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JUNE 23, 2009

Scientists at the University of Delaware are developing a new low-cost material for hydrogen storage—carbonized chicken feathers (CCFF)—that they say could meet the DOE requirements for hydrogen storage and are competitive with carbon nanotubes and metal hydrates at a tiny fraction of their cost.

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued its FY 2015 Phase I Release 2 Funding Opportunity Announcement ( DE-FOA-0001227 ) for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs. Electric (Battery) Engines Fuel Cells Hybrids Hydrogen Policy Power Electronics'

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JUNE 7, 2013

The goal is to enable the widespread commercialization of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and specifically to provide adequate hydrogen storage for onboard vehicle, material handling, and portable power applications that meet the DOE hydrogen storage targets. Topic Area 3: New Hydrogen Storage Materials Discovery.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

The 2015 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report shows that more than 60,000 fuel cells, totaling roughly 300 megawatts (MW), shipped worldwide in 2015. 2015 also saw the world’s first fuel cell vehicles for sale. Source: “2015 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report” Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

In a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Friday, Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda said that the company plans to begin mass production of electric vehicles in the US in 2012, followed by US production of fuel cell vehicles in 2015. As an example, Yokoyama used the carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) hydrogen storage tank.

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MARCH 17, 2015

The Cu-Ti-Ti hollow site binds hydrogen too strongly. copper-titanium catalyst provides a large-surface area for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution, and improves the mass transport properties. The two Cu-Cu-Ti hollow sites exhibit HBE values close to that of Pt. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 22, 2015

Researchers at Rutgers University have developed a new noble metal-free catalyst—Ni 5 P 4 (nickel-5 phosphide-4)—performing on par with platinum for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in both strong acid and base. Catalysts Fuel Cells Hydrogen Hydrogen Production' —Charles Dismukes. Resources. Laursen, K.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

vs RHE (reversible hydrogen electrode) for Pt/ITO and Pt/C. In a paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society , they report that the PT/ITO catalyst showed mass activity of 621 ± 31 mA/mg Pt —far exceeding the 2015 US Department of Energy (DOE) goal for Pt mass activity of 440 mA/mg Pt. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Among the many topics listed are magnetocaloric materials development for hydrogen delivery; two hydrogen technology transfer opportunities (TTO); EV traction batteries and power electronics; new combustion engine technologies; and the co-utilization of CO 2 and methane in biogas to produce higher hydrocarbon fuels.

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JULY 22, 2012

Cost reduction potential of a polymer fuel cell system using an ITM Power membrane. Source: Carbon Trust. ITM Power has published figures showing what it believes is the highest ever polymer fuel cell power density using hydrogen as the fuel and ordinary air, rather than pure oxygen. DOE says that 2011 costs are $49/kW.

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JANUARY 24, 2015

This FOA also includes demonstration topic areas that will help to accelerate adoption of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies with specific interest in mobile hydrogen refuelers; fuel cell powered range extenders for light duty hybrid electric vehicles; and a Communities of Excellence topic featuring hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

ULEV drivers will receive a 75% grant of up to £700 (US$1,081) towards installation from 13 April 2015. £8 Bidding for these schemes will open in May 2015. £9 The development of a zero emission electric bus with hydrogen fuel cell range extender at a fraction of the cost of the current generation of hydrogen buses (led by Magtec).

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have developed a simple method for producing a palladium-based nanomaterial that can spur the breakdown of formic acid (FA) into hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Its efficiency far exceeds that of any other reported heterogeneous catalyst, they say.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Work that has been going on since then has been less focused on just the stack itself, and more on the mass production at low cost of fuel cell system, said Freese. When you see the cell itself, you go from these composite carbon cell plates that are more difficult to manufacture and maybe less robust in terms of assembly damage.

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JUNE 15, 2015

A team at McGill University in Canada has developed a reversible hydrogen storage/release system based on the metal-catalyzed hydrogenation and photo-induced dehydrogenation of organic cyclic hydrocarbons at room temperature. Upon visible light irradiation, cyclohexane loses two hydrogen atoms to form cyclohexene.

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MARCH 18, 2013

Achieving those goals will will be difficult—but not impossible to meet—and will necessitate a combination of more efficient vehicles; the use of alternative fuels such as biofuels, electricity, and hydrogen; and strong government policies to overcome high costs and influence consumer choices.

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MARCH 6, 2016

SOFC technology in principle offers the possibility of very high efficiency electrical power generation from either hydrocarbon fuels or hydrogen, and thus if adopted widely has the potential to significantly reduce primary energy consumption and the associated carbon dioxide emissions. 2015) Click to enlarge. Leah et al.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Alternative fuels could include hydrogen or natural gas stored onboard the vehicle at sub-ambient temperatures as a compressed gas, liquefied gas or adsorbed onto a porous material. All current light‐duty FCEVs being released use 700 bar ambient compressed hydrogen storage systems (CHSS) onboard the vehicle. fleets, buses, etc.)

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MARCH 30, 2016

From an environmental and cost advantage, the Ballard report also concluded: Zenyatta graphite provides a clean carbon option for fuel cell components (i.e. If Zenyatta’s hydrothermal graphite can also be low cost compared to existing synthetic graphite, it will facilitate fuel cell cost reduction and market penetration.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). This synthesis consumes only CO 2 and electricity, and is constrained only by the cost of electricity. —Ren et al.

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MARCH 13, 2015

Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have found a way to process biomass-derived natural silk to create carbon-based nanosheets that could potentially be used in Li-ion batteries and other energy storage devices. A paper on their work is published in the journal ACS Nano. Click to enlarge. —Hou et al.

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MAY 26, 2015

Although there has been no public announcement or discussion of what such an Audi/Global Bioenergies development effort might entail, in 2011, Global Bioenergies began a feasibility study to examine whether its artificial isobutene pathway could be functionally transferred into LanzaTech’s carbon monoxide-using organism ( earlier post ).

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APRIL 2, 2010

The focus of the effort is on hydrogen separations technology, including advanced separation membranes (inorganic, metallic and both materials), that provide high purity hydrogen and/or offer a combination of hydrogen separation with low-cost removal of CO 2 and other trace impurities from hydrogen-CO 2 mixtures.

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MAY 28, 2015

million in the 2015 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 2 Awards. High Loading Lithium-Ion Electrode Architecture for Low Cost Electric Vehicle Batteries Ballast Energy, Inc. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 162 projects to receive about $26.6

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MAY 7, 2014

FCTO is specifically interested in information on R&D needs and priorities concerning the development of low-cost fuel cell components and pathways leading to improved fuel cell performance and durability. Carbon-based catalyst supports have enabled the development of dispersed Pt catalysts and low Pt loaded MEAs.

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JUNE 23, 2009

No, this isn’t April Fool’s Day - scientists at the University of Delaware are developing a new low-cost material for hydrogen storage in the form of carbonised chicken feathers. It is estimated that the chicken feather fibres can absorb as much or more than carbon nanotubes.

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APRIL 5, 2016

The Altex process does not require the intermediate conversion of the feedstock into synthesis gas or pyrolysis liquids, plus it does not require hydrogen. In a patent application published 1 December 2015, Altex described the basic approach for its synthetic fuels processes. lower cost) and gasification/F-T processes (e.g.,

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. Stanford University. The Ohio State University. University of Washington. Columbia University.

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OCTOBER 26, 2015

Hydrogen produced via electrolysis using the EU mix or by natural gas reforming would exceed the target.). carbon composite chassis explored by BMW), by improvements in electric-drive efficiency, and by advanced vehicle climatization concepts (e.g., can be realized at low cost, the authors suggest.

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MARCH 19, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies (FCT) Program will award up to $12 million to advance hydrogen storage technologies. A non-federal cost share of 20% is required for the projects. The FOA specifies two distinct technical topics: Reducing the Cost of Hydrogen Storage Tanks; and New Materials Discovery.

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MAY 17, 2012

It [fuel cell technology] would work beautifully in a regular sedan shape—normal Mercedes luxury, but filled with pressurized hydrogen. Several hydrogen fueling stations are now open in Los Angeles and surrounding areas, including Newport Beach. kWh Li-ion battery pack and a compressed hydrogen storage capacity of 3.7

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MARCH 10, 2018

Startup Mattershift says it has achieved a breakthrough in making carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes at large scale. The paper is a characterization study of commercial prototype carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes consisting of sub–1.27-nm-diameter nm-diameter CNTs traversing a large-area nonporous polysulfone film. McGinnis et al.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have found , through experiments and calculations, that hydrogen-treated graphene nanofoam (GNF) anodes in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) show higher capacity and faster transport. Earlier studies on various carbon materials (e.g., Earlier studies on various carbon materials (e.g.,

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APRIL 29, 2015

At SAE 2015 World Congress last week, Toyota presented a set of four technical papers describing some of the technology innovations used in its production fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle Mirai ( earlier post ). Hydrogen storage. The new fuel cell stack in Mirai increases the current density by a factor of 2.4 Konno et al.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

The funding also includes up to $9 million to conduct independent cost analyses that will assess the progress of the technology under current research initiatives and help guide future fuel cell and hydrogen storage R&D efforts. desulfurization); reactors to convert the raw fuel into a hydrogen-rich stream (e.g.,

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Researchers in Finland and Russia report the development of a non-noble-meal catalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) that exhibits catalytic properties superior to previously studied non-precious materials and comparable to those of platinum. Their paper is published in the journal Angewandte Chemie. —Tavakkoli et al.

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JUNE 30, 2015

the developer of a process for converting municipal solid waste into low-cost sustainable aviation biofuel. Investing in alternative fuels is not only good for the environment, it’s a smart move for our company as biofuels have the potential to hedge against future oil price volatility and carbon regulations. Earlier post.)

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