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MIT: hybrid cathodes could boost energy capacity of lithium-sulfur batteries

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Researchers at MIT and in China are proposing a new class of dense intercalation-conversion hybrid cathodes by combining intercalation-type Mo 6 S 8 with conversion-type sulfur (HMSC) to realize a Li–S full cell. electrolyte) and eventually redeposit somewhere else as solid phases. …

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UCL-led study finds climate impact caused by growing space industry needs urgent mitigation

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This demand stems from significantly reduced launch costs driven by commercialization, increased reliance on satellite technologies for global positioning systems, surveillance and broadband internet, and postulated space resource extraction and militarization. —Ryan et al. —corresponding author Dr Robert Ryan.

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MIT Researchers Engineer Viruses as Scaffolds for Photocatalytic Water Oxidation

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A team of MIT researchers, led by Dr. Angela Belcher, has engineered a common bacteriophage virus (M13) to function as a scaffold to mediate the co-assembly of zinc porphyrins (photosensitizer) and iridium oxide hydrosol clusters (catalyst) for visible light-driven water oxidation. TEM images of the virus-templated IrO 2 nanowires.

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BP renews commitment to MITEI with second $25M pledge

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The MITEI program pairs world-class research teams with the energy companies responsible for commercializing the technology. MIT faculty and students have proved to be invaluable research partners who embody the Institute’s motto ‘Mens et Manus’ or ‘Mind and Hand’. —Ellen Williams, BP’s Chief Scientist.

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Researchers demonstrate production of C3 hydrocarbons from biomass with no external H2 required

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Researchers have demonstrated a route for the production of major commercial C 3. hydrocarbons (propane and propylene) from renewable biomass via the hydrothermal conversion of well-known fermentation end-products (butyric acid and 3-hydroxybutyrate) without the use of exogenous hydrogen. —Fischer et al. Authors Curt R.

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Researchers report high thermoelectric performance for indium-doped tin telluride; waste heat recovery applications

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Researchers at the University of Houston’s physics department and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, MIT and Boston College have found that indium-doped tin telluride (SnTe) shows high thermoelectric performance, with a peak figure of merit (ZT) of ?1.1 atom % In-doped SnTe at about 873 K (600 ° C).

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DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

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As a result, there is a critical need to create new pathways for biofuel conversion that reduces carbon waste, prevents the loss of CO 2 emissions, and in turn, maximizes the amount of renewable fuel a conversion process yields. University of Wisconsin-Madison. The awardees are: LanzaTech, Inc.

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