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JANUARY 18, 2022

Researchers in China report using air oxidation–water leaching to recover lithium selectively from spent LiFePO 4 (LFP) material, in which the high leaching efficiency of lithium and the good separation effect of lithium and iron were achieved simultaneously. An open-access paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Green Chemistry.

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JANUARY 11, 2014

Researchers at Harvard have demonstrated a metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery—a quinone–bromide flow battery (QBFB)—as an example of a class of energy storage materials that exploits the favorable chemical and electrochemical properties of a family of molecules known as quinones. —Huskinson et al. Background.

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JUNE 27, 2014

Scientists at USC have developed a novel water-based Organic Redox Flow Battery (ORBAT) for lower cost, long lasting large-scale energy storage. ORBAT employs two different water-soluble organic redox couples on the positive and negative side of a flow battery. Click to enlarge. —Yang et al. V is possible.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have combined two membrane-bound protein complexes to perform a complete conversion of water molecules to hydrogen and oxygen. The new cobalt or nickel catalysts could significantly reduce potential costs. Utschig, Sarah R. Soltau, Karen L.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

The chemists developed a battery cathode based on organic materials, which could reduce the EV industry’s reliance on scarce metals. This material consists of many layers of TAQ, an organic small molecule that contains three fused hexagonal rings. Automaker Lamborghini has licensed the patent on the technology.

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MARCH 8, 2020

Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS), Tohoku Electric Power Co., Hydrogen produced at FH2R will also be used to power stationary hydrogen fuel cell systems and to provide for the mobility devices, fuel cell cars and buses, and more.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $11 million in funding for 7 projects in the fourth and fifth cohorts of the agency’s OPEN+ program: Energy-Water Technologies and Sensors for Bioenergy and Agriculture. Energy-Water Technologies cohort.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, Monash University (Australia) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia have recently discovered a new, efficient way to extract lithium and other metals and minerals from water. Produced water from shale gas fields in Texas is rich in lithium.

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JUNE 6, 2017

UNSW Sydney chemists have fabricated a new, inexpensive catalyst for water splitting based on an ultrathin nanosheet array of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) on different substrates. Unexpectedly, the integrated MOF electrodes demonstrate superior performances towards OER, HER and overall water splitting. —Duan et al.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

The new material is simple to make, requiring primarily off-the-shelf melamine powder—which today costs about $40 per ton—along with formaldehyde and cyanuric acid, a chemical that, among other uses, is added with chlorine to swimming pools. The low cost of porous melamine means that the material could be deployed widely.

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MAY 17, 2021

A team of researchers led by Loretta Roberson, associate scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, has installed the first seaweed farm in Puerto Rico and US tropical waters. Facilitating research of this nature will be key for the development of sustainable aquaculture in this area. —Loretta Roberson.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

With an estimated peak production of 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, Vito is the company’s first deep-water platform in the GoM to employ a simplified, cost-efficient host design. Vito is Shell’s 13 th deep-water host in the Gulf of Mexico.

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APRIL 29, 2020

An international research collaboration has developed a novel, porous, and hydrophobic metal–organic framework (MOF) based on copper ions and carborane–carboxylate ligands that can efficiently separate biobutanol from the broth of fermented biomass needed for the fuel’s production. —Gan et al.

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OCTOBER 6, 2012

The projects selected through this funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0000748 ) will help identify cost-effective and efficient materials and processes to produce hydrogen from renewable energy sources and natural gas. An initial cost model validation by the recipient may be required. Cost status and targets for hydrogen production.

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MARCH 26, 2023

The Pilot Plant has undergone validation testing and begun Phase One operation, the results from which demonstrate highly selective, high-yield direct lithium extraction from brine and high water efficiency. A small amount of water is used to wash the SuperLig 285 column. Complete recycling of process water. Water is conserved.

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JULY 25, 2020

Laboratory tests indicate the patent-pending materials—tetraamine-functionalized metal organic frameworks—capture carbon dioxide emissions up to six times more effectively than conventional amine-based carbon capture technology. Sequestering the captured CO 2 underground costs an additional, though small, fraction of that.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Global miners BHP and Rio Tinto have formed a partnership agreement to accelerate the development of technology that could significantly increase water recovery from mine tailings, and in turn reduce potential safety risks and environmental footprints associated with tailings storage facilities.

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MAY 9, 2018

Researchers from Virginia Tech developed an in vitro artificial enzymatic pathway that can produce hydrogen at extremely high rates by splitting water energized by carbohydrates (e.g., It is highly expected that green, cost-competitive, distributed H 2 will be produced via water splitting powered by solar energy directly or indirectly.

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APRIL 5, 2018

The conventional method of producing graphene utilizes sound energy or shearing forces to exfoliate graphene layers from graphite, and then disperses the layers in large amounts of organic solvent. Preparation of ultra-high concentration graphene in water. b) New non-dispersion strategy for graphene production in water.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

With the next-generation fuel cell system being co-developed with General Motors (GM), Honda will aim to more than double the durability and reduce the cost to one-third, in comparison to the fuel cell system installed in the 2019 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell.

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JUNE 9, 2014

Production costs per barrel of oil equivalent. The cost of electrofuels—fuels produced by catalyst-based systems for light capture, water electrolysis, and catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen to liquid fuels—remains far away from viable, according to a new analysis by Lux Research. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 27, 2016

General Motors is adding 2 million water bottles from Flint, Michigan residents into its Do Your Part water bottle recycling initiative. GM Global Manager of Waste Reduction John Bradburn demonstrates the Chevrolet Equinox engine insulation made from used water bottles from several GM facilities. An estimated 1.2

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JUNE 28, 2021

The technology is compatible with a broad variety of organic wastes and residues, lignocellulosic energy crops or aquatic biomasses and can adapt to specific regional feedstock availabilities. Under these conditions, biomass is converted into a crude bio-oil, which is separated from the process water behind the reactor.

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APRIL 30, 2010

[(PY5Me 2 )Mo(CF 3 SO 3 )] 1+ reacts with water to form. In addition, our catalyst does not require organic additives, and can operate in neutral water, even if it is dirty, and can operate in sea water, the most abundant source of hydrogen on earth and a natural electrolyte. PY5Me 2 )MoO] 2+ and H 2. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 21, 2014

NEI Corporation, a nanotech materials company ( earlier post ), is developing a lithium-ion battery in which the electrolytes are dissolved in water instead of an organic solvent. Aqueous-based lithium-ion batteries also have the potential to reduce cost.

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AUGUST 12, 2016

This water-in-salt electrolyte lithium battery recently achieved an energy density of 200 Wh/kg, said Dr. The UMD-ARL project began as a research collaboration between UMD and the Electrochemistry Branch, Sensor and Electron Devices Directorate of the Power and Energy Division of the US Army Research Laboratory in nearby Adelphi, Maryland.

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JUNE 29, 2020

a low cost, raw materials that do not raise concerns in terms of supply bottlenecks (electrodes that do not include PGMs, stainless steel current collectors), a compact design, the adoption of feeds based on non-corrosive liquids (low concentration alkali or DI water), and differential pressure operation.

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MARCH 13, 2022

Able to convert waste heat directly into electrical power, the E-PowerPack uses Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology to reduce ship fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. These include exhaust gas waste heat, which accounts for 50% of the energy from combusted fuel, but also liquid sources at lower temperatures, such as engine jacket water.

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APRIL 17, 2024

The NEMA 3R rating is one of the most commonly used NEMA ratings for outdoor enclosures due to its excellent balance of cost and performance. Several industry associations and organizations set manufacturing and usage standards for electrical components to educate and protect consumers. How much water might it come into contact with?

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MAY 9, 2013

Researchers at the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have developed a new technique for pre-treating cellulosic biomass with ionic liquids that could reduce the cost of producing advanced biofuels from plant sugars. —Blake Simmons, corresponding author. —Blake Simmons.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

A team led by researchers from Sandia National Laboratories has shown that molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ), exfoliated with lithiation intercalation to change its physical structure, performs as well as the best state-of-the-art catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) but at a significantly lower cost. —Bryan Kaehr.

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AUGUST 10, 2022

Pairing the research and development capabilities of a national laboratory with innovative and forward-thinking organizations like Bloom Energy is how we make rapidly reducing the costs of clean hydrogen a reality and a real step toward changing the world’s energy future. —John Wagner, director, Idaho National Labs.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

The batteries are also certified by external testing organizations to maintain temperatures of less than 15 degrees Centigrade above ambient temperatures during operation. Unlike other batteries, DESTEN battery cells do not require water cooling. With UN 38.3

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APRIL 27, 2013

Alberta’s Innovative Energy Technologies Program (IETP) is supporting 5 new pilot projects to reduce energy use, water use and CO 2 emissions in oil sands processing as well as improving the recovery of crude oil and bitumen in reserves that were once unrecoverable. Lead organization. Total project cost: $100,000,000.

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MARCH 10, 2023

GW of Silyzer 300 polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzers that will use renewable energy to separate hydrogen from water, resulting in approximately 300,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year. HIF and Siemens Energy are engaged in front end engineering and design for 1.8

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APRIL 25, 2020

Researchers at Virginia Tech have demonstrated a green and more sustainable manufacturing method for LIBs in which no hazardous organic solvent is used during electrode manufacturing and recycling. A paper on their work is published in the journal iScience. —Li et al. —Li et al. —Li et al. 2020.101081.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

PCC 6803—and demonstrated that the organism remained stable through at least four generations, producing ethylene gas that could be easily captured. The organism produced ethylene at a high rate and is still being improved. And it isn’t going to be a food buffet for other organisms. into a cyanobacterium— Synechocystis sp.

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