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JUNE 10, 2009

Poway, California-based Plug In Conversions Corp. kWh NiMH plug-in hybrid (PHEV) conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (until the battery pack is depleted) in a converted Prius. Ewert Energy Systems video (handheld) of driving a Prius PHEV conversion at highway speeds.

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MAY 20, 2013

Consumption of lithium in rechargeable batteries by end use, 2012-2017, kt LCE. The lithium industry is therefore becoming more reliant on rechargeable batteries to sustain high rates of future demand growth, Roskill concludes. Galaxy Resources commissioned a new 17,000 tpy LCE mineral conversion plant in China in 2012.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The durable and relatively easy-to-produce material has numerous applications, including recycling waste heat from industrial refineries or using auto exhaust heat to help recharge the battery in an electric car. The results of the group’s work appeared in a paper published online in November 2010 in the journal Advanced Functional Materials.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Korea’s UNIST, with colleagues from Northwestern University, have successfully developed a new way to increase the activity of perovskite oxide catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and/or the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in rechargeable metal-air batteries and fuel cells simply by adding the conductive polymer polypyrrole.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Through the sales network, these conversions will primarily target professional customers (commercial vehicles) dependent on access to the urban centre for the continuity of their activities. RE-CYCLE: To optimize the management of resources to support the ecosystem. In 2019, nearly 400,000 ELVs were treated in this way.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. Cash for Conversions” will start by fixing many of our 100 million trucks, vans, and buses. We won’t need new power plants, since we have enough off-peak electricity to recharge as many retrofits as we can build.

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MAY 27, 2013

O 4 (LNMO) porous nanorods with nanoparticles that function as high-rate and long-life cathode materials for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Nanomaterials chemistry has recently been the main impetus for electrochemical devices with advanced energy conversion and storage such as rechargeable lithium- ion batteries (LIBs).

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AUGUST 18, 2014

In a paper in Nature’s open access journal Scientific Reports , the team reported that a rechargeable Li-C-F battery (in this case, a Li-CNT-F battery given their use of carbon nanotubes) demonstrated a maximum discharging capacity of 2174 mAh g carbon ?1 1 and a specific energy of 4113 Wh kg carbon ?

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

In May, researchers at MIT and Stanford University reported the development of new battery technology for the conversion of low-temperature waste heat into electricity in cases where temperature differences are less than 100 ?Celsius. Earlier post.). are achieved with assumed heat recuperation of 50% and 70%, respectively. —Yang et al.

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This electricity is then used to propel the vehicle’s electric motor and recharge its battery. The conversion of Hydrogen to electricity in fuel cells can achieve up to 60% efficiency, significantly higher than ICE and EVs. FCEVs utilise the stored Hydrogen and combine it with oxygen from the air to generate electricity.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Novel Polymer-enhanced Rechargeable Aluminum-Alkaline Battery Technology – $2,000,000. Ionic Materials will develop a more energy dense (by volume and mass) rechargeable battery based on an aluminum-alkaline chemistry. Drop-In Replacement Materials from Abundant Resources to Double Energy in EV Batteries – $3,100,000.

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JUNE 16, 2017

The researchers suggest that a comprehensive understanding of this healing process could further guide the design of novel healing agents toward high-performance rechargeable batteries. Spatial heterogeneity plays a vital role in the conversion-type electrochemical reactions, agreeing with the insertion-type ones coincidently.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

Qiang Dai and Christian Lastoskie found that BEVs and FCVs in particular offer significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, especially if carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies are implemented at the fuel conversion facilities. The FCV has an overall energy conversion efficiency about 30%. —Dai and Lastoskie.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

Every person we spoke with wanted to talk—to vent, even—and to share conversations they’d had and anecdotes they’d heard from others in the business. While a majority of its stations will recharge an EV, the widely touted standard uptime figure of 97 percent still translates to 11 days a year of downtime for every location.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

The discovery of new cost-effective and highly active catalysts for electrochemical energy conversion and storage is of prime importance to address climate change challenges and develop storage options for renewable energy production. The new finding could be a significant step in that direction, the MIT researchers say. May, Christopher E.

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MARCH 19, 2010

The trials will collect real-world information on the use of electric vehicles in Victorian conditions, including information on: the market for electric vehicles, both initially and as it matures; impacts of the use of electric vehicles on driver behavior, recharging, vehicle performance and efficiency; and.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

A vast biomass resource with wide selectivity of morphologies is pollen. Solid, dense carbon particles provides high energy density to the rechargeable batteries. Hard carbon materials of various morphologies are commonly prepared by direct pyrolysis or hydrothermal decomposition of biomass. Jialiang Tang & Vilas G.

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JULY 9, 2009

ReVolt Technology Ltd, a technology company which has developed a rechargeable zinc-air battery ( earlier post ), and BASF have entered a joint-development agreement to speed the development and commercialization of ReVolt’s rechargeable zinc-air battery system. Source: ReVolt. Click to enlarge. million in ReVolt. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

rechargeable) battery cells based on a fluoride shuttle. Metal fluorides may be applied as conversion materials in lithium-ion batteries. Resources. Researchers from the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) have developed and demonstrated secondary (i.e., Anji Reddy and M. DOI: 10.1039/C1JM13535J.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

The multi-step conversion pathway between aluminium and chalcogen allows rapid charging at up to 200C, and the battery endures hundreds of cycles at very high charging rates without aluminum dendrite formation. —Pang et al. 2022) “Fast-charging aluminium–chalcogen batteries resistant to dendritic shorting.”

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MAY 9, 2013

In electronic devices, WBG semiconductors can eliminate up to 90% of the power losses that currently occur during AC-to-DC and DC-to-AC electricity conversion, and they can handle voltages more than 10 times higher than Si-based devices, greatly enhancing performance in high-power applications. —DE-FOA-0000683.

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JANUARY 28, 2009

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JULY 16, 2009

SDG&E tested the performance of two 2007-model Prius hybrids and then converted them into plug-in hybrids, using a Hymotion 5 kWh lithium-ion battery conversion kit. California’s electricity capacity could recharge as many as 4 million plug-in hybrids when charged during off-peak hours when electricity use is low. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 14, 2011

Most importantly, after full conversion of the formate, the bicarbonate solution may be recharged with hydrogen to close the cycle. Dehydrogenation of sodium formate was achieved with high conversion (> 90 %) under ambient temperature (30 °C). Again, this hydrogen discharge can be performed at or below room temperature.

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JANUARY 16, 2014

In electronic devices, WBG semiconductors can eliminate up to 90% of the power losses that currently occur during AC-to-DC and DC-to-AC electricity conversion, and they can handle voltages more than 10 times higher than Si-based devices, greatly enhancing performance in high-power applications.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

That means that even though electric vehicles produce no greenhouse emissions while they are being driven, the process of recharging the car’s batteries results in significant emissions. —Heather MacLean, professor of civil and mineral engineering at the University of Toronto, who was not associated with this work. Field, III, Robert D.

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AUGUST 12, 2014

In electronic devices, WBG semiconductors can eliminate up to 90% of the power losses that currently occur during AC-to-DC and DC-to-AC electricity conversion, and they can handle voltages more than 10 times higher than Si-based devices, greatly enhancing performance in high-power applications. Electric (Battery) Power Electronics'

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JULY 15, 2011

fertilizers, pesticides, farm machinery), energy conversion coefficients among different energy forms and sources, system boundaries, and so on. Zhang proposes using a simple biomass-to-wheel (BTW) energy efficiency analysis to help make a more informed decision for how to utilize (limited) biomass resources more efficiently.

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MARCH 15, 2010

The company is targeting an accelerated time-to-market for next-generation rechargeable (secondary) batteries that will also benefit from its battery chemistries and materials. Resources. 3 V system. CF x stable and inert up to 400 °C. Highest theoretical energy density (~2180 Wh/kg) among primary lithium systems. Whitacre, W.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Another problem with Li/S batteries is that the conversion reaction from sulfur to Li 2 S and back causes the volume of the sulfur electrode to swell and contract up to 76% during cell operation, which leads to mechanical degradation of the electrodes. Min-Kyu Song, Yuegang Zhang, and Elton J.

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JUNE 5, 2015

The problem lies mainly in the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and poor durability of the cathode catalyst, which actually is also the major limiting factor for other energy conversion and storage technologies, such as fuel cells and metal−air batteries. Crystal structure of disordered Pd 3 Fe. Credit: ACS, Cui et al.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Excess electricity generated by the renewable resource could be used to electrochemically convert gaseous fuel such as methane to a liquid chemical to be stored in bulk. Examples could include conversion of methane or another hydrocarbon fuel to syngas, methanol, benzene, ethers, olefins, or other organics.

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MAY 14, 2010

Recharging the battery would be a matter of replacing the lithium metal cell. Nevertheless, they note that hydrogen generation by the lithium–water electrochemical cell is controllable, and may be directly applied for energy conversion devices. sea water) by using sunlight. Haoshen Zhou. ChemSusChem 2010, 3, No.

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OCTOBER 8, 2011

The majority of American consumers surveyed (58%) expect an electric vehicle to recharge its battery in two hours or less, and nearly one in four Americans (23%) expect a 30-minute charge time. Conversely, the survey reveals that improvements in fuel efficiency for gasoline and diesel vehicles reduce the appetite for electric vehicles.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. That was quite a conversion.” He was pontificating on an all-electric composite Hypercar using rechargeable batteries back in 2000.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

Novel materials can considerably improve storage capacity and cycling stability of rechargeable batteries. Bottom: Schematics of the proposed de-/lithiation mechanism during the conversion reaction of TM-HEO. With HEO, electrochemical properties can be tailored, as was found by scientists at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Organic and polymer materials are of great interest as electrode materials for rechargeable lithium batteries because of the low cost, raw materials abundance, environmental benignity, and high sustainability. The reaction path was verified as a conversion from nitro to amino groups. —Chen et al. 2116775119.

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