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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype multifunctional structural composite material composed of carbon fibers and a polymer resin which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts.

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MAY 1, 2018

Researchers at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering in China have developed new hybrid electrolytes to support high-voltage Li-ion batteries (e.g., ~5 O 4 /Li batteries are improved by using the hybrid electrolytes. O 4 /Li batteries are improved by using the hybrid electrolytes. —Xu et al.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

energy consumption, electric management strategy). This is based on a foam injection-molded integral polymer foam (SABIC PP15T1020), which is locally reinforced with high-strength thermoplastic fiber-plastic composites (TP-FKV) using the hybrid production process. Here, the foam ensures the insulating ability.

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APRIL 30, 2022

First, to develop a production-ready process for fabrication of solar integrated automotive polymer panels. Second, to optimize Rayleigh’s solar thin film manufacturing process for application in Magna’s automotive polymer panel manufacturing process. Scale Up of Next Generation Li-ion battery electrode processing technology.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Hybrid Air. The C4 Cactus AIRFLOW 2L concept goes even further by adopting the Hybrid Air drivetrain. An intelligent electronic management system manages input from the driver to optimize energy efficiency. Hybrid power, drawing upon both the combustion engine and the compressed air. l/100 km (76 mpg US).

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JULY 20, 2020

Commercial lithium-ion car battery electrodes are typically made by mixing active materials that provide energy, conductive carbon, polymer binders, and solvents to create a thick mixture known as slurry. —Yan Wang. The slurry gets pasted onto a flat metal substrate, which then moves through a furnace for drying.

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JULY 17, 2020

Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. Ford Motor Company. Cummins Inc. Gas Technology Institute.

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MARCH 27, 2013

A chart from EnerG2’s 2012 DOE Merit Review presentation shows different pore profiles for different energy storage applications. These properties can be tailored and modified for adaptation to the specific requirements of a given energy storage application. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The top awardee in this segment is Pinnacle Engines ( earlier post ), which is receiving $8 million for the design and demonstration of an electrification-enabled full-featured opposed piston 4-stroke engine for hybrid and range extender applications. Novel Polymer-enhanced Rechargeable Aluminum-Alkaline Battery Technology – $2,000,000.

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OCTOBER 5, 2015

million contract to NOHMs (Nano Organic Hybrid Materials) Technologies in Rochester, New York, for the development of electrolytes for automotive lithium-ion battery applications. The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, recently awarded $1.64

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JUNE 17, 2009

Elantra LPI Hybrid. Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea’s largest automaker, has begun taking pre-launch orders for its Elantra LPI Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV), its first hybrid vehicle for commercial sale. The Elantra LPI Hybrid is a mild-hybrid with a fuel economy rating of 17.8 Tags: Hybrids.

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JUNE 28, 2012

In testing reported in the ACS journal Nano Letters , the hybrid MnO 2 /Mn/MnO 2 sandwich-like nanotube arrays exhibited an excellent rate capability with a high specific energy of 45 Wh/kg and specific power of 23 kW/kg and excellent long-term cycling stability (less 5% loss of the maximum specific capacitance after 3,000 cycles).

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JANUARY 21, 2013

The paper covers the basics of the electrochemistry of LIBs and the development of new materials and electrolytes in the search for higher capacities; it also addresses the challenge of energy storage in transportation applications with the target of displacing the internal combustion engine.

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MARCH 4, 2009

and BRUSA Elektronik AG , a developer and supplier of high-efficient power electronics and electric motors, have formed a collaboration on electric and hybrid vehicle applications. Magna will provide the BEV electric traction motor, transmission, motor controller, Lithium-ion energy storage system, battery charger and related systems.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

These are the highest energy density values ever reported with carbon electrodes without the pseudocapacitance contributions from a conducting polymer or metal oxide, the authors said, further stating that “ We believe that this is truly a breakthrough in energy technology.”

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JULY 4, 2014

DOE’s office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) is specifically interested in information on BEV makes and models where an after-market modification to extend the vehicle range using a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell system would be most feasible. FCEV, SMR H 2. BEV w/FC, SMR H 2.

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MARCH 12, 2010

ALTe is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. Tags: Conversions Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins. The battery pack was assembled into a saddlebag configuration under the truck bed. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

The Precourt Institute for Energy, the umbrella organization for energy research and education at Stanford, will fund the following four studies: Nanostructured Polymers for High-Performance Batteries. The goal is to produce stable, high-capacity lithium-ion batteries and eventually develop novel all-polymer batteries at scale.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

The California Energy Commission has awarded $1,585,490 to spur research on projects including a solid-state Li-ion battery system for grid-scale energy storage. Funds for the 13 projects come from the Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program. Commissioners approved $600,000 to Seeo Inc.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The variety of needs—and energy sources—is apparent in a flurry of recent energy-harvesting research , including some hybrid work that integrates multiple modalities. Not least of those considerations is energy storage [and generation].”

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DECEMBER 21, 2015

Described in a paper (“Compliant Glass-Polymer Hybrid Single-Ion-Conducting Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries”) to be published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the highly conductive hybrid electrolyte combines the two primary types of solid electrolytes: polymer and glass.

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MAY 28, 2015

This quality control device will help to drive down the costs of fuel cells by reducing waste and improving the process efficiency of roll-to-roll manufacturing of polymer electrolyte membranes. US Hybrid Corporation. The technology will be used for automotive energy storage applications, such as electric vehicles.

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MAY 20, 2009

Work on a research project developing an actively coupled ultracapacitor-battery system targeted at plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) applications is attracting interest from a variety of OEMs both at a component and a system level, according to Argonne’s Ted Bohn, in his presentation at the Department of Energy Merit Review this week.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

FEV will design, implement, test and integrate the battery pack at its North American Technical Center, utilizing its experience in the development of hybrid and electric vehicle applications. Energy Innovation Group, Ltd. ( EIG ) is a manufacturer of high energy density, large format lithium-ion polymer battery solutions.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

These magnets will enable further market penetration of hybrid vehicles and wind turbine generators, while enhancing US competitiveness in rare-earth mineral based products. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) (Los Angeles, CA): Thermal Energy Storage with Supercritical Fluids. million in funding.

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AUGUST 21, 2015

Graphene is a unique material that has been widely investigated and found to have broad applications in fields such as energy storage, electronics, and electrocatalysis. These hybrid materials may possess superior performance when compared to either graphene or nanoparticles by themselves. —Ye et al.

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

Technical topics for this FOA—which span the range of DOE interests from fossil to nuclear to renewable and low-carbon energies—include two hydrogen- and fuel-cell-related topics: fuel cell-battery electric hybrid trucks and in-line quality control devices for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The OLCF’s Titan supercomputer is a 27-petaflop Cray XK7 hybrid system employing both CPUs and energy-efficient, high-performance GPUs in its 18,688 compute nodes. The ALCF’s Mira supercomputer is a 10-petaflop IBM Blue Gene/Q system with 49,152 compute nodes and a power-efficient architecture.

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APRIL 1, 2011

The cell operates without a catalyst and has high storage efficiency. The possibility of a flow-through mode for the cathode allows flexibility of the cell design for safe, large-capacity electrical-energy storage at an acceptable cost, they conclude. The high energy storage has stimulated a worldwide study of Li-air batteries.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

With the initiation of the EFRCs in April 2008, the Department of Energy (DOE) budgeted approximately $100 million for multiple EFRC awards starting in FY 2009. Polymer-Based Materials for Harvesting Solar Energy. $16. Use novel, self-assembled polymer materials in systems for the conversion of sunlight into electricity.

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APRIL 28, 2016

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are of great interest as next-generation energy storage solutions, especially for electric vehicles, due to their high energy density, low production cost and environmental friendliness.

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

his outstanding contributions in the fields of solid state chemistry and electrochemistry, particularly in the area of materials chemistry related to energy storage. Professor Bruce was selected by an independent panel convened by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) for. “.his

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MAY 29, 2010

Nicknamed “fuzzy fiber” by its inventor at UDRI, Nano Adaptive Hybrid Fabric (NAHF-XTM) is the first tailored nanomaterial capable of being produced in sizes and quantities large enough to make them affordable and viable for large-scale commercial use. This is going to disrupt the way we think about materials. Brian Rice.

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AUGUST 20, 2023

This work aims to explore the effectiveness of using newly synthesized 2D graphyne-based membranes (namely graphyne, graphdiyne, and graphtriyne) for electrode protection in a solid polymer electrolyte battery through first-principle calculations, nudged elastic band method, and classical molecular dynamics simulation.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Hyundai has begun the US sales rollout of its Ioniq line of electrified vehicles, which come in hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric variants. The Ioniq Hybrid boasts the highest fuel economy in the US (up to 58 mpg) for a non-plug-in vehicle and the Ioniq Electric is the industry’s most efficient EV (136 mpge).

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MARCH 22, 2012

Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are being developed worldwide as clean energy conversion devices. Batteries for grid energy storage and medical devices have similar requirements. GM Canada, and Hydrogenics. Replacing steel with titanium alternatives can reduce the weight of a vehicle by 50%.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Hyundai has begun the US sales rollout of its Ioniq line of electrified vehicles, which come in hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric variants. The Ioniq Hybrid boasts the highest fuel economy in the US (up to 58 mpg) for a non-plug-in vehicle and the Ioniq Electric is the industry’s most efficient EV (136 mpge).

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