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NSF Awards NCSU Team $2M For Research on Deriving Drop-in Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels from Algae

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Simultaneously, the researchers will ascertain which chemical catalysts and operating parameters should be used to optimize the conversion of the fatty acids into the desired fuels. Roberts adds that an additional benefit to using algae as a fuel source is that the algal cultures would be transportable. Click to enlarge.

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EPFL/Technion team develops “champion” nanostructures for efficient solar water-splitting to produce hydrogen

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Batteries, fuel cells and solar-energy conversion devices have emerged as a class of important technologies that increasingly rely on electrodes derived from nanoparticles. Warren, first author, now at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We’re aiming at a €5 charge per kilo ,” he said. —Warren et al.

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