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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. DOE plans to issue the FOA in late June or early July 2013.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

The dissolution process generates hydrogen gas, which could be captured and used to help fuel the heating step. This technique could open the door for a range of synthesis opportunities to produce low-cost 1D nanomaterials in large quantities. The dissolved lithium can be recovered and reused. —Gleb Yushin.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $30 million in available funding ( DE-FOA-0001647 ), subject to appropriations, for research and development of low-cost hydrogen production, onboard hydrogen storage, and proton exchange membrane fuel cells to advance the widespread commercialization of fuel cell electric vehicles.

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MARCH 7, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced the FY 2012 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 3 award winners, including three hydrogen and fuel cell projects. will optimize the cost and performance of composite cylinders for hydrogen storage using a graded construction.

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JULY 2, 2017

Department of Energy (DOE) grant to continue their research in developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber. The center’s Carbon Materials Technologies Group received the award for a project titled “Precursor Processing Development for Low Cost, High Strength Carbon Fiber for Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel Applications.”

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JUNE 29, 2018

Nel ASA has been awarded a contract for delivery of 448 electrolyzers and associated fueling equipment to Nikola Motor Company (Nikola) as part of Nikola’s development of a hydrogen station infrastructure in the US for truck and passenger vehicles. We’ll begin fleet testing the Nikola hydrogen electric semi-trucks in 2019.

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Scientists at Rice University and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have predicted and created new two-dimensional electrocatalysts—low-cost, layered transition-metal dichalcogenides (MX 2 ) based on molybdenum and tungsten—to extract hydrogen from water with high performance and low cost.

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JANUARY 11, 2018

Lei Wang, Zhenhua Zeng, Cheng Ma, Yifan Liu, Michael Giroux, Miaofang Chi, Jian Jin, Jeffrey Greeley, and Chao Wang (2017) “Plating Precious Metals on Nonprecious Metal Nanoparticles for Sustainable Electrocatalysts” Nano Letters 17 (6), 3391-3395 doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00046. 7b00046.

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MARCH 27, 2012

To accelerate commercialization, the industry must continue to reduce costs and meet performance targets for fuel cell systems for vehicles and stationary power applications. will leverage advanced blower technology to develop and demonstrate an efficient and low-cost fuel cell air management system. 3M Company, up to $3.1

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

To further this emerging market, DOE also announced a notice of intent ( DE-FOA-0001411 ) to invest $30 million, subject to appropriations, to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. The number of MW shipped grew by more than 65% compared to 2014. 2015 also saw the world’s first fuel cell vehicles for sale.

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DECEMBER 10, 2017

Scientists from the University of Surrey and their colleagues have produced non-metal electro-catalysts for fuel cells that could pave the way for production of low-cost, environmentally friendly energy generation. The project was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s SUPERGEN Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Hub.

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MARCH 2, 2017

The new plug-in hybrid hydrogen fuel cell vehicle will deliver at least 500 km of range. Symbio unveiled the van at the FC Expo 2017 in Tokyo. The customized e-NV200 offers taxi drivers a similar total cost of ownership to a hybrid taxi, but with the range of an internal combustion engine. kg hydrogen at 700 bar).

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OCTOBER 31, 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 applications that meet the DOE hydrogen storage targets, as well as enabling early market applications such as materials handling equipment and portable power applications.

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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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AUGUST 21, 2017

In 2016, DOE national laboratories identified the potential of hydrogen to decarbonize deeply a multitude of sectors in a proposal termed “H2@Scale”. Proposals will be due by 15 September 2017. The H2@Scale concept has been built with participation from several national laboratories.

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MAY 16, 2017

Researchers at the University of Houston have developed a catalyst—composed of easily available, low-cost materials and operating far more efficiently than previous catalyst—that can split water into hydrogen and oxygen. —Shuo Chen. —Zhou et al. PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1701562114. 1701562114.

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APRIL 4, 2016

H2 Logic, a subsidiary of NEL ASA, has entered into a contract for the purchase of a facility in Herning, Denmark for the development of a new large-scale production plant for hydrogen refueling stations. This requires an adequate capacity for manufacturing of hydrogen refueling stations to support a wider roll-out of hydrogen infrastructure.

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JUNE 21, 2017

million for 30 projects working toward the discovery and development of innovative, low-cost materials needed for hydrogen production and storage and for automotive fuel cells ( earlier post ). This year’s FOA is further developing research on fuel cell electric vehicles using hydrogen made from different domestic resources.

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JULY 22, 2012

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. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 2, 2017

A core component of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells is the membrane, which allows protons to diffuse selectively towards the cathode while blocking the oxygen and hydrogen gas. 3M Company’s Fuel Cell Components Group recently developed a different low-cost proton exchange membrane material: perfluoroimide acid (PFIA).

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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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OCTOBER 4, 2017

It is currently contemplated that Gevo will ship the first gallons of ATJ to the Virgin Australia Group in October 2017. Hydrogen gas, a byproduct of the aromatization reaction, is used to remove unsaturated bonds in the aliphatic material. Gevo will supply the ATJ from its hydrocarbon plant based in Silsbee, Texas.

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MARCH 7, 2017

Researchers globally are exploring a range of target solar fuels fuels, from hydrogen gas to liquid hydrocarbons; producing any of these fuels involves splitting water. Each water molecule consists of an oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms. Over the past four decades, researchers identified only 16 of these photoanode materials.

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

Finally, the elimination of water during formation of the dioxolane represents a low energy pathway for deoxygenation that does not rely on energy intensive hydrogen production. The researchers synthesized three dioxolane compounds using equimolar amounts of a given diol and 2-tridecanone and a low-cost acid catalyst.

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APRIL 18, 2017

Among these materials, Li metal is the ideal anode material for rechargeable Li batteries due to its various advantages including low redox potential (−3.04 V vs standard hydrogen electrode), high specific capacity (3860 mAh g −1 ), and low density (0.534 g cm −3 ). 6b05475.

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MARCH 15, 2018

The future availability of cobalt for the mass production of LIBs has to be classified as very critical, which is also evident from the price increase of cobalt higher than 120% within one year (2016-2017). Passerini (2018) “A cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries“ Nat. —HIU system analyst Dr. Marcel Weil.

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MARCH 27, 2017

This research article focuses on a highly favored route to the synthesis of controlled nanostructures at high rate, high yield, and low cost by molten carbonate electrolysis. Licht (2017). However, the value of such fuels including syngas and methane and hydrogen is not significantly higher that of the cement product.

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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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MAY 28, 2017

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have developed an unusually active form of vanadium for hydrogenation reactions. The vanadium catalyst exhibits unprecedented reactivity in liquid- and gas- phase alkene/alkyne hydrogenation. While early- and mid-first row transition metals (e.g.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The drive unit’s high efficiency means low costs of ownership. Compared with an equivalent gasoline engine, fuel costs are markedly lower, and the reduced CO 2 emissions place the vehicle in a more attractive tax bracket. In the first step, renewably generated electricity is used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

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JANUARY 29, 2012

While the APU within the vehicle may evolve during this transition, from gasoline to advanced biofuels to hydrogen, it is reasonable to believe. For the 2012 through 2017 model years, BEVxs will be referred to as Type I.5x that this proposed vehicle may help meet ARB’s long-term GHG and criteria pollutant emissions reduction goals.

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DECEMBER 13, 2017

Researchers at the University of Waterloo (Canada) have developed a low-cost and scalable approach that tackles the stabilization of Li metal electrodes by forming a single-ion-conducting and stable protective surface layer in vivo. Quan Pang, Xiao Liang, Abhinandan Shyamsunder, Linda F. 2017.11.009 u.

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

The new pump could facilitate high efficiency, low-cost thermal storage, providing a new way to store renewable energy generated by wind and solar power, and facilitate an improved process for generating hydrogen directly from fuels such as methane without producing carbon dioxide. —Amy et al. Caleb Amy, et al.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Researchers in the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour have produced dual-surface laser-induced graphene (LIG) electrodes on opposing faces of a plastic sheet that split water into hydrogen on one side and oxygen on the other side. A paper on the work is published in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the 2017 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 2 topics , including three subtopics focused on hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHC). Emergency Hydrogen Refuelers.

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APRIL 10, 2012

The FOA covers 8 broad topics—Vehicles; Biomass; Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies; Advanced Manufacturing; Buildings; Solar; Water; and Wind—and 30 subtopics aligned with Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) programs. Hydrogen And Fuel Cell Technologies. Hydrogen Storage.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Building on previous studies, the Los Alamos-led team has synthesized catalysts comprising low-cost platinum alternatives—iron-nitrogen-carbon catalysts synthesized with two nitrogen precursors that developed hierarchical porosity—that yield performance comparable to the standard PGM fuel cell catalyst used in vehicle applications.

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