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Spontaneous formation of hollow structures in alloy anode crystals can improve battery stability

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Flow of lithium ions into and out of alloy battery anodes has long been a limiting factor in how much energy batteries could hold using conventional materials. The problem has been that directly synthesizing these hollow nanostructures at the large scales needed for commercial applications is challenging and expensive.

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Synthetic biology company launches JV to commercialize gas-to-liquids bioconversion; isobutanol first target

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Synthetic biology company Intrexon Corporation has formed Intrexon Energy Partners (IEP), a joint venture with a group of external investors, to optimize and to scale-up Intrexon’s gas-to-liquids (GTL) bioconversion platform. IEP’s first target product is isobutanol for gasoline blending. Prior to Intrexon, Groban was at LS9.).

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ORNL Researchers Modify Plug-in Hybrid Electric Traction Drive Power Electronics to Function as On-Board Charger; Mobile Power Generation and V2G Support as Well

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The system, if applied in a vehicle, could represent up to a 90% reduction in cost and volume compared to on-board standalone battery chargers. The new technology eliminates the separate charging mechanism typically used in PHEVs, reducing both cost and volume under the hood. 3923 - 3929 doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2009.5316496.

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