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Researchers propose reason for capacity loss in metal-oxide battery materials

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Because of their high energy-storage density, materials such as metal oxides, sulfides, and fluorides are promising electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles and other technologies. Magnetite, among other conversion-type electrode materials (i.e., However, their capacity fades very rapidly.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Pennsylvania State University. Dramatically increase our fundamental knowledge of the physical structure of biopolymers in plant cell walls to provide a basis for improved methods for converting biomass into fuels. Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio). $20. EFRC Objective. Purdue University.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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Bayer Material Science LLC (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) will analyze an innovative, non-turbine approach to harnessing river currents. The goal is to develop an optimal generator for current energy conversion. Resolute Marine Energy, Inc. Selected projects include: Discovery, Concept Definition, and Early Stage Development.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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The US Department of Energy is awarding $106 million in funding for 37 research projects selected in the second round by the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Engineering E.

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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber. The Pennsylvania State University. Solid state thermoelectric energy conversion devices. Zoltek Companies, Inc. 26,420,018.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. Bunting-Dubois (Dubois, Pennsylvania).

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DOE awards $100M in 2nd funding round for 32 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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The centers selected for the second round of funding will help lay the scientific groundwork for fundamental advances in solar energy, electrical energy storage, carbon capture and sequestration, materials and chemistry by design, biosciences, and extreme environments. Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI).

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