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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The University of Texas at Austin Many of the materials used to pull humidity from air come with one particular con: If the substance absorbs water easily, it also requires a significant amount of energy to release that water later. The material is a hydrogel, a polymer network that naturally retains a lot of water.

Water 134

Water Energy Austin Polymer 134

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AUGUST 21, 2012

Researchers at MIT have modified the soil bacterium Ralstonia eutropha to produce isobutanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol (branched-chain higher alcohols). The work is funded by the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

MIT 225

MIT Carbon Waste Polymer 225

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

(a) Chemical structure of the PEDT:PSSH polymer blend. (b) When sandwiched between and charged by two metal plates, the membrane can store charge at 0.2 They reported on their work in a paper published earlier this summer in the Journal of Polymer Science Part B. The polymer membrane includes PSSH (poly(styrene sulfonic acid)).

Energy Storage 259

Energy Storage Singapore Universal Polymer 259

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

As part of its new IONICS (Integration and Optimization of Novel Ion Conducting Solids) program awards ( earlier post ), the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded $3.5 The semi-solid thick electrode is a material science innovation originating in Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang’s lab at MIT. (Dr.

Li-ion 150

Li-ion Lithium Ion Energy Polymer 150

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Researchers at MIT and their colleagues are proposing a new design for electrodes that, based on the long-sought goal of using pure lithium metal as the anode, could lead to longer-lived batteries with higher energy densities. Nat Energy 4, 1049–1058 doi: 10.1038/s41560-019-0508-x.

Li-ion 268

Li-ion Design Molten Salt Batteries 268

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MAY 20, 2013

MIT scientists demonstrated two approaches for growing CNTs on carbon fiber without degrading the fiber strength. Researchers at MIT have demonstrated two approaches for producing carbon fibers coated in carbon nanotubes without degrading the underlying fiber’s strength. Credit: ACS, Steiner et al. Click to enlarge.

Carbon Fiber 199

Carbon Fiber Carbon MIT Polymer 199

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APRIL 12, 2015

Researchers at the Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES), a partnership between the MIT Materials Processing Center and Lomonosov Moscow State University, are focusing on the development of higher capacity batteries. Chiang, MIT colleague W. Advanced Li-ion and multivalent ion batteries.

MIT 150

MIT Li-ion Batteries Battery 150