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Ramaco Carbon partnering with ORNL on new processes to make graphite from coal

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The conversion of coal to higher value materials, such as graphene, graphite or carbon nanotubes, is of high interest, and a number of researchers have proposed processes. Ramaco Carbon is a carbon technology company, based in Sheridan, Wyoming, with operations in both Wyoming and West Virginia.

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DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations

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American Battery Metals Corporation; Field Demonstration of Selective Leaching, Targeted Purification, and Electro-Chemical Production of Battery Grade Lithium Hydroxide Precursor from Domestic Claystone Resources. General Atomics; Rare Earth Element (REE) Separation and Processing Demonstration Project Partners: Rare Element Resources, Inc.,

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IEEE’s Honor Society Expands to More Countries

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There are now more than 270 IEEE-HKN chapters at universities around the world. There are now 30 chapters outside the United States, including ones recently established at universities in Ecuador, Hungary, and India. In October the Nu Theta chapter debuted at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond, Ind.

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Sulfur as a promising “soft” oxidant for conversion of methane to ethylene

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A team from Northwestern University and the University of Virginia is proposing the use of sulfur as such a promising “soft” oxidant for selective methane conversion to ethylene over MoS 2 , RuS 2 , TiS 2 , PdS and Pd/ZrO 2 catalysts. —Zhu et al. —Zhu et al. Qingjun Zhu, Staci L. Nature Chemistry.

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Virginia Tech team engineers optimized synthetic enzymatic pathway for high-yield production of H2 directly from biomass

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A team of Virginia Tech researchers and colleagues has demonstrated the complete conversion of glucose and xylose from pretreated plant biomass to H 2 and CO 2 based on an in vitro synthetic enzymatic pathway crafted from more than 10 purified enzymes. Pathway depicting the enzymatic conversion of biomass to hydrogen and CO 2.

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UVA researchers devise method for converting retired Li-ion anodes to graphene and GO

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Researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) have devised a process for converting retired Li-ion battery anodes to graphene and graphene oxide (GO). A paper on the work is published in the ACS journal Nano Letters. The findings present a new promise for smartly recycling Li-ion batteries. —Zhang et al. 8b04410.

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DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

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Hydrokinetic energy is an abundant renewable resource that can boost grid resiliency and reduce infrastructure vulnerability, but it is currently a cost prohibitive option compared to other energy generating sources. The University of Michigan. University of Washington. University of Virginia.

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