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Sandia researchers developing new family of metal-based ionic liquids for low-cost, efficient flow batteries

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Liquid electrolytes are pumped from storage tanks to flow-through electrodes where chemical energy is converted to electrical energy (discharge) or vice versa (charge). However, RFBs also have general issues with charge cycle efficiencies; low energy densities; raw material costs; cross contamination of anolyte. Rose, Chad L.

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The Race for the Next-Gen Space Station

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ISS Set the Standard The International Space Station—originally expected to be completed by 1994 for $8 billion—was completed in 2011 for more than $100 billion. And who will lead the charge? It is as long as a football field, as spacious as a jumbo jet. It has made more than 123,000 orbits in 21 years. NASA has now awarded US $415.6

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Ioxus Introduces 1,000-, 3,000- and 5,000-Farad Ultracapacitor Cells with Higher Power Densities

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In this combination, ultracapacitors expand the system's charge and discharge capabilities into shorter response times, extend the life of other, lower-power elements and open up new options for energy storage applications. Chad Hall, Ioxus COO. The ESR is the same as that of higher capacitance products. ultracapacitors - $62.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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Without a driveway and a garage, how can I set up charging at home? Will we have a universal standard for charging? What exactly is fast charging? What would my experience be like finding charging stations, and then what will it be like when I get there? And so that's what we call "DC fast charging."

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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Without a driveway and a garage, how can I set up charging at home? Will we have a universal standard for charging? What exactly is fast charging? What would my experience be like finding charging stations, and then what will it be like when I get there? And so that's what we call "DC fast charging."

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Ioxus Developing Higher Power Density Ultracapacitors

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Typical ultracapacitors are characterized by high power density compared to batteries (but poor energy density), as well as quick charge and discharge. Smaller Ioxus cells offer a power density of 22-28 kW/kg, and larger cells offer densities of 12-15 kW/kg, said Chad Hall, COO of Ioxus. Earlier post.).

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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Looking deeply into the human voice Chad Hagen Singh suggests that speech analysis alone can be used to generate a shockingly detailed profile of an unknown speaker. “If Police later arrested a man named Edward Lee King on unrelated drug charges. National Institute of Standards and Technology. This is quite a weakness.

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