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Sandia team boosts hydrogen production activity by molybdenum disulfide four-fold; low-cost catalyst for solar-driven water splitting

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Because of this, a commercial catalyst would require a huge amount of MOS 2. The idea was to understand the changes in the molecular structure of molybdenum disulfide, so that it can be a better catalyst for hydrogen production: closer to platinum in efficiency, but earth-abundant and cheap. Molly is dirt cheap and abundant.

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The Coming Construction Boom

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Now, with 3D printing along with general-form geometric CAD, new shapes will become possible even for low-cost buildings. Imagine using cheap wind- and solar-generated electricity to pull carbon out of the atmosphere and turn it into feedstock for large-scale 3D printing of building components.

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Stanford, SLAC team cages silicon microparticles in graphene for stable, high-energy anode for Li-ion batteries

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The method can be applied to other electrode materials, too, making energy-dense, low-cost battery materials a realistic possibility. Si is an attractive anode material for next-generation lithium-ion batteries, offering ten times the theoretical capacity of commercial graphite anodes. —Yi Cui. 2015.29.

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Kyoto team develops new cathode material for high-energy-density rechargeable magnesium batteries

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Batteries using a combination of ion-exchanged MgFeSiO 4 and a magnesium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide–triglyme electrolyte system represent a prototype for a low-cost, high-energy-density rechargeable magnesium battery in which no toxic or explosive components are used, the researchers concluded. —Orikasa et al. Batteries'

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High capacity, long-life porous nano-silicon Li-ion anode material from beach sand

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Herein, we propose a facile and low cost alternative to production of nano-Si with excellent electrochemical performance using a highly abundant, non-toxic, and low cost Si precursor: sand. The UCR Office of Technology Commercialization has filed patents for inventions reported in the research paper. Favors et al.

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MIT/Tsinghua high-rate aluminum yolk-shell nanoparticle anode for Li-ion battery with long cycle life and high capacity

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Aluminium should be an attractive anode material for rechargeable Li-ion batteries for many reasons, such as low cost (~$2,000 ton −1 ), high theoretical capacity (2,235 mAh g −1 if Li 9 Al 4 , low potential plateau (~0.19–0.45 V This is normal and common treatment in all commercial batteries.).

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

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This article was first published as "‘PostScript’ prints anything: a case history." The time was right because of the imminence of three hardware developments: the first low-cost, bit-mapped personal computer, the first low-cost laser printer, and a decline in price of high-density memory chips. 2, 1988, pp.

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