Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Researchers from Tatung and National Cheng Kung Universities in China, and Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, report manufacturing a new oxygenate additive for diesels (bio or petroleum) using glycerol (a major byproduct of biodiesel production), dimethyl sulfate (DMS), and sodium hydroxide pellets as raw materials.

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Diesel Sodium Fuel Ohio 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

Researchers at Wuhan University (China) have synthesized a Sb/C (antimony/carbon) nanocomposite for use as an anode material in a room-temperature sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery. A sodium disk served as the counter and reference electrode. Source: Yang et al. Click to enlarge.

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Carbon Sodium Lithium Ion Batteries 240

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Jutting out from the coast of China’s Fujian province, Changbiao Island may seem small and unremarkable. This is where the China National Nuclear Corp. So China could start producing weapons-grade plutonium there very soon. Liquid sodium is used as a coolant because it does not slow down neutrons as much as water does.

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Teslarati

JULY 29, 2021

Tesla China battery cell supplier Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. CATL) unveiled its sodium-ion battery earlier today, along with a solution that could integrate the cells with lithium-ion batteries in a single pack. GWh in the first half of 2021, up 234% year-over-year, according to Automotive News China. CATL sold 34.1

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Sodium China Lithium Ion Batteries 145

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2019

Researchers at Wuhan University in China have developed a new electrochemical cell, PANI/Li x Mn 2 O 4 , for selective recovery of Li + ions from brine water with high impurity cations (K + , Na + , Mg 2+ , etc).

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Li-ion Pollution Lithium Ion Water 220

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2016

Now, however, researchers from the Ocean University of China (Qingdao) and Yunnan Normal University (Kunming, China) have developed an all-weather solar cell that is triggered by both sunlight and raindrops by combining an electron-enriched graphene electrode with a dye-sensitized solar cell.

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Solar Power Powered Sodium 150

Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

Social Media Lithium FUD When it comes to Lithium Mining, The FUD - Fear Uncertainty and Doubt propagated by Random Youtubers, WhatsApp university and Oil funded media is so easy to debunk, it’s not even funny. China currently dominates the midstream processing of lithium. Graphite and Silicon are used in the Anode.

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Chile Li-ion Petrol India 59

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2009

Researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in China and the National University of Singapore have improved the performance of ammonia borane (AB) as a material for hydrogen storage—potentially for on-board storage in a vehicle—by developing a new method for doping AB with nanosized Co- and Ni-based catalysts. Credit: ACS.

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Hydrogen Singapore Sodium Polymer 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2012

Researchers at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China have developed a new direct borohydride fuel cell (DBFC) that shows a peak power density of 663 mW·cm -2 at 65 °C (149 °F)—an increase in power density by a factor of 1.7 Source: Ma et al. 2010) Click to enlarge. compared to classic DBFCs. —Yang et al.

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Fuel Power Powered Polymer 257

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Researchers from Tianjin University and the National Engineering Research Centre for Distillation Technology, Tianjin, China, report on the use of an ionic liquid (IL) with low viscosity to enhance bitumen recovery from oil sands by solvent extraction while reducing adverse impacts in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels.

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Oil-Sands Water Oil Sodium 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2011

Sodium is seen by some as a promising alternative, but the sodium-sulfur batteries currently in use run at temperatures above 300 °C, making them less energy efficient and safe than batteries that run at ambient temperatures. Sodium-ion batteries have been discussed in the literature. for some time. —Cao et al.

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Sodium Recharge Li-ion Batteries 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2012

Researchers at Fudan University (China) have synthesized stable ammine titanium borohydrides (ATBs) with favorable dehydrogenation properties and potential regeneration ability, making them promising candidates for solid-state hydrogen storage materials. In a paper published in the ACS journal Chemistry of Materials , Yuan et al.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Mining the raw materials, of course, assumes that there is sufficient refining capability to process them, which outside of China , is limited. It can take five or more years to get a lithium mine up and going, but operations can only start after it has secured the required permits , a process which itself can take years.

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Batteries Battery Lithium Ion Nickel Metal Hydride 99

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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). The reality is that those ships in our harbors…yeah…those are the real polluters – (University of Colorado at Boulder (2009, February 27).

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