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DOE awards Group14 Technologies $3.96M as Energy Storage Grand Challenge winner; nano-silicon within an engineered carbon scaffold

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Group14’s technology applies complex polymer chemistries to create high-performance silicon-carbon nanocomposites. Group14 has begun to ramp up the development of new technologies and is scaling its team to meet the increasing demand for its product.

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LANL and WSU researchers develop high-performance anion exchange membrane water electrolyzer with nickel-iron catalyst

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Currently the most popular system used for water electrolysis for hydrogen production relies on precious metals as catalysts. The electrode binder is a hydroxide-conducting polymer that binds catalysts and provides a high pH environment for fast electrochemical reactions. —Li et al.

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PNNL biocrude-to-diesel demo passes 2,000-hour catalyst stability milestone

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—John Holladay, PNNL scientist and co-director of the joint Bioproducts Institute, a collaboration between PNNL and Washington State University. It addresses the need to convert biocrude, a mixture of carbon-based polymers, into biofuels. campus of Washington State University Tri-Cities.

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SGL Group inaugurates carbon fiber precursor line in Portugal

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SGL Group has inaugurated the production line for carbon-fiber precursor at its FISIPE site in Lavradio, near Lisbon in Portugal. Precursor is a polymer-based fiber which is used as the main raw material for the production of carbon fibers.

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Lamborghini inaugurates new Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory carbon fiber research center in Seattle

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The grand opening of the new ACSL also marks the 30th anniversary of Lamborghini’s use of carbon fiber reinforced polymer in its vehicles. One of the more critical recent developments for Lamborghini in carbon fiber is the Forged Composite technology, developed in collaboration with Callaway Golf and the University of Washington.

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LanzaTech exploring lipids production as part of its CO2 to acetic acid plans; pathways to renewable fuels

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The products in red would be produced by synthetic biocatalysts, while those in black—ethanol, acetic acid, and 2,3 BDO—can be produced by the LanzaTech native microorganisms. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2001. LanzaTech’s proposed gas-to-liquids platform. Source: LanzaTech. Click to enlarge.

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WSU Tri-Cities researchers receive $50K NSF grant to test market potential for lignin pathway for biojet

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Researchers at Washington State University Tri-Cities have been awarded a $50,000 National Science Foundation I-Corps grant to explore the commercialization potential of their new pathway for biojet from biomass waste. Butler from the University of Washington for the business aspects of the project. Earlier post.). Tucker, John R.

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