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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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These layers are not molecularly bolted together like a metal but instead are loose enough to slide over one another, and with huge internal surface areas. MOS 2 exists as a stack of flat nanostructures.

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DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations

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Partners: Harper International, Phillips66. DOE funding: $5,577,738; cost share: $5,925,475; Total costs: $11,503,213. Standard Lithium DOE share: $500,000; Cost share: $156,380; Total costs: $656,380. Topic 1, Area of Interest 2: Improved Beneficiation, Separation and/or Processing.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. Ultra-Low Volume Change Silicon-Dominant Nanocomposite Anodes for Long Calendar Life and Cycle Life. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. The University of Texas at Austin.

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Li-ion Startup ActaCell To Receive Up to $1M Through the Texas Emerging Technology Fund

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ActaCell, a Li-ion battery spin-off from the University of Texas at Austin, was selected by the state of Texas, through the Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Central Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (CenTex RCIC), to be awarded investment by the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF). ActaCell, Inc.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Austin, Texas First Solar Inc., MetalTek International, Watertown, Wis.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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Innovative Weld Solutions; ITW; Lockheed Martin; Luvata; Materion; MesoCoat; MTI; NanoSteel Company; Optomec; Phoenix Integration; PowderMet; RealWeld; RTI International Metals; SaCell; Southwest Research Institute (SWRI); Steel Warehouse Co.; Aspire 3D); International TechneGroup Inc.; ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.;

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Fuel Cell Plug-in Hybrid Taxi Unveiled at London’s City Hall

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Intelligent Energy’s fuel cells feature metallic plate construction, and are designed for low-cost mass manufacture. The black cab that most people associate with London taxis was the Austin FX4, introduced in 1959. IE’s Fuel cell taxi system offers 58% efficiency. Click to enlarge. . Vehicle system. Click to enlarge.

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