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Gel polymer electrolyte for stabilizing sulfur composite electrodes for long-life, high-energy Li-S batteries

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Researchers in Sweden and Italy have devised a simple strategy to address the issues currently hampering commercialization of high-energy density Li-sulfure batteries, including. The challenges with an increased energy density and reduced cost of secondary batteries can only be tackled by new battery chemistries. Agostini et al.

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Ecolectro secures $1.7M ARPA-E award for development of alkaline exchange membranes and ionomers for fuel cells and electrolyzers

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a developer of low-cost, high-performance polymers for electrochemical applications, announced its selection by the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for an award that will support the continued development of its alkaline exchange ionomers and membranes. 3) Perfluorinated polymers (i.e.,

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Stanford team develops new approach to overcoming capacity fading in Lithium-sulfur batteries

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b) Comparison of cycling performance at C/2 with and without the PVP modification. Lithium sulfur batteries are of great interest due to their high specific energy and relatively low cost (e.g., To overcome this mechanism, they introduced amphiphilic polymers to modify the carbon surface. Credit: ACS, Zheng et al.

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UK Carbon Trust report says fuel cell vehicles could take more than 30% of mid-sized car market by 2050

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The report is specifically focused on the potential for technology from select UK companies to enable a disruptive step-change in fuel cell cost reduction to accelerate consumer uptake, leading to approximately double the number of fuel cell cars on the road globally by 2030 versus current expectations. 500,000 units per year).

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Gevo to supply alcohol-to-jet fuel to Virgin Australia

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The ATJ is derived from isobutanol produced at its commercial isobutanol plant located in Luverne, Minnesota. Gevo is well positioned to play a role in this growth, as the company believes its ATJ is cost advantaged in comparison to other renewable jet alternatives derived from carbohydrate-based feedstocks.

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Novel hybrid electrolytes to enable high-safety high-voltage Li-ion batteries

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Currently, liquid electrolyte still [dominates] the commercial LIB market since they are low cost, easy to prepare and [feature] high ionic conductivity. Al 2 O 3 is a commonly used filler in polymer electrolytes, with electrochemical stability and relatively high ionic conductivity. —Xu et al.

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Platinum-chromium alloy outperforms platinum as fuel cell catalyst

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By comparison, the average particle size of Pt/C increased from 4.5 After 1,000 degradation cycles in a full cell, a MEA (membrane electrode assembly) with a Pt 3 Cr/C cathode exhibited an excellent maximum power density retention of about 94% compared to only 59% for the MEA with the commercial catalyst. up to 10–30 nm.

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