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MAY 1, 2023

Stanford researchers, with a colleague from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, have developed a simple and environmentally sound way to make ammonia with tiny droplets of water and nitrogen from the air. Water microdroplets are the hydrogen source for N 2 in contact with Fe 3 O 4. The conversion rate reaches 32.9 ± 1.38

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2023

The Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) of RWTH Aachen University has successfully completed the anfaHair research project after two years. The anfaHair research project was intended to decouple the two processes of geometric weld preparation and subsequent contacting and produce a precise joining procedure.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

A group of researchers from China and Japan has identified a key inhibitor to hydrogen desorption in magnesium hydride (MgH 2 ) solid-state hydrogen storage materials. As these metals come into contact with gaseous hydrogen, hydrogen is absorbed onto the surface. Now, the research group has uncovered an answer. © Hao Li et al.

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AUGUST 17, 2022

Researchers at UCLA, with colleagues at UC Irvine, have designed a graphene-nanopocket-encaged platinum cobalt (PtCo@Gnp) nanocatalyst for fuel cells with good electrochemical accessibility and exceptional durability under a demanding ultralow PGM loading (0.070 mg PGM cm –2 ) due to the non-contacting enclosure of graphene nanopockets.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The US Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) will produce cryogenically milled tire tread (CMTT) and provide samples to researchers to advance scientific study on tire and road wear particles (TRWP). We know that researchers face limitations in trying to create representative tire and road wear particles for accurate scientific study.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Researchers at The Ohio State University have used a chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas—commonly called “sewer gas”. The researchers later applied the concept to hydrogen sulfide and invented the SULGEN process, which converts hydrogen sulfide into hydrogen. —Jangam et al. Resources.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Researchers in Spain have developed hydrogen production without contact electrodes via water electrolysis mediated by the microwave-triggered redox activation of solid-state ionic materials at low temperatures ( Nature Energy. Schematic illustration of the microwave-induced redox cycle. Serra, J.M., Borrás-Morell, J.F.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2021

The facility was developed and built in partnership with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, TODA Corporation, TOKYU Construction, CHIYODA Kenko and researchers at Tokyo University of Science to help Japan meet growing demand for renewable hydrogen while demonstrating a new pathway for sustainable disposal of waste.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Here, we combine two operando methods, Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) and neutron depth profiling (NDP), to identify the rate-limiting interface in operating Si-LiPON-LiCoO 2 solid-state batteries by mapping the contact potential difference (CPD) and the corresponding Li distributions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have shown that a certain class of ionic liquids (ILs), when mixed with commercially available oils, can make gears run more efficiently with less noise and better durability. However, their functionality in mitigating rolling contact fatigue (RCF) is little known. —Stump et al.

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APRIL 22, 2019

Researchers at the University of Houston have now developed an organic cathode that improves both stability and energy density. The flexibility of the organic cathode allowed it to maintain intimate contact at the interface with the solid electrolyte, even as the cathode expanded and contracted during cycling. —Yan Yao.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2022

A team led by researchers from Central South University (Changsha, Hunan, China) has proposed a cathode-electrolyte integration strategy to produce a solid-state lithium-metal battery with enhanced cycle stability. A paper on their work is published in the Journal of Power Sources.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2022

Stacey Harper, Susanne Brander and several graduate students and a post-doctoral scholars in their labs, including Brittany Cunningham, Samreen Siddiqui, recently published two papers on the tire particle research in Chemosphere and the Journal of Hazardous Materials. The focus on microplastics and now nanoplastics is still relatively new.

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JUNE 17, 2021

Korean researchers have used semiconductor technology to improve the safety of Li-ion batteries. Joong Kee Lee of the Center for Energy Storage Research has succeeded in inhibiting the growth of dendrites by forming protective semiconducting passivation layers on the surface of Li electrodes. —Lead researcher Dr. Joong Kee Lee.

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

Researchers led by Andreas Stierle at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) have laid the foundations for an alternative method for storing hydrogen, using iridium-seeded palladium nanocluster superlattices with 1.2 The researchers want to find out what storage densities can be achieved using this new method, said Stierle.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2022

Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems IMM are working on an innovative methanol reformer for mobile applications to overcome these challenges. The researchers have also optimized the catalyst technology. Methanol reformers convert easy-to-transport methanol into hydrogen.

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MARCH 11, 2022

Now, a team of researchers at MIT and Brookhaven National Laboratory has developed a way of achieving results that equal or surpass the durability of the coated surfaces, but with no need for any coatings. The added costs should be negligible, the researchers calculated.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2021

As the new hub of the U-M Robotics Institute, its first three floors hold custom U-M research labs for robots that fly, walk, roll and augment the human body—as well as classrooms, offices and makerspaces. The new facility brings together U-M researchers from 23 different buildings and ten top-10 programs.

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APRIL 12, 2020

Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new practical method to make a flexible composite Al-doped LLZO (Al-LLZO) sheet electrolyte (75 ?m Besides the high sintering temperature, the poor physical contact between LLZO pellets and cathode materials usually results in high interfacial resistance. —Cheng et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Researchers from the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Laboratory and users from ExxonMobil have developed a new approach to identifying atoms that are neither carbon nor hydrogen within a specific type of molecule in crude oil. The tool then creates an image based on the interactions between probe and surface.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

CU Boulder ] Researchers at CMU used fossil evidence to engineer a soft robotic replica of pleurocystitids, a marine organism that existed nearly 450 million years ago and is believed to be one of the first echinoderms capable of movement using a muscular stem. [ But how did we get there? Paper ] Thanks Samarth! SMART ITN ] 3 labs.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2021

A research team from Japan has recently developed a novel electrode material for all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) by combining lithium sulfate and lithium ruthenate, which results in improved performance. To solve the problem mentioned above, the researchers looked at the electrode’s composition.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Shreyas Patil from Wolfe Research asked whether Tesla had considered selling some 4680 cells to other automakers. If you have any tips, contact me at maria@teslarati.com or via X @Writer_01001101. Moravy pointed out that Tesla’s current 4680 ramp is tied to the Cybertruck ramp.

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JULY 12, 2022

The guide is available through an online account or in hard copy and can be purchased by contacting the SEMI Taiwan representatives listed on the SEMI Auto IC Master webpage. Automotive semiconductors are expected to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.5%

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JANUARY 2, 2023

The project consortium consists of five research institutions, two industrial companies and an industrial advisory board and is coordinated by DLR Stuttgart. It is funded with €3 million by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The development of a compatible electrolyte thus plays a key role.

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JUNE 19, 2020

Interested industry partners should reach out directly to the National Laboratory contacts listed below about opportunities to collaborate. Funds will be awarded directly to the National Laboratories to support work with companies under Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs). Contact: Xiao-Qing Yang, xyang@bnl.gov.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

million research center, led by Michigan Engineering and funded by the US Department of Energy, will focus on understanding an emerging branch of science involving mechanical and chemical phenomena that affect advanced battery designs. —Neil Dasgupta, MUSIC’s deputy director and an associate professor of mechanical engineering at U-M.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2022

Battery researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed a self-standing mesoporous silicon (Si) film anode for lithium-ion batteries. Using the electrochemical etching method, researchers at the University of Eastern Finland developed a self-standing mesoporous Si film anode for lithium-ion batteries. 1 in half cells.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2018

In Germany, the FastCharge research consortium ( earlier post ) has presented a prototype for a charging station with an output of up to 450 kW in Jettingen-Scheppach, located near the A8 motorway between Ulm and Augsburg. BMW also had an i3 research vehicle at the inauguration. million (US$8.9 450 kW, the second gives up to 175 kW.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Mellon College of Science and College of Engineering have developed a semiliquid lithium metal-based anode (SLMA) that represents a new paradigm in battery design for solid electrolyte batteries. The interdisciplinary research team published their findings in the current issue of Joule.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In recent years, intensive research has been carried out on solid-state electrolytes; materials have been developed which have a similarly high ionic conductivity to liquid electrolytes. Accordingly, AVL is supporting the seven-year research project together with the public sector. © Rettenwander - TU Graz.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The engine block is derived from a Cursor 11 commercial vehicle engine manufactured by FPT Industrial and has already served us for five years in various research projects. The researchers want to run their test engine with pure DME, without using lubricating additives, as has been done in previous projects.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

MIT researchers led by MIT Professor and colleagues at Brown University have developed an approach to controlling dendrite propagation in solid-state batteries. That inevitably causes stresses in the solid electrolyte, which has to remain fully in contact with both of the electrodes that it is sandwiched between. Fincher et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The APC research contract will enable Saietta to ramp up production capacity to 150,000 motors per year and trigger the hiring of 150-250 highly skilled engineers in the first round of recruitment. Saietta says that its unique AFT technology delivers class-leading performance at the price points required for mass market adoption.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 2, 2023

The ETHZ researchers got the robot to reliably perform these complex behaviors using a kind of reinforcement learning called ‘ curiosity driven’ learning. The next step is to endow the robot with a sense of contact-based surprise. When it makes a mistake in the real world, the robot has already learned the skills to recover.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

For decades, researchers have known that a metabolic pathway in some bacteria allows them to digest electrons and CO 2 to produce acetate, a reaction driven by the electrons. The researchers hypothesized that CO would stick to the copper surface, triggering the asymmetric coupling of CO and CH 3 groups to produce acetate. Chen et al.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

The efficient conversion of carbon dioxide, a major air pollutant, into ethanol or higher alcohols is a big challenge in heterogeneous catalysis, generating great interest in both basic scientific research and commercial applications. They also discovered why this three-part interface is successful.

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