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PATHION develops new LiRAP-based solid-state electrolytes for Li-sulfur and sodium-ion batteries

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Supported by an ARPA-E grant, LiRAP has proven to be a safe alternative compared to the liquid electrolytes used in most of today’s lithium ion batteries. PATHION is working on a derivative for Li-sulfur batteries as well as a derivative that could be applied in a sodium-ion battery. Lithium sulfur. Braga, J.A. Ferreira, V.

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3 MIT-led teams win DOE NEUP funding for next-gen nuclear technologies

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Three MIT-led research teams have won awards from the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Programs ( NEUP ) initiative to support research and development on the next generation of nuclear technologies. Five IRP awards and 44 Research and Development awards were announced for fiscal year 2014. Seawater uranium.

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Purdue researchers convert packing peanuts into anode materials for Li-ion batteries; outperforming graphite

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These carbonaceous electrodes could also be used for rechargeable sodium-ion batteries. The researchers acknowledge funding from Purdue University, the university’s School of Chemical Engineering and the Kirk Endowment grant from the Birck Nanotechnology Center. Batteries'

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Vanderbilt/ORNL team discovers new form of crystalline order that could be attractive for thermoelectric applications

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A team of researchers from Vanderbilt University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has discovered an entirely new form of crystalline order that simultaneously exhibits both crystal and polycrystalline properties, which they describe as “interlaced crystals.”. CIS is a bit more complicated. Xiao Shen, Emil A. Macdonald, Stephen J.

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Study identifies halogen-free superhalogen electrolytes for Li-ion batteries

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An in-depth study based on first-principles calculations by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University has shown that the anions of commercially available electrolytes for Li-ion batteries are all superhalogens. Most electrolytes currently used in Li-ion batteries contain halogens, which are toxic. —Puru Jena. 201408648.

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Novel single-site gold WGS catalysts may offer pathway to lower-cost production of hydrogen, fuels and chemicals

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A team of researchers from universities and national laboratories led by Tufts University has developed catalysts composed of a unique structure of single gold atoms bound by oxygen to several sodium or potassium atoms and supported on non-reactive silica materials. —Yang et al. — Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos.

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