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JULY 20, 2019

Haldor Topsoe will build a 10 kg/hour methanol plant to demonstrate the company’s electrified and extremely compact eSMR Methanol technology for cost-competitive production of sustainable methanol from biogas. Methanol is used as a clean fuel or an important intermediary in the production of many chemicals and polymers (plastics).

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Building Green CO2 Denmark 191

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OCTOBER 17, 2020

They replaced the all-copper conductor, middle, with a layer of lightweight polymer coated in ultrathin copper (top right), and embedded fire retardant in the polymer layer to quench flames (bottom right). Yusheng Ye/Stanford University).

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Lithium Ion Polymer Batteries Battery 397

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JUNE 29, 2020

a low cost, raw materials that do not raise concerns in terms of supply bottlenecks (electrodes that do not include PGMs, stainless steel current collectors), a compact design, the adoption of feeds based on non-corrosive liquids (low concentration alkali or DI water), and differential pressure operation.

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Hydrogen Production Polymer Italy 433

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MARCH 22, 2011

Researchers at Case Western University have developed catalysts made of carbon nanotubes dipped in a polymer solution that equal the energy output and otherwise outperform platinum catalysts in fuel cells. They’ve already shown the simple technique can significantly reduce fuel cell cost. Credit: ACS, Wang et al.

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Polymer Carbon Fuel Charging 270

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MAY 7, 2019

Anellotech ’s Bio-TCat technology has achieved commercially-targeted yields in its TCat-8 pilot unit in Silsbee, Texas during six months of continuous process operations. Anellotech is now planning the construction of its first commercial plant and is engaging in partnership and funding discussions with existing and new strategic partners.

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Commercial Massachusetts Renewable Carbon 207

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The University of Michigan (U-M) and eight partner institutions will explore the use of ceramic ion conductors as replacements for the traditional liquid or polymer electrolytes in common lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and in flow cells for storing renewable energy in the grid.

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Lithium Ion Energy Storage Michigan Universal 199

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APRIL 19, 2023

To produce cost-effective green hydrogen, industry and energy companies need efficient electrolyzers on a large scale. AEM electrolysis combines the respective technical advantages of polymer exchange membrane electrolysis (PEM) and alkaline electrolysis (AEL).

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

This project will expand Anovion’s existing manufacturing capacity in Sanborn, NY—notably the only qualified US source of battery-grade synthetic graphite commercially shipping product today. Anovion’s selected site has critical infrastructure in place that will allow for an accelerated timeline for the construction of the facility.

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Parts Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 459

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The NSF grant will address challenges that remain before the renewable strategy can be applied practically on a commercial scale. We include experts in catalysts and electrolyzer design, polymer engineering, density functional theory simulations and carbon dioxide capture. To address these challenges, our project is interdisciplinary.

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Conversion Fuel CO2 Polymer 236

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APRIL 30, 2022

The consortium will collaborate with universities such as U of T, Ontario Tech and Waterloo to address some of their material development and technology improvement requirements and characterization. However, the cost of producing MEAs is high and the durability is often poor. Next Generation Membrane Electrode Assembly.

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Canada Li-ion Emissions Vehicles 304

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MAY 22, 2023

Smith Dean’s Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, said the new process could be scaled up and reduce electrode manufacturing costs by up to 15%, while also producing electrodes that can charge faster than conventionally produced electrodes.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 243

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DECEMBER 2, 2018

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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Polymer Fuel New York Hydrogen 261

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AUGUST 18, 2019

They have patented and scaled-up the process in lab demonstrations and are working with ORNL’s licensee Momentum Technologies to scale the process further to produce commercial batches of rare earth oxides. We have developed an energy-efficient, cost-effective, environmentally friendly process to recover high-value critical materials.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

(a) Chemical structure of the PEDT:PSSH polymer blend. (b) A team from the National University of Singapore's Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI), led by principle investigator Dr. Xian Ning Xie, has developed a polystyrene membrane-based supercapacitor that they say will be easier to scale up than the current alternatives.

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Energy Storage Singapore Universal Polymer 259

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AUGUST 7, 2020

REPAIR teams will develop technology that enables gas utilities to update their distribution systems at low cost and continue to reliably service commercial and residential gas delivery needs nationwide. The designed polymer composite coating materials provide structural strength and facile processability with smart functionalities.

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Gas Gas-Electric Universal Colorado 297

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JUNE 19, 2022

Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed a process for fabricating polytriazole membranes with 10-nanometer-thin selective layers containing subnanometer channels. I'm always looking for polymers that can take challenges that are not possible with a very simple membrane.

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Oil Energy Polymer Carbon 186

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APRIL 18, 2017

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed and demonstrated at laboratory scale a novel process to synthesize low-cost, polymeric valerolactones with tunable mechanical properties and low glass transition temperatures. The University is seeking to license the technology. Brutman, Guilhem X. De Hoe, Deborah K.

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Polymer Minnesota Universal Low Cost 150

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MARCH 19, 2018

Rolls-Royce has signed a collaboration agreement with UK-based technology start-up Superdielectrics Ltd to explore the potential of using novel hydrophilic polymers to create next-generation high-energy storage technology. Existing supercapacitors on the market typically reach 0.3F/cm cm 2 depending upon complex extended surface electrodes.

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Energy Storage Energy Polymer Lithium Ion 170

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

volts (V) of water-splitting voltage with its novel low-cost electrolysis technology. Further, overcoming the corrosive degradation of these “artificial photosynthesis” systems remains a challenge and has thus far eluded commercialization. This lowers the system cost of what is essentially an electrolysis process.

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Low Cost Water Hydrogen Solar 246

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JUNE 3, 2014

Scientists in the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour have developed materials that offer a lower cost, less energy-intensive way to separate carbon dioxide from natural gas at wellheads. Illustration by Tanyia Johnson/Rice University. When the pressure is released, the CO 2 returns to gaseous form. Click to enlarge.

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Carbon Gas Energy Polymer 210

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

and the University of Surrey, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, have developed new, crosslinked gel-matrix polymer electrolytes exhibiting measured capacitance values more than 100 times those of conventional electrolytes. Researchers from Augmented Optics Ltd.

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Energy Polymer Batteries Battery 150

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

Vertoro is a spin-off from a public-private partnership between Brightlands Chemelot Campus, DSM, Chemelot InSciTe, University of Maastricht (UM) and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Lignin is a class of complex organic polymers which form key structural materials in the support tissues of most plants. Earlier post.)

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Mariner Green Fuel Universal 243

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JULY 17, 2020

The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. Marquette University. 5,000,000. .

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Lithium Ion Vehicles Li-ion Universal 236

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JANUARY 22, 2018

Although platinum (Pt) has been long known as the most efficient ORR catalyst, its high cost and scarcity have hampered the large-scale commercialization of fuel cell and metal–air battery technologies. Tang et al. Click to enlarge.

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Carbon Fiber Fuel Polymer Carbon 244

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MARCH 26, 2021

—John Holladay, PNNL scientist and co-director of the joint Bioproducts Institute, a collaboration between PNNL and Washington State University. It addresses the need to convert biocrude, a mixture of carbon-based polymers, into biofuels. campus of Washington State University Tri-Cities. —John Holladay.

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Diesel Waste Convert Washington 332

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Of those selected, approximately 43% of OPEN 2018 projects will be led by universities, 35% by small businesses, and the remainder by large businesses, non-profit organizations or federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs). This technology would be simple, cost effective, and well-suited to large-scale processing.

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Engine San Diego Polymer Lithium Ion 247

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APRIL 26, 2018

Researchers at Zhejiang University of Technology in China have fabricated magnesium borate (of the form Mg 2 B 2 O 5 ) nanowire-enabled poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)-based solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) for solid-state lithium-ion batteries (SSLIBs). Polymer electrolytes such as PEO may show low conductivity near 10 ?6

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Li-ion Polymer Lithium Ion Cheap 207

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JULY 25, 2020

Scientists from ExxonMobil, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new material that could capture more than 90% of CO 2 emitted from industrial sources using low-temperature steam, requiring less energy for the overall carbon capture process. C (250-300 ?F)

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Using a new kind of hydrogel material, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have pulled water out of thin air at temperatures low enough to be achieved with sunlight. The material is a hydrogel, a polymer network that naturally retains a lot of water. Atmospheric water harvesting draws water from humidity in the air.

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Water Energy Austin Polymer 133

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JANUARY 30, 2011

The final product is either a fine micro-fibrous polymer mat that resembles white tissue paper, or polymer micro-beads with a diameter of ~ 0.5 - 5µm, with the hydride material entrained in ~50 - 200nm pores within the polymer. Cella Energy has received investment from Thomas-Swan & Co Ltd.;

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Hydrogen Commercial Transportation Polymer 262

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

BioSolar’s cathode technology, which has been the primary focus of its university-led research and development efforts, is a novel conductive polymer material that leverages fast redox-reaction properties rather than conventional lithium-ion intercalation chemistry to enable rapid charge and discharge. (The Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Financing for novel biorefinery process systems can be a barrier to commercializing advanced biofuels, and this funding will reduce technological uncertainties and enable industry deployment. Comstock Inc., per GGE, with lifecycle emissions reductions exceeding 80% over petroleum. RTI International and partners at POET Research, Inc.

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Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. will prepare an initial engineering design study to use commercial-scale membrane CO 2 capture technology at the CEMEX Balcones cement plant in New Braunfels, TX.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Gas 236

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MARCH 22, 2012

These university-industry partnerships will receive almost $34 million in total project support. This project is led by Steven Holdcroft, Simon Fraser University, in partnership with Automotive Fuel Cell Corporation, Ballard Power Systems, Hyteon Inc., APC Investment: $5,500,000 (through NSERC and NRC). GM Canada, and Hydrogenics.

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JULY 7, 2016

These projects, selected through collaborative research consortia, will leverage industry, university and laboratory expertise to accelerate advanced hydrogen storage technologies and fuel cell performance and durability. Earlier post.).

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St. Louis Fuel Hydrogen Universal 264

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AUGUST 9, 2013

A German-US collaboration including OH-Energy Germany, GmbH; the University of Delaware; Fraunhofer ICT; and Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research released initial results demonstrating 616 mW/cm 2 peak power density at 80 °C for a hydroxide (OH - ) exchange membrane (HEM) fuel cell. Earlier post.). OH Energy, Inc.

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Delaware Fuel Power Powered 268

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AUGUST 21, 2014

A Commercially Scalable Process for Silicon Anode Prelithiation his project will develop a cost- effective and scalable pre- lithiation process. University of Colorado Boulder. University of Wisconsin - Madison. University of Connecticut. University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. Utah State University.

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