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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

A team of researchers from the US NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers based at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has demonstrated the use of a dual cellular–heterogeneous catalytic strategy to produce olefins from glucose. Wang et al. —Paul Dauenhauer, co-author. Koleski, E.J.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

The nanoparticles were supported on a carbon material synthesized via the carbonization of an aniline/phytic-acid-based polymer. Martin, Javier Pérez-Ramírez (2021) “Direct Conversion of Polypropylene into Liquid Hydrocarbons on Carbon?Supported The team found that the metal and carrier phases work together. Shibashish D. 202101999.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Such a plant would feed a 50,000 metric ton per year conversion plant to produce battery grade lithium hydroxide to support domestic manufacturing of the lithium-ion battery cells to power 750,000 electric vehicles per year. Most of the world’s lithium resources are found in naturally occurring salt solutions, known as brines.

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JULY 27, 2015

Researchers at Texas A&M have developed a two-step, one-pot conversion of CO 2 and epoxides (highly reactive compounds with a three-membered ring made of two carbon atoms and one oxygen atom) to polycarbonate block copolymers that contain both water-soluble and hydrophobic regions and can aggregate into nanoparticles or micelles.

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AUGUST 3, 2019

Plant cell walls resist chemical or biological degradation, making the breakdown of lignocellulosic biomass into renewable chemical precursors for conversion into chemicals and transportation fuels challenging and costly. As a result, economically viable methods of transforming biomass into biofuels have yet to be realized. Abhishek S.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The preparation procedure is based on the carbothermal reduction of Li 2 SO 4 in the presence of a carbon precursor, added as the nanoparticle stabilizing amphiphilic polymer. … Reaction I corresponds to the direct conversion of Li 2 S to S 8 , following by the dissolution of S 8 in the electrolyte (reaction II). the “ionic wiring”.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Louisiana-based startup New Oil Resources (NOR) is commercializing a near-critical (i.e., New Oil Resources licensed the technology (US Patent 6,180,845 ) in 2009 from Louisiana State University (LSU); the original developers of the process are Drs. New Oil Resources was co-founded by Catallo and Dr. Gary Miller. Gary Miller.

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APRIL 9, 2020

A consortium led by the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies IWKS and including Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH, MAIREC Edelmetallgesellschaft mbH, Electrocycling GmbH and KLEIN Anlagenbau AG, is developing a closed-loop recycling concept specifically for PEM fuel cells. Example of a fuel cell stack.

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APRIL 25, 2023

© INE EPFL Crucially, the scientists were able to reveal the heterogenous thickness of a porous polymer layer on the catalysts called ionomer. —Vasiliki Tileli Resources Girod, R., In one of the lab’s images, platinum nanoparticles are shown in pink, carbon in grey, ionomer in blue. Lazaridis, T., Gasteiger, H.A.

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MARCH 11, 2015

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed an innovative hydrogen-producing photoelectrochemical cell (PEC), using solar-driven biomass conversion as the anode reaction. HMF is a key intermediate in biomass conversion that can be derived from cellulose; FDCA is an important molecule for the production of polymers.

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JANUARY 5, 2018

The TCat-8 unit is designed to demonstrate the Bio-TCat (thermal catalytic biomass conversion) process in a fluid bed reactor with internal process recycle streams and continuous catalyst regeneration. We will also produce test samples of bio-based renewable aromatic chemicals for conversion by 3 rd parties into bio-based polymer prototypes.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have been the first to demonstrate that polyaniline (PANI), a member of the organic conducting polymer family, is a promising photocathode material for the conversion of carbon dioxide into alcohol fuels without the need for a co-catalyst. 52, 8858-8861 doi: 10.1039/C6CC04050K.

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MARCH 12, 2010

Sketch of the Sn/C/CGPE/ Li 2 S/C polymer battery. The battery is formed by a Sn/C composite anode, a PEO-based gel polymer electrolyte, and a Li 2 S/C cathode. Hassoun and Scrosati also replaced the common liquid organic solutions with a gel-type polymer membrane. PEO=poly(ethylene oxide). Credit: Hassoun and Scrosati.

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JUNE 10, 2013

Berkeley Lab researchers, working at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), have developed the first fully integrated microfluidic test-bed for evaluating and optimizing solar-driven electrochemical energy conversion systems. Segalman (2013) Integrated microfluidic test-bed for energy conversion devices.

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MARCH 4, 2022

Our partnership with Twelve provides us with the feedstock needed to create critical resources like ethanol without adding CO 2 to the atmosphere. Polypropylene is a major polymer used in key applications, including medical devices like syringes and IV bags, automotive, furniture, textiles, and other durable products.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-Up of the Primary Conversion Reactor to Generate a Lignin-Derived Cyclohexane Jet Fuel. Microchannel Reactor for Ethanol to n-Butene Conversion.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

With the foundation of Chemours’ strong polymer technology and FUMATECH’s optimized manufacturing technology, the joint venture company aims to play a significant role in servicing the hydrogen economy pipeline with a supply of highly engineered HDFC membranes. —Denise Dignam, President of Advanced Performance Materials at Chemours.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

The findings could spur progress on developing a variety of materials and designs for electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion systems. There are several ways to do such conversions, including electrochemical, thermocatalytic, photothermal, or photochemical processes—each with their own problems or challenges. Lake, and Kripa K.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Biomass differs from the other renewable resources, they note, since the energy it contains is stored as chemical bonds. The chemical characteristics of biomass and many bulk chemicals are also very similar, so the processes should be more economical than those for the conversion into fuels. —Esben Taarning.

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APRIL 28, 2020

When the nickel catalyst of ceramic fuel cells is used with hydrocarbon fuels, such as methane, propane, and butane, the carbon generated during fuel conversion is deposited on the surface of nickel. This worsens seriously as the temperature lowers, leading to the failure of the cell operation. 2019.118349.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

The researchers combined a copper electrocatalyst with an ionomer [polymers that conduct ions and water] assembly that intersperses sulfonate-lined paths for the H 2 O with fluorocarbon channels for the CO 2. Resources. 15) with an ethylene partial current density of 1.3 amperes per square centimeter at 45% cathodic energy efficiency.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

To pinpoint a design that could be used in the aqueous environment of fuel cells, Bell and his team, as part of the Department of Energy’s Liquid Sunlight Alliance Energy Innovation Hub (LiSA) project, turned to thin layers of ionomers, polymers that allow certain charged molecules (ions) to pass through while excluding others.

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AUGUST 2, 2009

PEM fuel cells are good examples of energy conversion systems that have several levels of interacting functional structures. Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells employ a hydrophobic polymer, functionalized by acidic sidechains, as the electrode separator. Promislow and Wetton. Volume 70, Issue 2, pp.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Like all plastics, the new material is a polymer—a large molecule comprising smaller, repeating units called monomers. The units are called omega-hydroxyfatty acids, and when strung together to form a polymer, they can produce a biologically friendly plastic. The monomer itself is relatively new. Wenhua Lu, Jon E.

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

Polypyrrole is a type of organic polymer formed from by polymerization of pyrrole, a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound; polypyrroles are conducting polymers. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa “for the discovery and development of conductive polymers ,” including polypyrrole. Heeger, Alan G. —Ma et al. 2014.09.141.

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APRIL 6, 2018

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new approach for creating new catalysts to aid in clean energy conversion and storage. In this study, researchers looked at the challenges of improving affordability and catalyst efficiency in the conversion and storage of clean energy. —Huang et al. —Huang et al.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Meanwhile, the EISA method is widely used to synthesize the mesoporous structure via phase separation between a hydrophobic polymer block and a hydrophilic polymer/inorganic precursor block. The hierarchical multiscale porous structure is still retained without any collapse after the conversion to h-TiN. —Lim et al.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Biomass differs from the other renewable resources, they note, since the energy it contains is stored as chemical bonds. The chemical characteristics of biomass and many bulk chemicals are also very similar, so the processes should be more economical than those for the conversion into fuels. —Esben Taarning.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

High-temperature solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are very efficient for the direct conversion of chemical fuels to electricity. Inexpensive catalysts, such as nickel, can be used in these cells, as opposed to low-temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells, which use expensive platinum catalysts. 2020.116580.

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JANUARY 8, 2013

2,3BD is a key chemical building block used to make polymers, plastics and hydrocarbon fuels; it can be readily converted to intermediaries such as butenes, butadiene and methyl ethyl ketone that are used in the production of hydrocarbon fuels and a variety of chemicals including polymers, synthetic rubbers, plastics and textiles.

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MARCH 10, 2021

The standard electrode assemblies, including the polymer binder or glue, can be stable in these conditions. The developed melt-infiltration technology is compatible with a broad range of material chemistries, including so-called conversion-type electrodes. At these lower temperatures, fabrication is much faster and easier.

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JUNE 17, 2014

Lactic acid is the building block for NatureWorks Ingeo lactide intermediates and polymers used in consumer and industrial products worldwide. While the critical lab scale first stage of the project has confirmed methane conversion to lactic acid, much additional development work remains. Calysta, Inc. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 16, 2014

A team from CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences has designed a novel polypyrrole (an organic polymer) functional interlayer for Li-sulfur batteries to improve cycling performance. The paper is published in the Journal of Power Sources. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 28, 2019

If successful, this could allow storage of renewable electricity through electrochemical or enzymatic fixation of carbon dioxide and subsequent storage as carbon-based energy storage molecules including hydrocarbons and non-volatile polymers at high efficiency. The approach shows a lot of promise for making biofuels at higher efficiencies.

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JULY 31, 2019

Circa’s solvent Cyrene—dihydrolevoglucosenone—is specifically being used to recover polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)—a high performance polymer widely used as a binder in Li-ion battery cathodes. By using Cyrene, R2LIB is helping recover a valuable polymer in a sustainable way. straw, bagasse, sawdust). Sherwood, J.,

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DECEMBER 4, 2017

Researchers at West Virginia University will lead a team that will investigate ways to convert stranded gas resources into value-added liquid products that could reduce the United States’ demand for crude oil by up to 20%. He noted that microwave upgrading of fossil fuels has been an active research area at NETL.

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JUNE 30, 2012

The evidence, presented in the journal Science , suggests that the evolution of fungi capable of breaking down the polymer lignin, which helps keep plant cell walls rigid, may have played a key role in ending the development of coal deposits. —Joseph Spatafora. —David Hibbett.

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