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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Researchers at Vanderbilt University have demonstrated that ultrafine sizes (∼4.5 nm, average) of iron pyrite (FeS 2 ) nanoparticles are advantageous to sustain reversible conversion reactions in sodium ion and lithium ion batteries. A paper on their work is published in the journal ACS Nano.

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AUGUST 30, 2019

A team of researchers at George Washington University led by Prof. The C2CNT production is achieved at a fraction of the current cost of manufacturing nanotubes and results in a cost of carbon savings in the materials production significantly below the current cost of carbon mitigation.

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JUNE 15, 2015

A team at McGill University in Canada has developed a reversible hydrogen storage/release system based on the metal-catalyzed hydrogenation and photo-induced dehydrogenation of organic cyclic hydrocarbons at room temperature. —Li et al. C 6 H 12 (g) → C 6 H 6 (g) + 3H 2 (g), ΔH (298K) = 206 kJ/mol (1). Credit: ACS, Li et al.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Now we are accelerating Direct Air Capture technology that enables efficient and low-cost CO 2 capture—the future of CO 2 recycling. This stores the CO 2 long-term. We have proven carbon-neutral eFuels are a real solution to help decarbonize transportation.

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APRIL 9, 2018

Stuart Licht, a chemistry professor at the George Washington University, and his team of researchers are among the finalists announced today in the $20-million Carbon XPRIZE competition. Stronger, more stress resistant & cheaper by weight than steel, C2CNT carbon nanotubes avoids > 160 ton CO 2 per ton steel replaced. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

Lloyd’s Register and University Maritime Advisory Services (UMAS) released a new study— Zero Emission Vessels 2030 —that aims to demonstrate the viability of zero emission vessels (ZEVs) by identifying what needs to be in place to make them a competitive solution for decarbonization. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 23, 2012

Grzegorz Milczarek from Poznan University of Technology (Poland), and Olle Inganäs from Linköping University (Sweden), have combined lignin derivatives, which are electronic insulators, with polypyrole, a conductive polymer, into an interpenetrating composite suitable for use as a battery cathode. (B) Voltammograms recorded between 0.1

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AUGUST 25, 2022

An international team of researchers led by Quanguan Pang at Peking University and Donald Sadoway at MIT reports a bidirectional, rapidly charging aluminum–chalcogen battery operating with a molten-salt electrolyte composed of NaCl–KCl–AlCl 3. —Pang et al. Sadoway is formally the Chief Scientific Advisor.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and chair of the committee. Storing the carbon dioxide from NETs has the same impact on the atmosphere and climate as simultaneously preventing an equal amount of carbon dioxide from being emitted. However, it is currently limited by high cost.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Many local devices that can either generate electricity, like rooftop solar panels, or store energy, like electric cars, are expected to help reduce the costs of the traditional system, especially as intermittent renewable energy provides a bigger fraction of our energy use. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuel Cells Hybrids'

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APRIL 30, 2009

A collaboration led by the UK’s Cranfield University has developed a retrofit plug-in hybrid conversion system for a conventional internal combustion engine vehicle. The ADDZEV consortium includes: Cranfield University. University of Oxford. Tags: Conversions Hybrids Plug-ins. Source: Cranfield. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Most of the hydrogen that is used today is stored as a compressed gas (with pressures typically ranging from 150 to 700 bar) or a liquid (liquid storage requires cryogenic temperatures near 20 K). Three overarching performance targets for onboard hydrogen storage systems are: gravimetric capacity; volumetric capacity; and system cost.

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APRIL 30, 2010

This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Johnson Matthey will investigate the catalytic conversion of this microbial biodiesel into additional fuel molecules, most importantly jet fuel. per gallon.

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MAY 9, 2018

Researchers at the University of Exeter (UK) have developed a novel p-type LaFeO 3 photoelectrode using an inexpensive and scalable spray pyrolysis method. A promising way of storing solar energy is via chemical fuels, in particular hydrogen as it is considered as a future energy carrier.

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MAY 29, 2010

When incorporated into resins, fuzzy fibers enable composites to be tailored for electrical and thermal conductivity, chemical and biological sensing, energy storage and conversion, thermal management and other properties. This is going to disrupt the way we think about materials. Everybody is growing carbon nanotubes on substrates.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

In the near-term pre-CCS era, with a low cost of carbon, the economical solution for power providers is to vent the CO 2 and pay the fees, passing on the costs to customers. Over time, however, as the CO 2 price increases, it eventually becomes more economical to either retrofit plants to capture and store most of.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. Stored and transported like. The University of Kitakyushu process for the conversion of DME to LPG using hydrogen. provides a pathway for LPG production if low-cost DME is available in specific locations, and.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The projects are based in 24 states, with approximately 47% of the projects led by universities; 29% by small businesses; 15% by large businesses; 7.5% Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. economical to store or transport. University. Researchers from Colorado State University will develop a system.

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APRIL 13, 2015

Researchers at the University of Adelaide (Australia) are proposing a novel configuration of a hybridized concentrated solar thermal (CST) dual fluidized bed (DFB) gasification process for Fischer–Tropsch liquids (FTL) fuels production. Credit: ACS, Guo et al. Click to enlarge. —Guo et al. CO 2 reduction.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

air emissions and oil displacement benefits) in the near term per dollar spent than PHEVs and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) with large battery packs providing longer electric range, according to a new study by Carnegie Mellon University’s Jeremy J. Michalek and colleagues. Michalek et al. —Michalek et al.

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MAY 15, 2015

The projects are funded through ARPA-E’s two newest programs, Advanced Research In Dry cooling (ARID) and Accelerating Low-cost Plasma Heating and Assembly (ALPHA), which both seek to develop low-cost technology solutions. University of Missouri, Lehigh University, and Evapco). Colorado State University.

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JUNE 19, 2014

The US Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) is awarding $33 million to 13 new projects aimed at developing transformational fuel cell technologies for low-cost distributed power generation. SiEnergy’s technology will operate at relatively low temperatures of 300-500 ?C, The University of California Los Angeles.

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DECEMBER 17, 2016

REFUEL projects will convert low-cost renewable energy into a transportable chemical fuel and use these fuels for transportation applications, while reducing production costs and environmental impact. Renewable Electricity-Powered Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Ethanol for Storage and Transportation (Category 1) The Opus 12, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

While chemically converting natural gas to liquid fuels (GTL) is a proven technology that increases volumetric energy density, the current conversion approach through Fischer-Tropsch (FT-GTL) is challenged by both high capital costs and low conversion efficiencies. Enzyme Engineering for Direct Methane Conversion.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

By creating high performance parts built with solid ion conductors—solids in which ions can be mobile and store energy—the IONICS program will focus on new ways to process and integrate these parts into devices with the goal of accelerating their commercial deployment. Iowa State University. Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

A ceramic-based mechanical pump able to operate at record temperatures of more than 1,400 ˚C (1,673 K) can transfer high-temperature liquids such as molten tin, enabling a new generation of energy conversion and storage systems.

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MAY 19, 2017

The three awardees moving forward: NEXTCAR (DE-AR0000793) Purdue University. Distributed Electrochemical Production and Conversion of Carbon-Neutral Ammonia – $3,000,000. If successful, the SAFCell team expects low cost, long-life, on-demand compressed hydrogen production from a distributed system with a quick start-up time.

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MARCH 28, 2015

While a conventional cathode stores ions between the layers of its molecular structure (intercalation) the metal fluorides store them via a reversible electrochemical reaction, called a conversion reaction. CuF 2 conversion reaction by Hua et al. FeF 2 improves lithiation and approaches that of metallic Fe.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Bio-based Insecticides from Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, $100,000. Energy Storing Efficient HVAC, $595,558. Framatome Inc. Lynchburg, Virginia). Beam Suntory, Inc.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Low Cost, High Energy and Power Density, Nanotube-Enhanced Ultracapacitors. DOE grant: $7,200,000).

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APRIL 29, 2009

A collaboration between the UK’s leading automotive engineering facilities has resulted in the development of the first plug-in retro-fit hybrid conversion of a combustion engine vehicle. The batteries are charged through specially-devised control software and power management systems created by Cranfield University and Provector.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

10/kWh ($333/kg H 2 stored ). Related to this, DOE seeks by 2020 to develop novel precursors and conversion processes capable of reducing the high-volume cost of high-strength carbon fiber by 25% from $13 per pound to ~$9 per pound. 8/kWh ($266/kg H 2 stored ). 8/kWh ($266/kg H 2 stored ). kWh/kg system (5.5

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JANUARY 12, 2015

Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have combined in situ EDXRD with ex situ XRD and XAS measurements to visualize the formation of the conductive silver matrix within an Ag 2 VP 2 O 8 electrode used in a specialized medical battery. So we turned to NSLS.

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OCTOBER 8, 2022

His passion for the field led him from New York City’s used electronics stores to elite university laboratories, through the intense early years of the microprocessor revolution and the tumult of the video game industry, and ultimately to his job today: high-tech private eye. While working toward his Ph.D. Date of birth Oct.

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JULY 17, 2015

Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis. Table of Contents. Engineering Advantages of PHEV.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Prussian blue dye, commonly used in blueprints, stores and releases energy in the form of sodium ions. Prussian blue has a unique structure and composition that allow it to store energy much more rapidly and reversibly than other types of battery electrodes. —Jesse Teichman, who led the investment by CTV. Motallebi, C.W.

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