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Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

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AUGUST 5, 2022

Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine, researchers from UC Berkeley, Texas A&M and Stanford have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks. The low cost of porous melamine means that the material could be deployed widely.

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Efficient recovery of lithium from spent LiFePO4 batteries via air oxidation–water leaching at room temperature

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JANUARY 18, 2022

Researchers in China report using air oxidation–water leaching to recover lithium selectively from spent LiFePO 4 (LFP) material, in which the high leaching efficiency of lithium and the good separation effect of lithium and iron were achieved simultaneously. An open-access paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Green Chemistry.

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Penn State, FSU team develops low-cost, efficient layered heterostructure catalyst for water-splitting

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JUNE 2, 2017

A team of scientists from Penn State and Florida State University have developed a lower cost and industrially scalable catalyst consisting of synthesized stacked graphene and W x Mo 1–x S 2 alloy phases that produces pure hydrogen through a low-energy water-splitting process.

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BNL Researchers develop low-cost, efficient, non-noble metal electrocatalyst to produce hydrogen from water

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MAY 9, 2012

James Muckerman at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have developed a new class of high-activity, low-cost, non-noble metal electrocatalyst that generates hydrogen gas from water. The result becomes this well-balanced Goldilocks compound—just right. —James Muckerman.

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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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OCTOBER 7, 2015

The improved catalyst has already released four times the amount of hydrogen ever produced by MoS 2 from water. The idea was to understand the changes in the molecular structure of molybdenum disulfide, so that it can be a better catalyst for hydrogen production: closer to platinum in efficiency, but earth-abundant and cheap.

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KAUST team alters atomic composition of MoS2 to boost performance as water-splitting catalyst for H2 production

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APRIL 13, 2017

Researchers at KAUST have developed and used a novel way of increasing the chemical reactivity of a two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide material to produce a cheap and effective catalyst for water splitting to produce hydrogen. A monolayer of molybdenum disulfide is only reactive for reducing water to hydrogen at its edge.

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KTH team develops new cost-effective water-splitting electrocatalyst for H2 production

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JUNE 27, 2016

Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have developed a new cost-effective electrocatalyst for water-splitting to produce hydrogen. Water splitting is considered one of the most promising strategies to produce chemical fuels such as hydrogen. —Fan et al.

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UCSC team develops high-performance nanostructured composite catalyst for water-splitting to produce hydrogen

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JANUARY 17, 2018

A low-cost, nanostructured composite material developed by researchers at UC Santa Cruz has shown performance comparable to Pt/C as a catalyst for the electrochemical splitting of water to produce hydrogen. —Peng et al. Resources. Chen (2018) “Ruthenium Ion?Complexed

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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JANUARY 11, 2014

Furthermore, this electrode permits higher charging voltages by suppressing the parasitic water-splitting reactions. The quinones are dissolved in water, which prevents them from catching fire. Quinones are abundant in crude oil as well as in green plants. —Michael J. Commercialization. —ARPA-E Program Director John Lemmon.

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Researchers from MIT and Sun Catalytix develop an artificial leaf for solar water splitting to produce hydrogen and oxygen

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Researchers led by MIT professor Daniel Nocera have produced an “artificial leaf”—a solar water-splitting cell producing hydrogen and oxygen that operates in near-neutral pH conditions, both with and without connecting wires. aligned with the low-cost systems engineering and. Earlier post.). —Reece et al.

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BNEF report finds hydrogen promising decarbonization pathway, but carbon prices and emissions policies required

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MARCH 31, 2020

When including the cost of storage and pipeline infrastructure, the delivered cost of renewable hydrogen in China, India and Western Europe could fall to around $2/kg ($15/MMBtu) in 2030 and $1/kg ($7.4/MMBtu) Note: Clean hydrogen refers to both renewable and low-carbon hydrogen (from fossil-fuels with CCS). MMBtu) in 2050.

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Exeter team develops low-cost photoelectrode for spontaneous water-splitting using sunlight

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MAY 9, 2018

The nanostructured photoelectrode results in spontaneous hydrogen evolution from water without any external bias applied with a faradaic efficiency of 30% and excellent stability. The researchers believe this new type of photoelectrode is not only cheap to produce, but can also be recreated on a larger scale for mass and worldwide use.

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Water Low Cost Solar Hydrogen

Brookhaven team develops molybdenum-soy catalyst that rivals performance of noble metals for hydrogen production

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APRIL 24, 2013

The hybrid material effectively catalyzes the conversion of liquid water to hydrogen gas while remaining stable in an acidic environment. Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have developed a low-cost, stable, effective catalyst made from earth-abundant molybdenum and common soybeans (MoSoy).

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New Rutgers non-noble metal catalyst for hydrogen evolution performs as well as Pt in both acid and base

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MARCH 22, 2015

Currently, renewable hydrogen may be produced from water by electrolysis with either low efficiency alkaline electrolyzers that suffer 50–65% losses, or by more efficient acidic electrolyzers using expensive rare platinum group metal catalysts (Pt). Right: current output versus voltage input for Ni 5 P 4. Click to enlarge. Resources.

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Researchers identify pentlandite as equally efficient alternative to platinum for hydrogen production

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JULY 27, 2016

The pentlandite provides high activity and stability at low overpotential for H 2 generation. According to their study, artificial pentlandite is just as efficient as the platinum electrodes commonly used today for the electrolytic production of hydrogen from water, but is lower cost. —Konkena et al. —Konkena et al.

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Cheap Sensors for Smarter Farmers

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

One of the benefits of using print electronics is being able to mass-produce at a low cost, says Gregory Whiting at the University of Colorado, Boulder, one of the principal investigators of the team working on the sensors. Each wireless sensor node is used for non-contact water stress detection in plants.

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Delivery of renewable isooctane to Audi tips interesting potential non-biomass pathway for biogasoline; “e-benzin” as solar fuel

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MAY 26, 2015

using just water, H 2 , CO 2 and sunlight. This proprietary novel gas fermentation technology converts the carbon monoxide-containing waste gases emitted by blast furnace, coke oven and BOF (basic oxygen furnace) operations into low-cost ethanol and high-value chemicals. Earlier post.). —Thomas Buhl. Audi e-fuels.

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Bio-inspired molybdenum sulfide catalyst offers low-cost and efficient photo-electrochemical water splitting to produce hydrogen

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MAY 2, 2011

The optimized photo-electrochemical water splitting device uses light absorbers made of silicon arranged in closely packed pillars, dotted with tiny clusters of the new molybdenum sulfide catalyst. An alternative, clean method is to make hydrogen fuel from sunlight and water via a photo-electrochemical (PEC, or water-splitting) process.

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STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab spin-off seeking to develop and commercialize a novel solid-state hydrogen storage technology; transportation applications

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JANUARY 30, 2011

Example of micro fibers produced with 20 wt % AB (ammonia borane) in water as core solution, showing smooth (nonporous) and cylindrical (noncollapsed) fibers; from a 2010 paper by the scientific team. The material could allow hydrogen to be stored in a cheap and practical way for transport applications, the company says.

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Stanford team develops new ultrahigh surface area 3D porous graphitic carbon material for improved energy storage

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JUNE 1, 2015

While some specially designed 3D porous graphene networks show good pore connectivity and conductivity, large-scale and low-cost fabrication of such graphene networks remains a challenge. The process begins with conducting hydrogel, a water-based polymer with a spongy texture similar to soft contact lenses. —Zhenan Bao.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Cyclonatix, Inc is developing an industrial-sized motor/controller to operate with either DC or AC power sources, for applications in electric vehicles, solar-powered pumps, HVAC&R, gas compressors, and other commercial and industrial machines which require high efficiency, variable speed/torque, and low cost.

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MIT/Tsinghua high-rate aluminum yolk-shell nanoparticle anode for Li-ion battery with long cycle life and high capacity

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AUGUST 5, 2015

Aluminium should be an attractive anode material for rechargeable Li-ion batteries for many reasons, such as low cost (~$2,000 ton −1 ), high theoretical capacity (2,235 mAh g −1 if Li 9 Al 4 , low potential plateau (~0.19–0.45 V V against Li + /Li 3 ), high electrical conductivity and so on.

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Underground Coal Gasification Company In Partnership to Test Alkaline Fuel Cells for Power Generation

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

The Alpha System Fuel Cell is being developed as a low-cost, easy to maintain, mass manufactured unit that can be installed in modular blocks. In fact the by-product that this power generation plant does produce is in high demand, and that is clean demineralized water. Peter Bond, Linc Energy CEO. Once the 3.5

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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JUNE 14, 2010

Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. And oil only seems cheap. While we’re fixing vehicles, we can also equip them with low-cost real-time MPG indicators that show us how to save money and still get to places quickly. More about that in a moment.

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Roskill: Green magnesium moving to commercial reality; China’s dominance under threat?

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Then came the rapid ascent of production in China and with it a flood of low-cost magnesium. The source of magnesium can be from sea water, brine, dolomite, magnesite, and carnallite. In the 1990s, the magnesium metal market was dominated by supply from North America (46%), what is now the CIS (25%) and western Europe (19%).

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Startup commercializing thermo-acoustic Stirling technology for combined heat and power for homes

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DECEMBER 27, 2013

is developing the Thermo Acoustic Power Stick (TAPS)—a micro-combined heat and power (µ-CHP) system for home use that converts gas into electricity and provides for domestic water and space heating. While the analysis and design of such systems can be complex, the result can be potentially cheap to manufacture.

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New metal-free ORR catalyst outperforms platinum in fuel cell

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JUNE 6, 2013

The technology to make the metal-free ORR catalysts builds on a simple and cheap industrial process several of the researchers developed to make graphene sheets from graphite. The weaker the oxygen bonds became, the more efficiently the oxygen was reduced and converted to water at the cathode. —Jeon et al.

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Researchers develop new non-catalytic process for converting lipids from sewage sludge to biodiesel; high yield and economic production

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AUGUST 25, 2012

They also demonstrated that the production of biodiesel using the lipids extracted from sewage sludge (SS) could be economically feasible because of its remarkably high yield of oil and low cost, as compared to conventional biodiesel feedstocks.

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For Better or Worse, Tesla Bot Is Exactly What We Expected

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OCTOBER 2, 2022

Tesla showed videos of the robot watering plants, carrying a box, and picking up a metal bar at a factory. These clips included the robot walking while carrying a box of unspecified weight and placing it on a table, and grasping a watering can. The watering can was somewhat impressive, because gripping that narrow handle looks tricky.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. But that cost in a built as an EV is much less than an ICE’s costs by about 1/2. Now add much cheaper materials and NiMH is now obsolete.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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APRIL 10, 2010

The opportunities for private-parties to buy and sell emissions allowances, and to purchase any allowances auctioned by the state, lie behind cap and trade’s potential to achieve emissions reductions at low cost to the overall economy. Cheap debt issuance alone, even if backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S.

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Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

Efficient recovery of lithium from spent LiFePO4 batteries via air oxidation–water leaching at room temperature

Penn State, FSU team develops low-cost, efficient layered heterostructure catalyst for water-splitting

BNL Researchers develop low-cost, efficient, non-noble metal electrocatalyst to produce hydrogen from water

Sandia team boosts hydrogen production activity by molybdenum disulfide four-fold; low-cost catalyst for solar-driven water splitting

KAUST team alters atomic composition of MoS2 to boost performance as water-splitting catalyst for H2 production

KTH team develops new cost-effective water-splitting electrocatalyst for H2 production

UCSC team develops high-performance nanostructured composite catalyst for water-splitting to produce hydrogen

Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

Researchers from MIT and Sun Catalytix develop an artificial leaf for solar water splitting to produce hydrogen and oxygen

BNEF report finds hydrogen promising decarbonization pathway, but carbon prices and emissions policies required

Exeter team develops low-cost photoelectrode for spontaneous water-splitting using sunlight

Brookhaven team develops molybdenum-soy catalyst that rivals performance of noble metals for hydrogen production

New Rutgers non-noble metal catalyst for hydrogen evolution performs as well as Pt in both acid and base

Researchers identify pentlandite as equally efficient alternative to platinum for hydrogen production

Cheap Sensors for Smarter Farmers

Delivery of renewable isooctane to Audi tips interesting potential non-biomass pathway for biogasoline; “e-benzin” as solar fuel

Bio-inspired molybdenum sulfide catalyst offers low-cost and efficient photo-electrochemical water splitting to produce hydrogen

STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab spin-off seeking to develop and commercialize a novel solid-state hydrogen storage technology; transportation applications

Stanford team develops new ultrahigh surface area 3D porous graphitic carbon material for improved energy storage

CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

MIT/Tsinghua high-rate aluminum yolk-shell nanoparticle anode for Li-ion battery with long cycle life and high capacity

Underground Coal Gasification Company In Partnership to Test Alkaline Fuel Cells for Power Generation

Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

Roskill: Green magnesium moving to commercial reality; China’s dominance under threat?

Startup commercializing thermo-acoustic Stirling technology for combined heat and power for homes

New metal-free ORR catalyst outperforms platinum in fuel cell

Researchers develop new non-catalytic process for converting lipids from sewage sludge to biodiesel; high yield and economic production

For Better or Worse, Tesla Bot Is Exactly What We Expected

Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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