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Berkeley Lab researchers shed light on how lithium-rich cathodes work, opening the door to higher capacity batteries

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The traditional design paradigm for Li-ion battery cathodes has been to create compounds in which the amount of extractable Li + is well balanced with an oxidizable transition metal (TM) species (such as Mn, Fe, Co or Ni) to provide the charge-compensating electrons, all contained in an oxide or sulfide host. —Seo et al.

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MIT researchers devise simple catalytic system for fixation and conversion of CO2

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Researchers at MIT have devised a simple, soluble metal oxide system to capture and transform CO 2 into useful organic compounds. The research was funded by the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation; the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport; the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness; and the National Science Foundation.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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During the 1990s, Brooks formed a team at AeroVironment that provided support for GM’s EV programs until he too tired of the corporate routine and joined ACP in 1999. In such an emergency, a bidirectional EV with charge to spare could come to the rescue. He recruited Rippel and Cocconi for both jobs.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. Corporation, Columbia. Corporation). Corporation). vehicles (EVs) without draining the electric battery, in effect, extending the driving range of EVs per electric charge. electrical battery is being charged. This will allow a.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it. Were charging full-speed ahead before we know exactly what the investment is going to be, before we know whether we can make any money off it or not, before we know how many were going to sell," Lutz said. Everything is on the table."

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