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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 research, some of which was published last year in the RSC journal Dalton Transactions , might lead to energy storage systems that can help economically and reliably incorporate large-scale intermittent renewable energy sources into the electric grid. Rose, Chad L. Since the MetIL compound represents both electrolyte. Dalton Trans.

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Ioxus Developing Higher Power Density Ultracapacitors

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Smaller Ioxus cells offer a power density of 22-28 kW/kg, and larger cells offer densities of 12-15 kW/kg, said Chad Hall, COO of Ioxus. Another application could provide “instant heat” to heat up the catalytic converters in vehicles. Energy densities for the cells are typically around 2-4 Wh/kg.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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But Nissan has announced that for North America, they too are converting over to CCS. Importantly, Tesla is about to offer a converter that allows Teslas to use CCS charging sites. And the estimate was that about 80 percent of all the miles covered by Volt came from grid power, not from gasoline. Finally, age.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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But Nissan has announced that for North America, they too are converting over to CCS. Importantly, Tesla is about to offer a converter that allows Teslas to use CCS charging sites. And the estimate was that about 80 percent of all the miles covered by Volt came from grid power, not from gasoline. Finally, age.