Remove Austin Remove Carbon Remove Low Cost Remove Solar
article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

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.

Low Cost 150
article thumbnail

DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

Green Car Congress

DOE funding $13,516,546, total project value including cost share $27,419,424). This project will develop and implement an Energy Internet microgrid, located in a large mixed-use infill development site in Austin, Texas. DOE funding $5,267,592, total project value including cost share $10,535,184). Pecan Street Project (TX).

article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

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.

Hydrogen 150
article thumbnail

Univ. of Texas researchers propose lithium- or sodium-water batteries as next generation of high-capacity battery technology; applicable for EVs and grid storage

Green Car Congress

The possibility of a flow-through mode for the cathode allows flexibility of the cell design for safe, large-capacity electrical-energy storage at an acceptable cost, they conclude. Furthermore, the aqueous cathode does not suffer from H 2 evolution from the solution, and the battery is efficiently rechargeable, they note.

Sodium 218
article thumbnail

Mattershift scales up CNT membranes; potential for zero-carbon fuels for less than fossil

Green Car Congress

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 Freeman, Professor of Chemical Engineering at UT Austin. McGinnis et al. Background.

Carbon 199
article thumbnail

DOE awards $100M in 2nd funding round for 32 Energy Frontier Research Centers

Green Car Congress

The centers selected for the second round of funding will help lay the scientific groundwork for fundamental advances in solar energy, electrical energy storage, carbon capture and sequestration, materials and chemistry by design, biosciences, and extreme environments. Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center.

Energy 337
article thumbnail

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Green Car Congress

To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. NovaCentrix (Austin, Texas). First Solar Inc.