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Drawing a Li-air cathode with a pencil

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Scientists at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan have made an electrode for a lithium-air battery using a pencil. Haoshen Zhou and Yonggang Wang designed a battery in which the lithium is encapsulated by an organic electrolyte topped with a ceramic protection layer. Energy Environ.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Today’s technologies for making biofuels all rely on photosynthesis—either indirectly by converting plants to fuels or directly by harnessing photosynthetic organisms such as algae. This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. Engineering E.

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GWU researchers introduce new class of molten air batteries; significantly greater energy capacity than Li-air

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Generalized form of the molten air battery. Researchers at George Washington University led by Dr. Stuart Licht have introduced the principles of a new class rechargeable molten air batteries that offer amongst the highest intrinsic electric energy storage capabilities. Licht et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.]

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Probing the effect of CO2 on Li-air batteries

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They suggested that the resulting mechanistic understanding of the chemistry of CO 2 in a Li–air cell and the interplay of CO 2 with electrolyte solvation will provide an important guideline for developing Li–air batteries. Lithium-air batteries, with a theoretical gravimetric energy density of ?3500 Earlier post.).

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