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Study finds carbon capture & storage could be financial opportunity for conventional ethanol plants

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The analysis combines process engineering, spatial optimization, and lifecycle assessment to consider the technical, economic, and institutional feasibility of near-term carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). Mach (2018) “Near-term deployment of carbon capture and sequestration from biorefineries in the United States” PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1719695115.

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Study: Energy sorghum may combine best of annual, perennial bioenergy crops

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The study was led by former CABBI Postdoctoral Researcher Caitlin Moore and her advisor, Carl Bernacchi, Plant Physiologist with the US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and Adjunct Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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UCL, UI researchers devise method to optimize magnesium chromium oxide cathode materials; disordered materials

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University College London and University of Illinois at Chicago researchers report a new, scalable method for making a material that can reversibly store magnesium ions at high-voltage. —Professor Jordi Cabana (University of Illinois at Chicago). The study is published RSC journal Nanoscale. Linhua Hu, Ian D.

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Liquid microscopy technique reveals new problem with lithium-oxygen batteries; lithium peroxide in electrolyte

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—Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Engineering and lead author. Li 2 O 2 at the carbon electrode surface and isolated in the electrolyte are both active upon charging and gradually decomposed. 2018.04.046.

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U of I team uses frontal polymerization for rapid energy-efficient manufacturing of polymers; saving 10 orders of magnitude of energy

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Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new polymer-curing process that could reduce the cost, time and energy needed, compared with the current manufacturing process. One of our goals is to decrease expense and increase production. —Scott White, lead author. Robertson, Mostafa Yourdkhani, Polette J.

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ECS and Toyota North America announce 2016-2017 Fellowship winners for projects in green energy technology

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The winners are Professor Elizabeth Biddinger, City College of New York; Professor Joaquin Rodriguez Lopez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Professor Joshua Snyder, Drexel University. Professor Joaquin Rodriguez Lopez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Researchers use graphene nanosheet to prevent dendrite formation on Li metal anodes

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Now, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, with colleagues at Texas A&M University, have used a 3D conformal graphene oxide nanosheet (GOn) coating, confined into the woven structure of a glass fiber separator, which permits facile transport of Li-ions throughout its structure, while inhibiting lithium dendrite formation.

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