Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2020

Advancing cathode materials with both high energy density and low cost have always been the main objective of battery material research. Developing cobalt-free cathode materials is one of the significant concepts to lower down the price of current LIBs. … The paper on their work is published in the Journal of Power Sources.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Herein, we demonstrate a sulfur looping scheme in a one-reactor system using a low-cost and environmentally safe iron-based sulfur carrier. The researchers later applied the concept to hydrogen sulfide and invented the SULGEN process, which converts hydrogen sulfide into hydrogen. —Kalyani Jangam, lead author. 1c03410.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

The researchers used standard heterojunction cells to prove the concept; by using the best cells of that type, they would expect to achieve a performance above 16%. The research is part of the nano-tera SHINE — project to develop an efficient and cost-effective hydrogen production system using sunlight and water.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

ITM Power 100MW electrolyzer facility concept. As part of the second phase, ITM Power will also install and trial both their next-generation electrolyzer stack and the semi-automated manufacturing machines required for large-scale and high-volume manufacture of these new large low-cost stacks.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2020

Topic areas within this FOA will advance DOE’s Bioenergy Technology Office’s objectives of reducing the price of drop-in biofuels; lowering the cost of biopower; and enabling high-value products from biomass or waste resources. The application process will include two phases: a concept paper and a full application.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Hydrokinetic energy is an abundant renewable resource that can boost grid resiliency and reduce infrastructure vulnerability, but it is currently a cost prohibitive option compared to other energy generating sources. The University of Michigan proposes the RAFT concept as a solution for hydrokinetic energy harvesting.

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APRIL 9, 2021

million for technologies that produce low-cost, low-carbon biofuels. ( million for technologies that produce low-cost, low-carbon biofuels. ( BETO is focused on developing technologies that convert domestic biomass and other waste resources (e.g., million) will go to the scale-up of biotechnologies.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2015

For the proof-of-concept, the cells were manufactured to be larger than necessary to avoid unnecessary costs and lengthy manufacturing processes at this early stage. The battery for the e-bike has a design energy of 418 Wh, 250 Wh of which has been used in the e-bike proof-of-concept. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 11, 2023

With funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Resource ( EMBER ) program ( earlier post ), San Diego State University researchers are developing advanced extraction methods with the aim of boosting the domestic supply of REEs.

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JUNE 25, 2021

DME is a hydrogen-rich molecule that can be produced from waste and/or renewable resources using Oberon’s modular production technology. We are producing a hydrogen-rich molecule, moving it using existing, low-cost infrastructure, and converting it to hydrogen fuel on demand. —Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D., —Troy A.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Researchers at Arizona State University have shown that paper-folding concepts can be applied to Li-ion batteries in order to realize a device with higher areal energy densities. As a proof-of-concept, we have chosen to apply simple paper folding as well as the more complicated Miura-ori pattern to paper-based Li-ion battery electrodes.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Led by Environmental Resources Management Limited (ERM). The concept consists of a large-scale floating wind turbine (nominally 10 MW) with an integrated water treatment unit and electrolyzers for localized hydrogen production. The project aims to reduce the cost of electrolytic hydrogen significantly. Contract value: £7.48

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JANUARY 18, 2022

The use of LFP batteries in EVs is increasing rapidly, especially in China, due to low-cost, safety, excellent thermal stability and superior cycling performance. An open-access paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Green Chemistry. Earlier post.) —Jin et al. The researchers found that 99.3% Hao Jin et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2016

This topic seeks proof-of-concept, or seedling projects that complement the VTO Battery500 Consortium’s research to more than double the specific energy (to 500 watt-hours per kilogram) of lithium battery technologies which will result in smaller, lighter weight, less expensive battery packs, and more affordable electric vehicles.

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EV Central

APRIL 9, 2024

According to Reuters multiple sources behind the scenes have confirmed the affordable EV is no longer happening with resources switched to developing self-driving robotaxis. No timeline has been given for when Tesla plans to introduce its robotaxi but more will be revealed following the unveil of the concept in August.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Preliminary analysis performed by the national laboratories on the H2@Scale concept indicated that nearly a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is possible by 2050 via such large-scale hydrogen production and use. The RFI seeks input on six specific areas: Concept of H2@Scale. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2018

New battery technologies also are the subject of the joint proposal of KIT and Ulm University for the Excellence Cluster “Energy Storage beyond Lithium: New Storage Concepts for a Sustainable Future.” The Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and Gießen University are also partners of this proposal.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2023

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their Canadian partners have designed a low-cost photoreactor design for solar-driven synthesis. The photoreactors have a low level of complexity, are readily manufacturable via mass fabrication techniques in polymers, and are easy to adapt to diverse photocatalysts.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Engineers at GM’s R&D Center are developing a new low-cost concept for NO x control from lean-burn spark ignition direct injection (SIDI) engines: passive ammonia SCR. GM’s passive ammonia SCR concept places a conventional three-way catalyst upstream of an SCR catalyst. Lean-burn (i.e., Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

MARCH 14, 2022

The idea, says Daniel Codd , a researcher in renewable energy systems at the University of California, San Diego, is to store solar-produced heat in rock formations below the surface, creating a solar-charged geothermal resource in which heat is stored for meaningful durations. to test the concept for the first time.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2019

Since then, the two companies said, they have achieved high-capacity and high-output automotive prismatic batteries that lead the industry in terms of both performance and cost. The joint venture will integrate management and other resources from both companies, fusing strengths of both Toyota and Panasonic.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2019

Proof-of-concept Li-S cell with Az-S as cathode material exhibited initial discharge capacity of 1036 mAh g -1 with high Coulombic efficiency. Cycling performance of Az-S and pure sulfur at 0.3 Chen et al. After cycling for 100 cycles, the capacity remained at 515 mAh g -1.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Leveraging high performance computing resources unique to the national laboratory system, VTO has developed robust modeling, simulation, and big data analytics capabilities, while research of advanced sensing and perception technologies, system controls, and other connected and automated technologies has advanced rapidly.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2018

The work, reported in the journal Nature , shows a possible design approach for cathode materials that move away from the current reliance on nickel and cobalt—which are limited resources and are associated with safety problems. The new study shows how manganese can work within this concept. —Lee et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Moreover, they studied the possibility of implementing new advanced combustion concepts, as alternatives to the conventional diesel system, with what they said was very promising results. Resources. de Lima (2014) “Analysis of combustion concepts in a newly designed 2-stroke HSDI compression ignition engine” (THIESEL 2014).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2021

Sodium is an abundant low-cost metal, and a main ingredient in seawater. We are very happy to present a concept with cost-efficient, abundant and sustainable metals. The graphene layers also have uniform pore size, controllable functionalization density, and few edges. —Vincenzo Palermo.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Ecolectro is developing alkaline exchange ionomers (AEIs) to enable low-cost fuel cell and electrolyzer technologies. Drop-In Replacement Materials from Abundant Resources to Double Energy in EV Batteries – $3,100,000. Superstrong, Low-cost Wood for Lightweight Vehicles – $3,600,000. Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2009

Before realizing the design of a hybrid pneumatic engine (HPE) in hardware, the researchers evaluated the different pneumatic engine modes (motor mode and pump mode) associated with both two-stroke and four-stroke implementations of the pneumatic concept. Their main disadvantage is poor driveability, which can be tackled with the HPE concept.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2018

The researchers present these results in the journal Nature Reviews Materials as part of a cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries. … Resources. Passerini (2018) “A cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries“ Nat. Peters: “The Issue of Metal Resources in Li-Ion Batteries for Electric vehicles.“

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2018

In recent years, the concept of solid composite electrolyte (SCE) has aroused considerable interest in the battery community. These solvents share many attributes with the ionic liquids among which a low vapor pressure and nonflammability. —Joos et al. Cross-sections of the ETGs showed a porous structure filled with DES.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2021

SCALEUP awardees will focus on further developing existing technologies, for which the proof-of-concept R&D challenges have been addressed, that can establish real-world impact through scaling. High-Throughput Manufacturing of Breakthrough Polymer Electrolyte to Enable Low-Cost Solid-State Batteries - $8,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2018

Unlike other HCEs developed earlier, the new PNNL electrolyte exhibits low concentration, low cost, low viscosity, improved conductivity, and good wettability that could bring lithium metal batteries (LMBs) closer to practical applications. Shuru Chen, Jianming Zheng, Donghai Mei, Kee Sung Han, Mark H. 201706102.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2018

Elemental sulfur, as one of promising cathode materials, can offer a theoretical capacity of 1672 mAh g -1 and high energy density of 2600 W h kg -1 at a low cost, when it is coupled with metallic Li anode. The next step for the team is fabricating a larger battery utilizing this concept. Kim, Harif D. 8b03959.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2018

Proposed cathode catalyst concepts should demonstrate the potential to meet or exceed activity of 0.044 A/cm 2 at 0.9 FCTO seeks applications on concepts for industry-led efforts on hydrogen-focused integrated renewable energy production, storage, and transportation fuel distribution R&D. Topic 3: Innovative Concepts.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Eurofins Genomics said that the ability of this technology to analyze a large number of DNA samples easily and quickly at low cost will support further research and will significantly contribute to addressing world food and energy problems.

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JANUARY 17, 2010

Developing low-cost, non-petroleum fertilizers is a key to achieving reductions in carbon emissions from any biofuel source. The development of low-cost, non-petroleum fertilizers is one of the keys to achieving genuine carbon emissions reductions from any biofuel source. Greening the Deserts of the Earth (GSI).

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FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Strategies exist to coordinate and manage these loads through low-cost, open source and architecture platforms for PEV load control, with minimal barriers to implementation and equal data security to more closed systems, according to the proposal.

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