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APRIL 5, 2021

Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia have developed a continuous electrically-driven membrane process which successfully enriches lithium from seawater samples of the Red Sea by 43,000 times (i.e., 13000 ppm of sodium, magnesium, calcium, and potassium ions, among others).

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APRIL 1, 2011

Example of a lithium-water rechargeable battery. Researchers at the University of Texas, including Dr. John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. The present sodium-sulfur battery operates above 300 °C.

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Sodium Water Li-ion Texas 218

Setec Powerr

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The reason why electric vehicles are developing rapidly is that they rely on batteries as their power source. As the core of electric vehicles, batteries have naturally become the focus of research and development by global car companies. Today I will tell you about the types of batteries used in electric vehicles.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 28, 2022

According to Chinese authorities, the ones on Changbiao are civilian power reactors, designed to generate 600 megawatts of electricity each, which amounts to a little more than 1 percent of the total capacity of China’s nuclear power sector. Liquid sodium is used as a coolant because it does not slow down neutrons as much as water does.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

In the first group, 16 awards totaling $435 million will support fully integrated, regional Smart Grid demonstrations in 21 states, representing more than 50 utilities and electricity organizations with a combined customer base of almost 100 million consumers. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Pecan Street Project (TX).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2015

Other work focuses on sodium as an earth-abundant alternative to lithium, but while it could lower cost, sodium ions also carry just a single charge. One way is to generate hydrogen by splitting water and storing the hydrogen, as in the power-to-gas schemes under examination (e.g., Rechargeable metal-air batteries.

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