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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Stanford researchers have developed a sodium-ion battery (SIB) that can store the same amount of energy as a state-of-the-art lithium ion, at substantially lower cost. Thus, further research is required to find better sodium host materials. The sodium salt makes up the cathode; the anode is made up of phosphorous.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Researchers at Empa and the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have developed a prototype of a novel solid-state sodium battery with the potential to store extra energy and with improved safety. The closo-borate sodium superionic conductor—Na 2 (B 12 H 12 ) 0.5 (B Resources. B 10 H 10 ) 0. —Duchêne et al. Duchêne et al.

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AUGUST 1, 2014

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have devised an alloying strategy that enables sodium-beta batteries to operate at significantly lower temperatures. The new electrode enables sodium-beta batteries to last longer, helps streamline their manufacturing process and reduces the risk of accidental fire.

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MAY 15, 2015

British battery R&D company Faradion has demonstrated a proof-of-concept electric bike powered by sodium-ion batteries at the headquarters of Williams Advanced Engineering, which collaborated in the development of the bike. Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e., Oxford University was also a partner. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded $3 million from its 2015 OPEN funding to a project to develop an all-solid-state sodium battery. A sodium-based battery, on the other hand, has the potential to store larger amounts of electrical energy at a significantly lower cost. Led by Steve W.

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MARCH 5, 2023

The binder material—a novel aqueous borate type bio-based polymer with inherent Li + ions designed as an SEI forming binder for graphite—leads to improved diffusion of desolvated Li + ions across the solid electrolyte interface (SEI) and within the anode material and yields high conductivity, low impedance, and good stability.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

Researchers in China have designed a 3D-crosslinked binder with ultralow-content (1 wt%) that not only endures the huge volume variation of silicon anodes under charge/discharge cycles but also enhance electrochemical performance. A paper on their work is published in Journal of Power Sources. 2022.232237.

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APRIL 5, 2021

Seawater contains significant quantities of lithium—approximately 5,000 times more than is found on land—potentially providing an almost unlimited resource of lithium for meeting the rapid growth in demand for lithium batteries. 13000 ppm of sodium, magnesium, calcium, and potassium ions, among others). —Li et al.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

Researchers at the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium have designed and synthesized a new class of electrically conducting anionic coordination polymers for all practically relevant alkali-cation storage. V in lithium-, sodium-, or potassium-based cells.

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JUNE 23, 2014

RAL researchers are proposing a new process for the decomposition of ammonia to release hydrogen that involves the stoichiometric decomposition and formation of sodium amide from Na metal. To date, very few candidates show potential beyond that of the seminal work on titanium-doped sodium alanate. Credit: ACS, David et al. William I.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

nm, average) of iron pyrite (FeS 2 ) nanoparticles are advantageous to sustain reversible conversion reactions in sodium ion and lithium ion batteries. In this work we explore the sodium and lithium conversion of ultrafine FeS 2 nanoparticles, with a tight size distribution centered around ∼4.5 —Anna Douglas.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) report in a paper in the ACS journal Nano Letters on high-capacity, high-rate sodium-ion (Na-ion) energy storage in functionalized high-surface-area nanocellular carbon foams (NCCF). Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e., Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e.,

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APRIL 12, 2023

The design proved successful in generating hydrogen gas without producing large amounts of harmful byproducts. The team started their design by controlling the most harmful element to the seawater system—chloride—said Joseph Perryman, a SLAC and Stanford postdoctoral researcher. Resources D.H. —Marin et al.

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

Schematic of a sodium-nickel chloride cell with planar design. A planar (flat) sodium-nickel chloride battery could deliver 30% more power at lower temperatures than the typical cylindrical design, according to researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Prototype sodium silicate hydrogen generation system as presented earlier this year at DOE merit review. a developer of stabilized reactive metals for safer, more efficient industrial chemistry, announced the successful design, assembly, and initial testing of its H300 Hydrogen Generation System. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 14, 2012

The researchers attributed the good sodium-ion insertion properties to the short diffusion distance in the HCNWs and the large interlayer distance (0.37 They investigated sodium ion insertion?extraction Saraf, Zhengguo Yang, and Jun Liu (2012) Sodium Ion Insertion in Hollow Carbon Nanowires for Battery Applications.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

In October 2008, Xcel began testing a one-megawatt sodium-sulfur (NaS) battery ( earlier post ) to demonstrate its ability to store wind energy and move it to the electricity grid when needed. Reduce the need to compensate for the variability and limited predictability of wind generation resources. Modular and scalable in design.

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JULY 29, 2021

This latest round of Faraday Battery Challenge funding will be shared across 17 projects being undertaken by businesses and research institutions across the UK. CASCADE (Cathode and Anode Supply Chain for Advanced DEmonstrator)—led by Echion Technologies Ltd.

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APRIL 1, 2011

John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. The present sodium-sulfur battery operates above 300 °C. The present sodium-sulfur battery operates above 300 °C. A typical Li-air battery discharges at 2.5-2.7

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JANUARY 31, 2022

Then, the team demonstrated that a solid electrolyte with sodium zirconium silicate phosphate (the NASICON solid electrolyte), could be cold-sintered at a slightly higher temperature, 707 degrees Fahrenheit (375 degrees Celsius), by replacing the liquid transient solvent with a more reactive, solid sodium hydroxide transient solvent.

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JUNE 21, 2020

Doubling the voltage would allow for a smaller, lighter, more efficient fuel cell design, which translates to significant gravimetric and volumetric advantages when assembling multiple cells into a stack for commercial use. The approach is broadly applicable to other classes of liquid/liquid fuel cells. Zhongyang Wang, lead author.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Schematic illustration of the designed hybrid-seawater fuel cell and a schematic diagram at the charged–discharged state. Sodium can serve as an alternative to lithium in rechargeable batteries as the reversible storage mechanisms for sodium ions are very similar (e.g., an alloying material), in full sodium-ion configuration.

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MARCH 26, 2018

Therefore, it is of great importance to design new lithium ion conductors having not only high Li conductivity but also being stable during battery operation. The new design principle has been about five years in the making, Shao-Horn says. That’s where the new design principle comes in. —Muy et al. Sokseiha Muy, John C.

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JANUARY 8, 2015

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory will work with three of the world’s leading nuclear products and services companies on advanced nuclear reactor design projects. to address significant technical challenges to the design, construction and operation of next-generation reactors.

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MARCH 12, 2019

In a paper in Nature Materials , the Penn State team reports a molecular-level SEI design using a reactive polymer composite, which effectively suppresses electrolyte consumption in the formation and maintenance of the SEI. The same approach was also applied to design stable SEI layers for sodium and zinc anodes. V Li|LiNi 0.5

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MARCH 3, 2015

The process uses sugar as a feedstock, which is metabolized by designer microorganisms. The petrochemical process to produce malonic acid requires chloroacetic acid and sodium cyanide, and is both costly and environmentally hazardous.

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APRIL 20, 2021

JM has begun the front-end engineering design for its second commercial plant, which will be located in Vaasa, on the west coast of Finland—a region that aims to create an ecosystem of sustainable technologies. Subject to board approval following completion of the design, JM expects to start construction later this year.

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AUGUST 26, 2013

A new study published in the journal Nature Materials has found a way to suppress the thermal conductivity in sodium cobaltate so that it can be used to harvest waste energy, with potential applications such as automotive waste heat recovery. Resources. —Voneshen et al. Voneshen, K. Borissenko, M. Piovano, E. Enderle, M.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

To address the challenges, the researchers designed and synthesized a three-dimensional core-shell oxygen evolution reaction catalyst using transition metal-nitride, with nanoparticles made of a nickle-iron-nitride compound and nickle-molybdenum-nitride nanorods on porous nickle foam.

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APRIL 2, 2014

Using the MCS, PowerStream can determine when it is most economical to use the resources powering its microgrid or when they need to revert to using power from the provincial power grid.

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JUNE 2, 2020

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), with the intrinsic advantages of resource abundance and geographic uniformity, are desired alternative battery technology to Li-ion batteries (LIBs) for grid-scale energy storage and transportation applications. L) demonstrated ?82% 82% capacity retention after 450 cycles. —Junhua Song, first author.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2009

revealed the design for the first version of its Hyperion Power Module (HPM), a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) that it intends to have licensed and manufactured at facilities in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Advanced SMR (<350 MWe) Vendor Designs & Concepts. Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor. General Electric.

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AUGUST 9, 2018

A team of researchers from institutions in China and the US report the design of a negatively charged graphene composite separator for the effective suppression of the polysulfide shuttling effect in Li-sulfur batteries. A recent study demonstrated “charge environment” as an effective way to mitigate the PS shuttling effect. 2018.07.022.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

A battery, based on electrodes made of sodium and nickel chloride and using thea new type of metal mesh membrane, could be used for grid-scale installations to make intermittent power sources such as wind and solar capable of delivering reliable baseload electricity. Al 2 O 3 membrane. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry.

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APRIL 2, 2021

Accurate simulations of batteries will provide battery makers with the ability to design advanced batteries without incurring the costs of creating numerous prototypes to test every new material, or new type and configuration of the cells which make up a pack.

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MARCH 3, 2016

Researchers from George Washington University and Vanderbilt University have demonstrated the conversion of atmospheric CO 2 into carbon nanofibers (CNFs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for use as high-performance anodes in both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. times above that of sodium-ion batteries with graphite electrodes.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Unlike B&W’s Generation III++ small modular reactor (SMR) mPower which is based on PWR technology and standard fuel enriched to 5% ( earlier post ), TerraPower’s TWR is a larger reactor based on Generation IV technology and designed to use depleted uranium as fuel. Resources. Petroski, J. Cheatham, et.al. 106, 830-833. Weaver et al.

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