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JULY 23, 2013

Researchers in South Korea have developed a simple, low-cost and eco-friendly method of creating nitrogen-doped graphene nanoplatelets (NGnPs) with excellent catalytic performance in both dye-sensitized solar cells and fuel cells to replace conventional platinum (Pt)-based catalysts for energy conversion. —Jeon et al.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

KIMLAB ] I know I say this every time, but I still cannot believe that this is a commercial system. In a new article published in Nature, scientists from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) and Aix-Marseille University (France) describe how insects detect gravity. Apptronik ] A Spooky Lab Tour of KIMLAB!

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JANUARY 28, 2016

A team from Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has developed a new practical, high-energy-capacity lithium-ion battery anode out of silicon by encapsulating Si microparticles (∼1–3 µm) using conformally synthesized cages of multilayered graphene. —Yi Cui. 2015.29.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2013

A team from the University of Science and Technology Beijing is proposing a new super-valent battery based on aluminium ion intercalation and deintercalation. Owing to its low cost, easy operation and high security, the aluminium-ion battery has exhibited excellent prospects. Wang et al. Click to enlarge. Batteries'

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JULY 25, 2014

A team of researchers from Kyoto University has demonstrated ion-exchanged MgFeSiO 4 as a feasible cathode material for use in high-energy-density rechargeable magnesium batteries. Electrolyte was 0.5 M magnesium (trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (Mg(TFSI) 2 ) in acetonitrile (solvent). Measurement temperature was 55°C. Current density was 6.62

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JULY 9, 2014

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have synthesized a porous nano-silicon material from beach sand (SiO 2 ) via a highly scalable heat scavenger-assisted magnesiothermic—i.e., using a combination of heat and magnesium—reduction. —Favors et al. —Favors et al.

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JANUARY 1, 2014

Researchers from Shanghai University have synthesized Fe 2 O 3 -graphene sheet-on-sheet sandwich-like nanocomposites that, when used as an anode for Li-ion battery, shows a high reversible capacity of 662.4 Graphite has been widely used as an anode material for commercial Li-ion batteries with a low theoretical specific capacity (372 mAh g ?1

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MARCH 17, 2015

They then compared electrocatalytic performances of np-CuTi with a commercial state-of-the-art Pt/C electrocatalyst. Also, a scale-up test of np-CuTi using practical electrolyzers, such as hydroxide exchange membrane-based electrolyzers, is highly desired for the implementation to commercial processes. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

He joined its Junior ROTC at his high school in Dayton, Ohio, and won a scholarship from the corps to attend the University of Notre Dame , in Indiana. He participated in the university's USAF ROTC program before earning a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering in 1987. The articles are great. He got the degree in 1991.

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JUNE 6, 2010

However, carbon remains the predominant commercial anode material solution at this point. Researchers at Feng Chia University in Taiwan have developed a procedure to prepare surface-modified mesophase pitch carbon to increase the charge-discharge capacity and cycleability of carbon electrodes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs).

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JUNE 4, 2013

A team at Stanford University has developed stable silicon Li-ion battery anodes by incorporating a conducting polymer hydrogel into the Si-based material. Although a number of technical issues remain, Cui expresses optimism about potential commercial applications of the new technique to create electrodes made of silicon and other materials.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

Researchers at Stanford University, with colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other institutions, have developed a nickel-based electrocatalyst for low-cost water-splitting for hydrogen production with performance close to that of much more expensive commercial platinum electrocatalysts. Credit: Gong et al.

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AUGUST 5, 2015

A team of researchers at MIT and Tsinghua University has developed a high-rate, high-capacity and long-lived anode for Li-ion batteries comprising a yolk-shell nanocomposite of aluminum core (30 nm in diameter) and TiO 2 shell (~3 nm in thickness), with a tunable interspace (Al@TiO 2 , or ATO). —Li et al.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

This is a sponsored article brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. New York University’s. It was also very important for me to be at a university that has a strong connection between engineering and medicine. How do you see it differing from other university robotics research centers and initiatives?

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Boston Dynamics ] This is pretty cool: BruBotics is testing their self-healing robotics gripper technology on commercial grippers from Festo. You should read our in-depth article on Stretch 3, so if you haven’t yet, consider this as just a teaser. IHMC ] We’re hard at work, but Atlas still has time for a dance break.

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APRIL 23, 2022

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.

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MARCH 5, 2013

The new work outlines a research program to improve the efficiency of these systems, and could quickly lead to the production of a practical, inexpensive and commercially viable prototype. The original demonstration leaf in 2011 had low efficiencies, converting less than 4.7% Earlier post.) of sunlight into fuel. —Winkler et al.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

This sponsored article is brought to you by Technology Innovation Institute. Just last year, a half dozen precisely targeted malicious drones managed to slow oil production in Saudi Arabia for days, and more recently, several low-cost drones caused significant damage to oil tankers in the UAE.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

A novel ruthenium-based catalyst developed by researchers at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) has shown markedly better performance than commercial platinum catalysts in alkaline water electrolysis for hydrogen production. mV to reach the current density of 10?mV?cm-2 M KOH and ?47?mV transition metal oxides, chalcogenides, and phosphides).

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JUNE 6, 2013

Researchers from South Korea, Case Western Reserve University and University of North Texas have synthesized new inexpensive and easily produced metal-free catalysts—edge-selectively halogenated graphene nanoplatelets (XGnPs)—that can perform better than platinum in oxygen-reduction reactions. Catalysts Fuel Cells'

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MARCH 10, 2018

Benny Freeman at The University of Texas at Austin and Dr. Jeffrey McCutcheon at the University of Connecticut confirmed that Mattershift’s large-scale CNT membranes match the characteristics and performance of small prototype CNT membranes previously reported on in the scientific literature. Benny Freeman is the Richard B.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Sodium-ion batteries (Na-ion, NIBs) are seen as an alternative to lithium-ion batteries for large-scale applications due to their lower cost and abundant supply of sodium. However, low capacity and poor rate capability of existing anodes have been major obstacles to the commercialization of NIBs. Lev and Dr. Denis Y.W.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Commercial applications of graphene materials for energy storage devices, including lithium ion batteries and supercapacitors, hinge critically on the ability to produce these materials in large quantities and at low cost. An open-access paper on their work is published in Nature Scientific Reports. —Ye et al.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Smartville currently has a pilot project up and running at the University of California San Diego. Smartville 360 version two is geared towards certification under the UL 9540 framework and is targeting low-rate production. With that product, we are doing our first commercial delivery to a utility company.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

It took some 30 years of effort by engineers and computer scientists in universities, government laboratories, and corporate research groups, piggybacking on each other’s work, trying new ideas, repeating each other’s mistakes. This article was first published as “Of Mice and menus: designing the user-friendly interface.”

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JULY 22, 2009

Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. Energy Markets in a State of Change.

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MARCH 23, 2016

The technology is being commercialized by a Cambridge-based startup company, Ambri. All the active components in a liquid metal battery (LMB) are liquid: a low-density liquid metal negative electrode; an intermediate-density molten salt electrolyte; and a high-density liquid metal positive electrode. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 28, 2015

LiCoO 2 or LiFePO 4 ) is low (140–170?mAh?g 1 ) and currently limits the energy density of most commercial cells, the researchers note. The patent positions this metal fluoride as a low-cost upgrade for the cathodes in existing Li-ion batteries and is aimed at possible commercial applications.

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OCTOBER 8, 2022

Teaming up with Stanley Mazor and Federico Faggin, he created the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004. This article was first published as “Marcian E Hoff.” 1962, Stanford University, California, all in electrical engineering First job Planting cabbages First electronics job Technician, General Railway Signal Co.,

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MAY 16, 2010

Researchers from The University of Birmingham (UK) and specialty chemicals company Innospec recently performed a series of experiments in a single-cylinder gasoline direct-injection (GDI) research engine to study the performance of the liquid biofuel 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) benchmarked against gasoline and ethanol. Credit: ACS, Zhong et al.

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JULY 2, 2023

make a low-cost “appliance”-type computer that would be as easy to use as a toaster. This article was first published as “Design case history: Apple’s Macintosh.” A graduate of Stanford University with a master’s degree in business ad­ministration, Ms. It appeared in the December 1984 issue of IEEE Spectrum.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

When I went through some research articles, it showed that we could do finite analysis methods for the design improvements for Electric Vehicle chassis. Kindly read articles on researchgate or IEEE. You have to use your university login to access all the technical papers. #33 A BMS with low cost, high efficiency, etc.

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JULY 17, 2015

Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis. Table of Contents. Engineering Advantages of PHEV.

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