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US DOE releases 2023 Critical Materials Assessment to evaluate supply chain security for clean energy technologies

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While cobalt (Co) was found to be critical in this and previous reports, lithium (Li) becomes critical in the medium term due to its broader use in various battery chemistries and the rampant growth of the EV industry. Electrical steel is near critical due to its use in transformers for the grid and electric motors in EVs.

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NETL investigating researching chemistries for large-scale battery- and supercapacitor-based grid energy storage systems

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This includes research on appropriate anodes, cathodes, and electrolytes for magnesium (Mg)-, sodium (Na)-, and lithium (Li)-based batteries and novel transition metal oxide- and nitride-based supercapacitor electrode materials. High-energy density magnesium batteries for smart electrical grids. Earlier post.)

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Stanford researchers develop new electrolysis system to split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen

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However, grid-scale freshwater electrolysis would put a heavy strain on vital water resources. Kenney, Yongtao Meng, Wei-Hsuan Hung, Yijin Liu, Jianan Erick Huang, Rohit Prasanna, Pengsong Li, Yaping Li, Lei Wang, Meng-Chang Lin, Michael D. (Image credit: Courtesy of H. Dai, Yun Kuang, Michael Kenney). —Kuang et al.

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Dahn Lab at Dalhousie signs exclusive 5-year research partnership with Tesla, beginning in 2016

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Tesla Motor’s Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel signed a 5-year research agreement with Dalhousie University’s Jeff Dahn, Li-ion battery researcher with the Faculty of Science, and his group of students, postdoctoral researchers and technical staff. combinatorial solutions handling robot for respirator carbons.

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Researchers call for integration of materials sustainability into battery research; the need for in situ monitoring

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Substantial progress in battery technology is essential if we are to succeed in an energy transition towards a more carbon-neutral society. We need new storage technologies if more renewables are to be used on the electrical grid; similarly, the electrification of transport requires much cheaper and longer-lasting batteries.

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DOE announces $58M in funding for advanced vehicle technologies

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Area of Interest (AOI) 2: Grid Modernization for Electric Vehicles. The objective of AOI 2 is to research, develop, and demonstrate plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) technologies that enable efficient grid integration. Carbon Fiber Polymer Composite. Steel (Mild, HSLA, AHSS, or Boron automotive alloy).

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ANL team develops new class of Li- and Na- rechargeable batteries based on selenium and selenium-sulfur; greater volumetric energy densities than sulfur-based batteries

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Cycling performance of Li/SeS 2 ?C, Unlike the widely studied Li/S system, both Se and Se x S y can be cycled to high voltages (up to 4.6 However, both Li/S and Li/O 2. systems suffer from cycling performance issues that impede their commercial applications: Li/O 2. C) and metallic Li and Na. C, Na/SeS 2 ?C,

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