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MAY 12, 2010

The Ni-B i films can be prepared with precise thickness control and operate at modest overpotential providing an alternative to the Co catalyst for applications in solar energy conversion. By doing so, he aims to imitate the process of photosynthesis, by which plants harvest sunlight and convert the energy into chemical form.

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MARCH 7, 2011

Transphorm says that its solutions cut energy waste by 20% and simplify the design and manufacturing of a wide variety of electrical systems and devices, including motor drives, power supplies and inverters for solar panels and electric vehicles. is showcasing a GaN-based, dc-to-dc boost converter running at more than 99% efficiency.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. Their analysis is published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives.

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MAY 24, 2022

The same is true in reverse, when solar panels lose some of the energy in photons as heat instead of it all being converted into electrons. A thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell developed by engineers at MIT has eclipsed the 40-percent-efficiency mark. But the tide looks to be turning. Rats are irrepressible.

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MAY 12, 2023

A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , he also was a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the MIT board of trustees. Adolf Goetzberger Photovoltaics pioneer Life Fellow, 94; died 24 February Goetzberger was an early proponent of solar energy technologies. in physical chemistry from Princeton.

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The Future of Natural Gas: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

Researchers at MIT have developed a method that could significantly boost the performance of carbon capture and conversion systems that use catalytic surfaces to enhance the rates of carbon-sequestering electrochemical reactions. through the MIT Energy Initiative, and a NSERC PGS-D postgraduate scholarship from Canada. 2020.100318.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

The ability to convert electrical energy into hydrogen reducing equivalents is fundamental to an enormous number of processes. With technology based on patents developed right here at MIT by Daniel Nocera, Sun Catalytix now has the support it needs to bring breakthrough energy storage technologies to market more quickly.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

An international team of researchers led by Michael Strano at MIT has used carbon nanotubes to concentrate solar energy 100 times more than a regular photovoltaic cell. Such nanotubes could form antennas that capture and focus light energy, potentially allowing much smaller and more powerful solar arrays.

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JUNE 3, 2016

Dubbed “bionic leaf 2.0,” the new system builds on previous work by Nocera, Silver and others ( earlier post ), which—though it was capable of using solar energy to make isopropanol—faced a number of challenges. Adams Professor of Biochemistry and Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School. —Daniel Nocera.

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MAY 8, 2010

In 2008, MIT chemists, led by Professor Dan Nocera, reported that a simple cobalt catalyst could split water at neutral pH to produce oxygen, protons and electrons. Researchers from UC Davis and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have uncovered more detail about the functioning of cobalt as a water-splitting catalyst. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 11, 2023

AC Propulsion cofounder Wally Rippel converted a Volkswagen microbus into an electric vehicle while he was still a student at Caltech. in civil engineering in 1981, Brooks had joined AeroVironment, where he managed the development of Sunraycer , an advanced solar-powered demonstration EV built for GM, and the Impact.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

How fast can you ramp your power plants up and down to handle the variability from wind and solar? Energy Information Administration (EIA) and IEA vastly under project ed wind and solar deployments. We did downscaling of where you would build all the wind and solar generation that the model suggested.

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APRIL 30, 2010

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. Engineering E. Reducing equivalent: Electrons; Organism: E.

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APRIL 12, 2015

Researchers at the Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES), a partnership between the MIT Materials Processing Center and Lomonosov Moscow State University, are focusing on the development of higher capacity batteries. Chiang, MIT colleague W. Advanced Li-ion and multivalent ion batteries.

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MARCH 5, 2013

A team of researchers at MIT has described a framework for efficiently coupling the power output of a series-connected string of single-band-gap solar cells to an electrochemical process that produces storable fuels. The original demonstration leaf in 2011 had low efficiencies, converting less than 4.7% of sunlight into fuel.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Researchers at MIT led by Drs. Using the nanocomposites as photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cells, they achieved a power conversion efficiency in the solar cells of 10.6%, up from 8%—an increase of almost one-third. This new method used to enhance solar cell performance is quite different, Belcher says.

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DECEMBER 31, 2023

Mainspring calls its machine a linear generator, because it converts linear motion into electricity. The company is one of a growing group targeting grid-scale applications, particularly for solar installations. The Menlo Park, Calif.,

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s project will optimize the performance of copper-based catalysts by improving the energy efficiency and selectivity of these catalysts to convert carbon dioxide, an industrial waste product, into methane, a versatile fuel that is readily integrated into efforts to fuel vehicles and power plants.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The MIT will develop a new generation of power electronics based on vertical gallium nitride (GaN) superjunction diodes and transistors that can vastly exceed the performance of today’s GaN power devices. Ultra Light-weight Bidirectional DC-DC Converters for Electric Aircraft - $1,195,345. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The projects will center on solar and battery technologies; plasma physics; Arctic sea-ice modeling; and the impact of carbon dioxide absorption on the world’s oceans. ExxonMobil and Princeton University announced the selection of five research projects associated with their partnership focused on energy technologies.

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APRIL 5, 2008

Imagine for a moment that the world had rejected wind and solar energy, and instead decided to wait for a hydrogen fusion research program to reach fruition. Fortunately for the world, wind and solar are growing rapidly, while hydrogen fusion research remains speculative at best. He graduated from MIT in 1978 (B.S.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7 Lead organization.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2024

This strategy would also make it easier to harvest solar energy. Quantum simulation of ecosystems is another, says Seth Lloyd , a quantum physicist at MIT. Forward , uses a solar sail to help it hover above a star or planet, using radiation pressure from sunlight to balance the force of gravity. “Ah.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

One program, Reducing Emissions using Methanotrophic Organisms for Transportation Energy (REMOTE, earlier post ), provides $34 million to 15 projects to find advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation. Multicopper Oxidases for Methane Activation.

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MARCH 23, 2019

Durable high temperature heat exchangers for use with supercritical CO 2 have potential applications in solar power, gas turbines, transportation, and power generation. These systems have applicability in high-efficiency fossil energy, concentrating solar power, and small modular nuclear energy. The Ohio State University.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

The company calls this dual-chemistry hybrid pack Gemini, and recently told Charged that it is enabled by utilizing cutting-edge cell technologies and a proprietary high-power-density DC-DC converter. Charged : Your custom DC-DC converter design is a main focus of development. What makes two different cells a good match?

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