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RMIT researchers demonstrate working rechargeable proton battery

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The rechargeable battery is environmentally friendly, and has the potential, with further development, to store more energy than currently-available lithium ion batteries. These protons then pass back through the cell membrane where they combine with oxygen and electrons from the external circuit to re-form water.

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Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

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Just like we put food in the refrigerator, we can store it for days or weeks without eating it immediately or discarding it. The best known and in widespread use in portable electronic devices and vehicles are lithium-ion and lead acid. Lithium batteries: the future of storage. Batteries encompass a range of chemistries.

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Akasol unveiling new high energy density battery module for coaches and trucks; cylindrical cells

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The new battery module will first be used in customer application trials at the end of 2018. Akasol works with a standard water-glycol-mix that is widely used in numerous applications of the automotive industry worldwide, e.g., in engine cooling. Akasol is presenting three lithium-ion battery systems at its booth.

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MIT-led team devises new approach to designing solid ion conductors; implications for high-energy solid-state batteries

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Researchers led by a team from MIT, with colleagues from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), BMW Group, and Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a fundamentally new approach to alter ion mobility and stability against oxidation of lithium ion conductors—a key component of rechargeable batteries—using lattice dynamics.

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ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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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. Aluminum is highly abundant in earth’s crust and costs much less than cobalt, nickel, and lithium, key elements in today’s state-of-the-art batteries.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

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Recent developments in lithium ion batteries, and the consequential range improvements of EVs has significantly dampened enthusiasm for hydrogen fuel cells. More significantly it must be realized that hydrogen, just like a battery, is not an energy source in itself, but simply a means of storing energy.

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How to Hasten India’s Transition Away From Coal

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For instance, just 8 percent of Indian homes had air-conditioning in 2018, but that share is. To get closer to 100 percent renewable energy, the complex needs to store some of its wind and solar power. The first is a 2-MWh, 750-volt direct-current lithium-ion battery facility. likely to rise to 50 percent by 2050.

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