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Expanded graphite as a superior anode for sodium-ion batteries

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Researchers at the University of Maryland, with colleagues at the University of Illinois at Chicago, report on a new method for expanding graphite for use as a superior anode for sodium-ion batteries in a paper in Nature Communications. Sodium (Na) is an earth-abundant and inexpensive element, and shares many properties with lithium.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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Behnke spent his entire career at Commonwealth Edison in Chicago. During his tenure at the company, he oversaw the design and construction of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor project, a sodium-cooled nuclear facility in Tennessee. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees as well as a Ph.D.

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

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This effort will build on Austin Energy’s existing Smart Grid programs by creating a microgrid that will initially link 1,000 residential smart meters, 75 commercial meters, and plug-in electric vehicle charging sites. . Pecan Street Project (TX). 29,561,142. 125,006,103. Pacific Gas & Electric Company (CA). 25,000,000. 24,978,264.