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MAY 8, 2023

Researchers led by a team at Temple University have developed a soft solid electrolyte—(Adpn) 2 LiPF 6 (Adpn, adiponitrile)—that exhibits high thermal and electrochemical stability and good ionic conductivity, overcoming several limitations of conventional organic and ceramic materials. Resources Prakash, P., Aguirre, J.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Volkswagen and Stanford University have developed in partnership a new catalyst production process to reduce the comparatively high cost of automotive fuel cell technology. One of the biggest cost drivers for fuel cells is the use of the precious metal platinum as a catalyst to operate the fuel cell.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The resource-circulating hydrogen production technology is gaining attention for generating renewable energy sources from waste materials, embodying the ‘waste-to-energy’ concept of hydrogen production. High purity hydrogen production is possible through refinement and reforming processes.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Nissan, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, PSA Groupe, NUVVE, Frederiksberg Forsyning, Enel, Insero and DTU (Technical University of Denmark) Electrical Engineering (PowerLabDK) are partnering in the Danish project Parker to develop a universal definition for grid integration for electric vehicles. —Prof.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program ( NEUP ) has awarded research funds to the MIT Energy Initiative, CORE POWER, and the Idaho National Laboratory for a three-year study into the development of offshore floating nuclear power generation in the US. Concept of OFNP. Source: MIT CANES. Jacopo Buongiorno et al.

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AUGUST 18, 2022

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and Northwestern University are collaborating to help accelerate new materials discovery, design and development with the world’s first nanomaterial “data factory.”. Earlier post.). Kluender, Edward et al. 2018) “Catalyst discovery through megalibraries of nanomaterials” PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1815358116.

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MARCH 20, 2023

A team from Lehigh University has developed a Lewis acid-base interaction–derived hybrid sorbent with polyamine-Cu(II) complex (Polyam-N-Cu 2+ ) enabling more than 5.0 Concept of CO 2 sorption by polyamine-Cu(II) complex. Resources Hao Chen, Hang Dong, Zhongyu Shi and Arup K. Chen et al.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. Columbia University. Harvard University. Earlier post.)The

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MAY 19, 2019

NASA will provide $6 million over the course of three years to support a University Leadership Initiative (ULI) project focused on the development of a fully electric aircraft platform that uses cryogenic liquid hydrogen as an energy storage method. The two other awards are: Carnegie Mellon University. University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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MARCH 19, 2021

Achates Power was awarded a $5-million cooperative agreement from the US Department of Energy in 2020 for a new two-cylinder prototype demonstration and concept design of a next-generation medium-duty commercial vehicle opposed-piston engine. —David Crompton, president and CEO, Achates Power. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 9, 2011

The US Department of Energy has awarded up to $39 million in research grants aimed at developing advanced nuclear energy technologies and training under the Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP) initiative. The grants will support up to 51 projects at colleges and universities around the country.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

A team led by Shuyan Gao (Henan Normal University, China) and Xiong Wen (David) Lou (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) has now developed a novel, inexpensive, multifunctional electrode material based on cobalt (Co) and nickel (Ni) for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen production. Zhang, S.L., and Lou, X.W.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The US National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is collaborating with the University of Kentucky and their subcontractor Virginia Tech to demonstrate a novel process for the extraction of REEs from coal using plasma. The collaborators researched using low-temperature plasma to pretreat coal-based materials resourced from West Kentucky No.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Researchers at The Ohio State University have used a chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas—commonly called “sewer gas”. The researchers later applied the concept to hydrogen sulfide and invented the SULGEN process, which converts hydrogen sulfide into hydrogen. —Kalyani Jangam, lead author.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

Chemical engineers at UNSW Sydney and University of Sydney have developed a hybrid plasma electrocatalytic process for the production of sustainable (“green”) ammonia. The way that we did it does not rely on fossil fuel resources, nor emit CO 2. The nitrogen in these compounds is much more reactive than N 2 in the air.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

A team from Universita degli Studi di Pisa (Italy) and Rolf Reitz at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are proposing a novel combustion concept—Homogenous Charge Progressive Combustion (HCPC)—based on a split-cycle principle to control HCCI combustion in diesel-fueled engines. —Musu et al. Tamagna, D., Gentili, R.

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and Singapore University of Technology and Design have added a “fourth dimension” to additive manufacturing technology, opening up possibilities for the creation and use of adaptive, composite materials in manufacturing, packaging and biomedical applications. A team led by H.

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MAY 3, 2021

Researchers at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China have developed a Na-ion direct formate fuel cell to co-produce electricity and hydrogen (e-h 2 Na-DFFC). A paper on their work is published in the Journal of Power Sources. 2 and 35 hours of stable operation at room temperature. Xianda Sun, Yuxuan Lou, Ya-Ling He, Yinshi Li (2021). “A

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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. University of Washington. University of Virginia.

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

Our compact fusion concept combines several alternative magnetic confinement approaches, taking the best parts of each, and offers a 90 percent size reduction over previous concepts. Our concept has no coils surrounded by plasma and solves the problem.). Resources. Sutherland et al. 2014.03.072.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The Volkswagen and BASF international “Science Award Electrochemistry 2016” goes to Dr. William Chueh from Stanford University. Dr. Martin Ebner received his PhD in Material Science at the ETH University Zurich. However, a major prerequisite for success in the volume market is more powerful battery concepts. Dr. William C.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Institute of Vehicle Concepts in Stuttgart have developed a demonstrator multi-fuel free-piston linear generator (FPLG, or Freikolbenlineargenerator, FKLG in German) as a range extender for electric vehicles. 35 kW free-piston linear generator module.

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

The project is focused on topics such as e-mobility, connectivity and new mobility concepts. The Volkswagen Group currently supports 404 young men and women working for their doctorate, cooperating with universities and research institutions throughout the world.

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MAY 1, 2013

Researchers at the University of Wyoming Carbon Management Institute (CMI) discovered a major new lithium resource near Rock Springs during a geological carbon dioxide storage site characterization project sponsored by the US Department of Energy. Presently, the US imports more than 80% of the lithium used domestically.

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JULY 24, 2020

Researchers from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and the University of Texas at Austin, with colleagues at the US Army Research Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, have developed a thick cobalt-free high voltage spinel (LiNi 0.5 O 4 (LNMO)) cathode material with high areal capacity. —Li et al. (a)

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APRIL 21, 2023

In future, innovative dismantling and automated sorting methods should allow far greater quantities of the resources recovered from end-of-life vehicles to be made suitable for use in the production of new cars than has so far been the case.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Researchers from Osaka University have demonstrated a proof-of-concept for a novel molecular hydrogen production method that bypasses the need for expensive purification steps. The concept of this work. Research background and concept of this study. (A) An open-access paper on their work is published in Science Advances.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The Executive Board of thyssenkrupp AG has released the corresponding capital resources for the construction of the first direct reduction (DR) plant at its Duisburg site. In the new plant concept, the entire premium product portfolio can thus be produced with low CO 2 emissions without compromising on quality.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Researchers at the University of Southampton have transformed optical fibers into photocatalytic microreactors that convert water into hydrogen fuel using solar energy. The researchers have published their proof-of-concept in ACS Photonics and will now establish wider studies that demonstrate the scalability of the platform.

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APRIL 14, 2016

BAIC BJEV), a subsidiary of BAIC, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Dresden University of Technology (TUD) to create the Sino-German Automotive Light Weighting Technology Joint R&D Center. Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., Using the carbon and aluminum MMSF bodies and non-metal panels, body weight will be reduced by up to 45%.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, Imperial College London and University College London have devised a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing renewable propane from engineered E. coli bacteria. Patrik Jones, Imperial College London, joint corresponding author. Pauli Kallio, András Pásztor, Kati Thiel, M.

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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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MAY 24, 2019

The Ohio State University has been named The EcoCAR Mobility Challenge Year One champion, taking the lead in the premier four-year collegiate engineering competition. Rounding out the top three are Virginia Tech in second place and the University of Alabama in third place.

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MARCH 15, 2016

Credit: International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I²CNER), Kyushu University. The array of technologies that I 2 CNER’s research aims to enable includes Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Polymer Membrane based fuel cells, biomimetic and other novel catalyst concepts, and production, storage, and utilization of hydrogen as a fuel.

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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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MAY 21, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 42 university-led research and development projects for awards totaling $38 million. These projects, funded over three to four years through the Department’s Nuclear Energy University Program, are intended to help advance nuclear education and develop the next generation of nuclear technologies.

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MARCH 2, 2020

These processes would constitute and important element of a resource-efficient and sustainable circular economy for electromobility. In Germany, the DeMoBat collaborative project is developing a robot-assisted dismantling factory for traction batteries and electric motors for EVs.

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