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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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batteries during charge and discharge cycles. Pennsylvania State University. Pennsylvania State University is developing an innovative. optimal charge and discharge of the battery in real-time, enhancing battery performance and improving battery safety, charge-rate, and usable capacity. Advanced Sodium Battery.

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NETL investigating researching chemistries for large-scale battery- and supercapacitor-based grid energy storage systems

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This includes research on appropriate anodes, cathodes, and electrolytes for magnesium (Mg)-, sodium (Na)-, and lithium (Li)-based batteries and novel transition metal oxide- and nitride-based supercapacitor electrode materials. Sodium is another element that is less expensive than lithium. Earlier post.) Novel cathodes and anodes.

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CU-Boulder technique finds major class of fracking chemicals no more toxic than common household substances; “fingerprinting”

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The Kendrick mass defect differentiates the proton, ammonium, and sodium adducts in both singly and doubly charged forms. The CU-Boulder research team identified the surfactants found in fracking fluid samples from Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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