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UC Santa Barbara team develops catalytic molten metals for direct conversion of methane to hydrogen without forming CO2

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The insoluble carbon floats to the surface of the melt, where it can be removed and stored or incorporated into composite materials. Bi 0.73 ) achieved 95% methane conversion at 1065°C in a 1.1-meter Bi 0.73 ) achieved 95% methane conversion at 1065°C in a 1.1-meter Under these conditions, the equilibrium conversion is 98%.

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New plasma synthesis process for one-step conversion of CO2 and methane into higher value fuel and chemicals

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Instead of using H 2 , direct conversion of CO 2 with CH 4 (dry reforming of methane, DRM) to liquid fuels and chemicals (e.g. 2017) “One-Step Reforming of CO 2 and CH 4 into High-Value Liquid Chemicals and Fuels at Room Temperature by Plasma-Driven Catalysis,” Angew. doi: 10.1002/ange.201707131. 201707131.

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

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Improvements to a class of battery electrolyte first introduced in 2017—liquefied gas electrolytes—could pave the way to replacing the graphite anode with a lithium-metal anode. cycling efficiency reported in the 2017 Science paper, and an 85% cycling efficiency for lithium metal anodes with a conventional (liquid) electrolyte.

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IndianOil and LanzaTech to construct first refinery Offgas-to-Bioethanol production facility

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LanzaTech’s first commercial facility converting waste emissions from steel production to ethanol will come online in China in late 2017. Currently, the large volume of waste gas produced at industrial facilities such as refineries cannot be stored or transported; instead, it is combusted to make power locally and emitted as carbon dioxide.

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NREL researchers capture excess photon energy to produce solar fuels; higher efficiency water-splitting for H2

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Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a proof-of-principle photoelectrochemical cell (PEC) capable of capturing excess photon energy normally lost to generating heat. —Matthew Beard. —Yan et al. Yong Yan, Ryan W. Crisp, Jing Gu, Boris D. Chernomordik, Gregory F.

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List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

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Disadvantages of fossil fuels Fossil fuels are a non-renewable source of energy which depletes and are not produced as fast as the rate of depletion. Biodiesel is a renewable source of energy produced from veritable oil, animal fat, etc. Over 2 million electric cars were sold in 2017.

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DOE issues FOA for up to $4M for development of advanced H2 storage systems and materials

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Most of the hydrogen that is used today is stored as a compressed gas (with pressures typically ranging from 150 to 700 bar) or a liquid (liquid storage requires cryogenic temperatures near 20 K). For 2017, the targets are 1.8 kWh/L (40 g H 2 /L); and $12/kWh ($400/kg H 2 stored). Earlier post.). kWh/kg (5.5 kWh/kg (7.5