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DECEMBER 18, 2022

Researchers from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering and Fujitsu have applied quantum-inspired computing to find the promising, previously unexplored chemical family of Ru-Cr-Mn-Sb-O 2 as acidic oxygen evolution reaction catalysts for hydrogen production. A paper on their work appears in the journal Matter.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Researchers at Columbia University have solved the first piece of the puzzle; they have proved that CO 2 electroreduction begins with one common intermediate, not two as was commonly thought. Their paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). —lead author Irina Chernyshova. 1802256115.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In 2018, Lithium Americas completed a pre-feasibility study (PFS) on a two-phase project with a production capacity designed to reach 60,000 tpa of battery- quality lithium carbonate (Li 2 CO 3 ) and 46-year mine life.

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MAY 11, 2020

Researchers at Monash University in Australia are proposing a roadmap to renewable ammonia being produced in the future at a scale that is significant in terms of global fossil fuel use. Gen 1 involves the use of carbon sequestration or offsets to bring the net carbon impact of the ammonia production to zero (blue ammonia).

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JANUARY 27, 2019

If ship hulls were coated with special bo-inspired high-tech air trapping materials, up to 1% of global CO 2 emissions could be avoided according to a new study by researchers from the University of Bonn together with colleagues from St. —co-author Dr. Matthias Mail, Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants at the University of Bonn.

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JULY 22, 2022

We know that hydrogen emits no carbon dioxide when burned, but we also know that with water vapor and heat being the most significant by-products, hydrogen combustion does produce contrails. Test flights are scheduled for late 2022 in North Dakota in collaboration with the University of North Dakota.

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MAY 9, 2018

A research group from the University of Turku, Finland, has developed a new protocol to deliver sustained hydrogen photoproduction in green algae under a train of strong white light pulses interrupted by longer dark phases. Efficient H 2 photoproduction in green algae occurs in the light after a period of dark anaerobic incubation.

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APRIL 8, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its five-year 2014-2018 Strategic Plan. DOE will continue to pursue carbon capture and storage technologies as well as nuclear power. Use the national laboratory system and leverage partnerships with universities and industry to conduct mission-focused research.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The US Department of Energy announced $98 million in funding for 40 new projects as part of OPEN 2018, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) latest open funding opportunity. University of California, San Diego. Other transportation projects awarded OPEN funds are: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.

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OCTOBER 14, 2018

Researchers from the National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy in Beijing and Eindhoven University of Technology have developed iron-based catalysts that substantially reduce operating costs and open the door to capturing the large amounts of CO 2 that are generated by CTL. —Wang et al. 10, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau2947.

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JULY 13, 2018

An Air Liquide scientific prize coupled with a €50,000 grant will be awarded to each of the laureates at the end of 2018. How can our Essential Small Molecules help rise to the challenge of meeting the dietary needs of 9 billion people in a healthy, affordable, sustainable and environmentally friendly way?

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

Inspired by the breathing process of mammalian alveoli, scientists at Stanford University have developed a breathing-mimicking, pouch-type, nanoporous polyethylene (PE) structure for two-way efficient gas transport from and to an electrocatalyst/electrolyte interface. Their research is published in the journal Joule. 2018.11.015.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Earlier post.). Reducing barriers to investment in energy efficiency.

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AUGUST 19, 2020

The study, set in Singapore, suggests that better air quality will bring about climate co-benefits in reducing electricity generation via lower household demand, and thus mitigating carbon emissions. Cleaner urban air will reduce energy demand, as households engage in less defensive behavior, and this helps to mitigate carbon emissions.

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MAY 27, 2022

Rice University chemists working with researchers at the Ford Motor Company are turning plastic parts from end-of-life vehicles into graphene via the university’s flash Joule heating process ( earlier post ). Wyss et al. Process flow and life-cycle assessment comparing graphene synthesis methods. Wyss et al.

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

Researchers at Changchun University of Science and Technology in China have developed a nanobox strategy to improve the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries. The ZIF-67 nanocubes were dispersed in a mixed solution containing ethanol (20 mL) and deionized water (5 mL). A paper on their work appears in the Journal of Power Sources.

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MARCH 2, 2018

An international research team has developed a new single-atom electrocatalyst that efficiently converts CO 2 to carbon monoxide (CO). The anion membrane electrode assembly prevented the direct contact between the catalyst and liquid water, maximally suppressing the H 2 evolution side reaction and facilitating the CO 2 mass transport.

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MARCH 8, 2018

Researchers at Australia’s RMIT University have demonstrated for the first time a working rechargeable “proton battery”. The latest version combines a carbon-based electrode for solid-state storage of hydrogen instead of metal hydride as in the earlier work with a reversible fuel cell to provide an integrated rechargeable unit.

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JUNE 4, 2018

Researchers, led by a team from the University of Pennsylvania, have used a polymer-folding mechanism to develop a new and versatile kind of solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) that currently offers proton conductivity faster than Nafion by a factor of 2, the benchmark for fuel cell membranes. They collaborated with Kenneth B. Wagener, George B.

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JULY 2, 2018

Kazuhiko Maeda of Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Kengo Oka of Chuo University and collaborators in Japan have succeeded in demonstrating that Pb 2 Ti 2 O 5.4 works as a stable photocatalyst for visible light-driven water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction, with the aid of proper surface modifications.

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APRIL 3, 2018

However, previous research has found that chemical reactions of the conventional carbonate electrolyte created a barrier on the surface of magnesium that prevented the battery from recharging. The artificial interphase enables the reversible cycling of a Mg/V 2 O 5 full-cell in the water-containing, carbonate-based electrolyte.

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OCTOBER 2, 2017

Masdar Institute is a part of the Khalifa University of Science and Technology. In February 2018 the clean Salicornia oil is to be processed at the Takreer Research Center for conversion into aviation biofuel. Steve Griffiths, Interim Executive Vice President for Research, Khalifa University of Science and Technology.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

Researchers at the University of Alberta (Canada) have shown for the first time that road dust is photochemically active; i.e., sunlight causes chemical reactions in the dust. Styler (2018) “Photochemical Production of Singlet Oxygen by Urban Road Dust” Environmental Science & Technology Letters doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.7b00533.

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JULY 16, 2016

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. Professor Joshua Snyder, Drexel University.

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JANUARY 20, 2018

Researchers at Northwestern University and Tianjin University now report an effective approach to avoiding dendrite growth on Li-metal anodes by using a scaffold based on crumpled paper ball-like graphene (CGB) particles. Porous carbon nanostructures, including graphene-based materials, are attractive lightweight Li host materials.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Proposals should be submitted no later than 31 January 31, 2018. Professor Joaquin Rodriguez Lopez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Joshua Snyder, Drexel University. Rules and nomination form are available here.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

2018 target. According to the EPA, Volkswagen Chattanooga’s current green power generation of more than 13 million kWh is equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions of nearly 2,000 passenger vehicles per year, or is the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power nearly more than 1,000 average American homes annually.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago. Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Ability Hand contains six motors housed in a carbon fiber casing. Pierre , 2018–2019 U.S. and a Ph.D. www.youtube.com.

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MAY 26, 2015

using just water, H 2 , CO 2 and sunlight. This proprietary novel gas fermentation technology converts the carbon monoxide-containing waste gases emitted by blast furnace, coke oven and BOF (basic oxygen furnace) operations into low-cost ethanol and high-value chemicals. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Ng, and Garry L.

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APRIL 18, 2022

When most of us consider ways to reduce carbon emissions in the transportation sector, we immediately think of electric cars or vehicles in general, and in that case, we are right to a greater extent.  Unlike Lithium, hydrogen is the most plentiful element in the universe ( Lithium is the key component in electric vehicle batteries).

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JUNE 21, 2010

Field testing the potential for combining geologic carbon dioxide storage with enhanced methane recovery is underway at a site in Alabama by a US Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners. The characterization phase (2003–2005), which defined opportunities for carbon capture and storage, has been completed.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have used a plasma pre-treatment to achieve through-plane wettability of carbon layers in a fuel cell electrode. Porous carbon based layers have become standard electrode materials in many energy conversion and storage applications. —first author Beniamin Zahiri.

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

A University at Buffalo-led research team has developed an efficient platinum group metal (PGM)-free catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in PEM fuel cells that consists of atomically dispersed nitrogen-coordinated single Mn sites on partially graphitic carbon (Mn-N-C). and Harbin Institute of Technology.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

La Poste has targeted a 30% CO 2 reduction target per household served between 2008 and 2018. The bipolar plates in hydrogen fuel cells regulate gas and water circulation as well as the collection of electrical current. This will significantly improve our level of global CO 2 emissions. New bipolar plates.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Cornell University. Stanford University. The Ohio State University.

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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.

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JULY 21, 2016

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Binghamton University (State University of New York). Tesla Motors, Inc.

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