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AUGUST 12, 2013

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) report in a paper in the ACS journal Nano Letters on high-capacity, high-rate sodium-ion (Na-ion) energy storage in functionalized high-surface-area nanocellular carbon foams (NCCF). Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e., Earlier post.)

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MAY 28, 2015

Chemists at the University of Waterloo have identified the key reaction that takes place in sodium-air batteries. Understanding how sodium-oxygen batteries work has implications for developing the more powerful lithium-oxygen battery, which has been proposed by some as the “holy grail” of electrochemical energy storage.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

Current battery electrodes are a mixture of active material, carbon, and the liquid electrolyte. The best way to give ions a path is by introducing a solid electrolyte, which requires sintering, and conventional sintering is too hot for carbon and active material, causing them to degrade. Credit: Zane Grady/The Randall Group.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

Using a novel, reusable carbon material derived from old rubber tires, an Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)-led research team has developed a simple method to convert used cooking oil into biofuel. Resources. —Hood et al. Adhikari, Y. Figueroa-Cosme, Y. Lachgar, M. 201700869.

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APRIL 12, 2023

The results of their study, published in Joule , could help advance efforts to produce low-carbon fuels. Nina Fujikawa/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) There are many reactive species in seawater that can interfere with the water-to-hydrogen reaction, and the sodium chloride that makes seawater salty is one of the main culprits.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The projects were selected as part of ARPA-E’s Mining Innovations for Negative Emissions Resource Recovery (MINER) program. RECLAIM: Electrochemical Lithium and Nickel Extraction with Concurrent Carbon Dioxide Mineralization ($2,999,997). Earlier post.)The Harvard University. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

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MARCH 19, 2014

Photo: Maksym Kovalenko Group / ETH Zürich) Click to enlarge. One molar LiPF6 in ethylene carbonate/dimethyl carbonate mixture containing 3 wt % of FEC was used as electrolyte for Li-ion cells, whereas 1 M NaClO 4 in propylene carbonate containing 10 wt % of FEC was used for Na-ion batteries. 20C (1C = 0.66

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JULY 5, 2019

Tremendous research has focused on development of new compatible host materials as physical barriers to trap the lithium polysulfide species, such as carbon- based materials, conducting polymers, metal oxides and sulfides, etc. Hence, it is urgent to develop new organosulfur polymers with high sulfur content as candidates for Li-S batteries.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Researchers from UNSW Sydney (Australia) report in an open-access paper in the Journal of Power Sources on the use of hard carbons derived from automotive shredder residue (ASR) as a suitable anode electroactive material for sodium-ion batteries (NIBs). The situation is much worse for graphite. —Sarkar et al.

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MARCH 15, 2009

Screening study results of NaAlH 4 /carbon mixtures. Sample key: (a) 8 nm CNT, (b) 10-20 nm CNT, (c) 10-20 nm CNT with 4 mol % Ti, (d) 50 nm CNT, (e) graphite, (f) C60[1] (g) C60[2] (h) C60[3], (i) control no carbon, ball mill 4 mol % TiCl3, and (j) control no carbon or Ti. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge. wt% over 8 h.

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AUGUST 9, 2018

In their paper on the work published in the journal Joule , the researchers reported that by using a reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/sodium lignosulfonate (SL) composite on the standard polypropylene (PP) separator (rGO@SL/PP), they demonstrated a highly robust Li-S battery with a capacity retention of 74% over 1,000 cycles. … —Lei et al.

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MARCH 25, 2013

In industry, molecular hydrogen and reactive reagents such as sodium borohydride are used as reducing agents during the production of pharmaceuticals, agrichemicals and ammonia for fertiliser. A future aim is to try to convert carbon dioxide into methanol much more efficiently. —Stephen Colbran. McSkimming, A., Bhadbhade, M.

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Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

The photos shown are photos from the Diavik diamond mine in Canada, which is owned and operated by the Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto. [1] Using low-carbon fuels or biofuels as the source of heat energy to process lithium and manufacture li-ion batteries would cut carbon emissions by half as per world banks study. [4]

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Recently, researchers have also found out the instability of electrolyte and carbon electrode under the high charging potential (>3.5 But the necessity of catalysts has been argued, because the catalyst on carbon may not be able to work once its surface is blocked. V), which contributes to the low rechargeability. O 2 batteries.In

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

A team of researchers from Tufts University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard University report that alkali ions (sodium or potassium) added in small amounts activate platinum adsorbed on alumina or silica for the low-temperature water-gas shift (WGS) reaction (H 2 O+CO→ H 2 +CO 2 ) used for producing hydrogen.

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JUNE 6, 2012

The research group led by Mark Davis, the Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering at Caltech, describes the new, four-reaction process in an open access paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). C that is completely recyclable and does not involve toxic or corrosive intermediates.

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JULY 28, 2021

The deposit contains 136 million tonnes of declared resources. The Jadar project would support the evolution of Rio Tinto—one of the world’s largest miners—into a chemical producer to make battery-grade lithium carbonate, a critical mineral used in large-scale batteries for electric vehicles and storing renewable energy.

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MAY 24, 2018

All the brines are essentially saturated with halite and are moderately high in sulfate (5000-15,000 ppm SO 4 ) but low in carbonate (<500 ppm HCO 3 ). is a member of the ACI Group, which specializes in developing and. Potassium sulphate, magnesium hydroxide and sodium sulphate. After numerous iteration and. The company.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

Substantial progress in battery technology is essential if we are to succeed in an energy transition towards a more carbon-neutral society. The size of these batteries (in comparison to those used for portable electronics) places severe pressure on materials resources. Elemental resources. Resources. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

using catalysts that constitute iron nanoparticles (promoted by sulfur plus sodium) homogeneously dispersed on weakly interactive ?-alumina alumina or carbon nanofiber supports. For several decades, research groups have attempted to develop iron-based catalysts to direct product selectivity of the FT synthesis toward light olefins.

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MARCH 1, 2012

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have developed selenium and selenium–sulfur (Se x S y )-based cathode materials for a new class of room-temperature lithium and sodium batteries. The team built coin cells using carbon nanotube-containing composite Se and SeS 2. Click to enlarge. V) without failure. —Abouimrane et al.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

The same atom or group of atoms sits at each lattice point. For example, if you put a pair of carbon atoms at each point (forming two FCC sub-lattices), you get diamond. If you put a pair of sodium and chlorine atoms at each lattice point, they form sodium and chlorine sub-lattices and you get salt. Xiao Shen, Emil A.

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MARCH 4, 2011

Research focuses on supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO 2 ) Brayton-cycle turbines, which typically would be used for bulk thermal and nuclear generation of electricity, including next-generation power reactors. —principal investigator Steve Wright of Sandia’s Advanced Nuclear Concepts group. Resources. Wright et al.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2011

To maximize the benefit of the open structure, the researchers needed to use ions that fit; hydrated potassium ions proved to be a much better fit compared with other hydrated ions such as sodium and lithium. It fits perfectly— really, really nicely. —Yi Cui. Cost is a greater concern. —Colin Wessells. Wessells, Robert A.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Over the years, extensive efforts have been devoted to addressing the first two problems, by encapsulating sulphur particles with conducting materials, including porous carbon, graphene oxide and conductive polymers, in an attempt to improve their electronic conductivity and limit polysulphide dissolution. Click to enlarge.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 3, 2023

Lithium prices continue to fall in China today, with the average price of industrial-grade lithium carbonate falling below RMB 200,000 per ton for the first time in the current down cycle. Based on this situation this year, the price of lithium carbonate is expected to drop rapidly, Wang said.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

In the first group, 16 awards totaling $435 million will support fully integrated, regional Smart Grid demonstrations in 21 states, representing more than 50 utilities and electricity organizations with a combined customer base of almost 100 million consumers. Demonstration of Sodium Ion Battery for Grid Level Applications.

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MARCH 15, 2011

published in the ACS journal Chemical Reviews , reviews in detail four stationary storage systems considered the most promising candidates for electrochemical energy storage: vanadium redox flow; sodium-beta alumina membrane; lithium-ion; and lead-carbon batteries. Sodium-beta alumina membrane battery. —Yang et al.

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

Tin (Sn) shows promise as a robust electrode material for rechargeable sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries, according to a new study by a team from the University of Pittsburgh and Sandia National Laboratory. reversible and rapid ion insertion and extraction, but using sodium ions rather than lithium. for the positive electrode.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

By some estimates, as much as 15,000 metric tons per year of lithium carbonate could be recovered from a single geothermal power plant in the Salton Sea area of California—one of the most mineral-rich brine sources in the United States. —Bruce Moyer, a project team member and leader of the Chemical Separations Group at ORNL.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Graphite is a pure form of carbon. This crystalline carbon allotrope is good for more than just pencils—it’s found in every EV battery anode, and producing graphite in the forms needed to build high-performance battery cells is a complex and exacting process. Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms. John DeMaio: Correct.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Researchers at WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group), The University of Warwick (UK) have developed Silicon-Few Layer Graphene (Si-FLG) composite electrodes as an effective approach to replacing graphite in the anodes of lithium-ion batteries. Graphene is a single, one-atom-thick layer of the mineral graphite (an allotrope of carbon).

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APRIL 28, 2009

The electric car features three different battery options, two different Lithium-based (LI) systems – A123Systems and Enerdel as well as a Sodium-Nickel battery Zebra (Mes-Dea). Related Articles Chrysler May Dodge the Banking Bullet Quick Read Apr 28, 2009 Group 1 Automotive Inc. safety requirements.

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