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The Ricardo Kinergy high-speed, hermetically-sealed flywheel energy storage system. The high power density and long-life potential of Kinergy technology combines both simplicity and effectiveness, avoiding the need for vacuum pumps and seals typically associated with high-speed carbon fibre based flywheel systems., Ricardo says.

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JUNE 23, 2014

As an abundant and inexpensive material, the development of NaNH 2 -based NH 3 cracking systems may promote the utilization of NH 3 for sustainable energy storage purposes, they suggest. Indeed, high-density, affordable, and efficient hydrogen storage is one of the key steps in the realization of a hydrogen-based energy sector.

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APRIL 3, 2018

Lignosulfonate, a sulfonated carbon waste material, is a major by-product in the papermaking industry. Using a circulatory pyrolysis process with carbon activation and sulfur capture, the RPI team obtains a high surface area carbon/sulfur composite. Click to enlarge. Lu Li, Liping Huang, Robert J.

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JULY 10, 2020

This presents opportunities for repurposing EV batteries as low-cost stationary storage in a second-life application. Extending the life of used EV batteries further lessens the need for mining of rare earth minerals, thereby making batteries as an energy storage solution more sustainable.

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MAY 16, 2016

Researchers from Hunan University and Changsha University in China have designed 3D hierarchical porous nitrogen-doped aligned carbon nanotubes (HPNACNTs) with well-directed 1D conductive electron paths as scaffold to load sulfur for use as a high-performance cathode in Li-S batteries. —Deng et al.

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MARCH 14, 2017

Aquion Energy Inc., the developer and manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) batteries and energy storage systems ( earlier post ), filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court of the District of Delaware. Energy Technology , 3: 796–798.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The STEP project seeks to demonstrate power generation plants enabled by supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2 ) technology that can offer dramatically improved efficiencies, economics, and environmental performance, and can play an important role as low-carbon energy evolves.

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The idea, says Daniel Codd , a researcher in renewable energy systems at the University of California, San Diego, is to store solar-produced heat in rock formations below the surface, creating a solar-charged geothermal resource in which heat is stored for meaningful durations. But we can still reduce the carbon [cost] of that oil.”

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

Carbon is seen as an attractive potential cathode material for aprotic (non-aqueous) Lithium-air batteries, which are themselves of great interest for applications such as in electric vehicles because of the cells’ high theoretical specific energy. Given the role of carbon as a possible porous positive electrode for nonaqueous Li?O

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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 2017) “In-Situ Formed Hierarchical Metal-Organic Flexible Cathode for High-Energy Sodium-Ion Batteries” ChemSusChem doi: 10.1002/cssc.201701484.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

ARPA-E’s first solicitation, announced earlier this year, was highly competitive and resulted in awarding $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 23, 2017

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have used waste glass bottles and a low-cost chemical process to fabricate nanosilicon anodes for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Coating the silicon nanoparticles with carbon to improve their stability and energy storage properties.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

With battery storage able to provide a unique role in balancing a renewable electricity grid, Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation, asks could innovations in green hydrogen and biofuel technologies contribute to a more optimized and economical energy mix? Battery storage can optimize the energy mix, but is also limited.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

The estimated sodium storage up to C 6.9 The approach, reported in an open-access paper in Science Advances , provides a way to design carbon-based materials for sodium-ion batteries. Sodium is an abundant low-cost metal, and a main ingredient in seawater. Na is comparable to graphite for standard lithium ion batteries.

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OCTOBER 24, 2016

As part of the EMN, the HydroGEN consortium will provide industry and academia the expertise and capabilities to more quickly develop, characterize, and deploy high-performance, low-cost advanced water-splitting materials for lower cost hydrogen production.

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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. Antonelli et al.

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JULY 24, 2017

In a paper in the Journal ChemSusChem they report that using a novel gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) enables stable performance close to the theoretical capacity (1675 mAh g -1 ) of a low cost sulfur-carbon composite with high active material loading, i.e. 70% S. Agostini et al. Click to enlarge. Agostini, M., Navarra, M.

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MAY 2, 2017

Li-sulfur batteries are looked to as a likely next-generation higher energy density energy storage system due to the high theoretical capacity, low cost and high earth abundance of sulfur. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Nano Letters. Credit: ACS, Chen et al. Ah/cm 2 and good cycle life.

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APRIL 30, 2022

However, the cost of producing MEAs is high and the durability is often poor. Momentum Materials Solutions, a University of Calgary spin-off venture, has developed new MEA technology that shows reproducible high performance, high durability, and low cost which is a potential solution for the hydrogen fuel cell market.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

If successful, the proposed technology will offer light- and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturers a cost-effective solution to improve vehicle fuel efficiency and reduce transportation carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions. Ecolectro is developing alkaline exchange ionomers (AEIs) to enable low-cost fuel cell and electrolyzer technologies.

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MAY 2, 2011

With the honeycomb films, the large contact area between the electrode and electrolyte has advantages in good cycling performance and short path length for Li-transport, enabling the maximization of the potential of graphene for applications in energy storage, the authors noted. —Yin et al.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Recently, there has been much interest in the development of electronic and energy storage devices using paper and textile components. 14× higher for the folded Miura cell at the 20 th cycle, indicating that the Miura folding could be used to increase the energy density of the Li-ion battery. —Cheng et al.

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JUNE 28, 2012

Various materials, including carbon materials, transition-metal oxides, conducting polymers, and hybrid composites have been widely studied as electrodes for these devices, the team notes. Ragone plots (energy density vs power density): (1) MnO 2 /Mn/MnO 2 SNTAs and (2) MnO 2 NTAs. discharging rate, and excellent cycle stability.

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