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UT Austin team devises new strategy for safe, low-cost, all-solid-state rechargeable Na or Li batteries suited for EVs

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Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, including Prof. The cathode consisted of a redox center (an S 8 , or ferrocene Fe(C 5 H 5 ) molecule or MnO 2 particle) embedded in a mix of electrolyte and carbon contacting a Cu current collector. The electrolyte membrane was 0.06 The sealed cell was then aged. Click to enlarge.

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DOE announces Stage 1 CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize Winners

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The Clean Carbon Conductors team, with members from Rice University and DexMat Co, is designing enhanced-conductivity CNTs by improving fiber quality, alignment, packing density, and by electrochemically doping the CNTs. Each winning team has earned a $25,000 cash prize and a stipend for third-party conductivity testing in Stage 2.

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DOE awarding $46M to 8 companies to support commercial fusion energy development

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Austin, TX). Realta’s compact magnetic mirror will produce net energy at smaller scales than competing toroidal systems and has the potential to be a lower cost and less complex generator of zero-carbon heat and power. IFE Pilot Plant with a Low-Cost, High-Energy Excimer Driver and the HYLIFE Concept.

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Goodenough and UT team report new strategy for all-solid-state Na or Li battery suitable for EVs; plating cathodes

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lithium, sodium or potassium) on a copper–carbon cathode current collector at a voltage of more than 3.0 In this paper, we report a new strategy for a safe, low-cost, all-solid-state rechargeable sodium or lithium battery cell that has the required energy density and cycle life for a battery that powers an all-electric road vehicle.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide storage in geologic formations. million of non-Federal cost sharing. Schlumberger Carbon Services , Columbus, Ohio. The projects’ total value is approximately $35.8

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6 DOE-funded applied battery research projects targeting Li-ion cells with >200 Wh/kg for PHEVs and EVs

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million project to combine TIAX’s proprietary CAM-7 cathode material ( earlier post ) with a blended Si/carbon anode to achieve >200 Wh/kg and >400 Wh/L energy and >800 W/kg and >1600 W/L 10s pulse power targets under USABC PHEV battery testing procedures. Penn State/University of Texas at Austin. TIAX is the sole organization in a $2.2-million

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DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen

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DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), under the purview of DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), will manage the selected projects. intends to develop a modular, sorbent-based air separation unit (ASU) for oxygen production to support low-cost hydrogen production from gasification of biomass and/or wastes.

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