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Verdezyne groundbreaking for first bio-based DDDA plant; replacing petroleum

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The first product produced at VerdePalm will be dodecanedioic acid (DDDA)—a 12-carbon diacid that is a component of many consumer products currently made from petroleum. —Chad Waite, Chairman of the Verdezyne Board of Directors.

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Unifrax introduces new nano-structured alumina catalyst support technology for a greener catalytic conversion option: Eco-lytic

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Our product is designed to enhance emissions reductions, reduce the need for precious raw materials, extend cleaner engine lives and help drive a more sustainable carbon footprint through vehicle weight reduction. —Chad Cannan, Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Unifrax.

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Northwestern team develops new approach to catalyst design using SPBCL and DFT; new HER catalyst 7x more active than Pt

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—Professor Chad A. i) PPL is used to pattern PEO-b-P2VP nanoreactors, loaded with the appropriate metal salts, onto a glassy carbon substrate. Liliang Huang, Peng-Cheng Chen, Mohan Liu, Xianbiao Fu, Pavlo Gordiichuk, Yanan Yu, Chris Wolverton, Yijin Kang, Chad A. Mirkin, co-corresponding author. 1800884115.

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UCR team finds adding even small amounts of tin to Si-based anode greatly improves charge capacity and cycling stability

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It is well-known that the conductivity of silicon-based active layers can be improved by increasing the weight fraction of conductive carbon-based additives such as nanotubes or carbon black, but this approach inevitably “dilutes” the active layer, i.e. decreases its average gravimetric and volumetric capacity.

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Sandia researchers developing new family of metal-based ionic liquids for low-cost, efficient flow batteries

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The US and the world need significant breakthroughs in battery technology for renewable energy sources to replace today’s carbon-based energy systems. Rose, Chad L. The next step for the Sandia team is to find similar materials for flow battery anodes. Pratt III, Alyssa J. Staiger, David Ingersoll and Travis M. Dalton Trans.

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Nth Cycle says its electroextraction tech significantly reduces transportation costs for Li-ion battery recycling

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My co-founder Chad Vecitis, who’s now our VP of R&D, was a full-time professor at Harvard and actually developed this technology over 10 years ago. O’Connor: That’s part of the innovation—using a carbon-based filter in our system, instead of using traditional filters you’d see in filter presses.

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The Top 10 Semiconductor Stories of 2023

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Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Fight for Green Tech Domination Peter Adams We worry more and more about the carbon footprint of semiconductor manufacturing, but this story was actually a win for the climate. One thing is clear, both these semiconductors will keep a lot of carbon from entering the atmosphere.

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