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New MIT metal-mesh membrane could solve longstanding problems with liquid metal displacement batteries; inexpensive grid power storage

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The work was supported by the French oil company Total S.A. A paper describing the development is published in the journal Nature Energy. through the MIT Energy Initiative. Faradaically selective membrane for liquid metal displacement batteries Huayi Yin, Brice Chung, Fei Chen, Takanari Ouchi, Ji Zhao, Nobuyuki Tanaka & Donald R.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Oil is the alternative. — Bada Bing 9.

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