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Temperature-resilient batteries: Pioneering the functionality of EVs

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A research team from the University of California, San Diego, have developed temperature-resilient batteries that perform well at both cold and hot temperatures, whilst storing abundant amounts of energy.

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New ceramic materials for hydrogen storage

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Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have created new ceramic materials that could be used to store hydrogen safely and efficiently. To store hydrogen, the researchers would swap the calcium, strontium and boron with hydrogen atoms within the cage. Click to enlarge.

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New ceramic materials for hydrogen storage

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Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have created new ceramic materials that could be used to store hydrogen safely and efficiently. To store hydrogen, the researchers would swap the calcium, strontium and boron with hydrogen atoms within the cage. Click to enlarge.

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NSF awards UCSD team $39M to improve integration of distributed energy resources into grid; EV batteries also

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DERConnect will address an outstanding national need for large-scale testing capabilities across universities, national labs, industry, utility companies and Independent System Operators to validate future technologies for autonomous energy grids in real-word scenarios. UC San Diego is building on experience from NODES, a three-year, $2.88

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Study identifies main culprit behind lithium metal battery failure; counters conventional wisdom

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As the battery cycles, its stores of active lithium and electrolyte are depleted. Shirley Meng, a nanoengineering professor at UC San Diego. Schuller at UC San Diego, which is supported in part by the Office of Basic Energy Science, US Department of Energy. —Professor Meng.

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UCSD, South 8 team report improved liquefied-gas electrolytes for Li-metal batteries

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The research, published in the journal Joule , builds on innovations first reported in Science in 2017 by the same research group at the University of California San Diego and the university spinout South 8 Technologies. At minus 60 ?C, C, the team demonstrated lithium-metal anode cycling efficiency of 98.4%.

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Cal Energy Commission approves ~$9M for DC fast chargers; $12.6M for NGV incentives

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The California Energy Commission approved nearly $9 million in grants for the installation of DC fast chargers along major state freeways and highways to allow electric vehicle drivers to travel from San Diego to the Oregon border without worrying about running out of energy. The grants went to four companies—Chargepoint Inc.;

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