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JUNE 12, 2022

A team from MIT has developed a new approach to fabricating oxide-based solid-state electrolytes that are comparable in thickness to the polymer separators found in current Li-ion batteries without sintering: sequential decomposition synthesis (SDS). Rupp (2022) “A Sinter-Free Future for Solid-State Battery Designs” Energy Environ.

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MARCH 29, 2024

The upper 10 kilometers of the Earth’s crust contains vast geothermal reserves , essentially awaiting human energy consumption to begin to tap into its unstinting power output —which itself yields no greenhouse gasses. Quaise Energy , based in Cambridge, Mass., Quaise Energy , based in Cambridge, Mass.,

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Now, MIT engineers are proposing using an ammonia-based selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system that could result in an approximately 95% reduction in NO x emissions in exchange for a ~0.5% Current airplane design uses engines anchored beneath each wing. increase in block fuel burn. —Prashanth et al. Speth, Sebastian D.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The collaboration began three years ago when Automobili Lamborghini joined the MIT-Italy Program, and took a further step forward in 2017 with the launch of two research projects, one with Professor Mircea Dinc? At MIT, the Dinc? Located in the bulkhead between cockpit and engine it ensures perfect weight distribution.

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MARCH 26, 2018

Researchers led by a team from MIT, with colleagues from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), BMW Group, and Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a fundamentally new approach to alter ion mobility and stability against oxidation of lithium ion conductors—a key component of rechargeable batteries—using lattice dynamics.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Automobili Lamborghini, a member of the Volkswagen Group, unveiled its new design concept for a future Lamborghini electric super sports car: the “Lamborghini of the Terzo Millennio”, developed in collaboration with two MIT laboratories. Two MIT labs—the Dinca Research Lab, led by Prof. Energy storage systems.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2018

MIT researchers have demonstrated that an aircraft with a 5-meter wingspan can sustain steady-level flight using ionic-wind propulsion. Here we demonstrate that a solid-state propulsion system can sustain powered flight, by designing and flying an electroaerodynamically propelled heavier-than-air aeroplane. EAD airplane design.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

As investment in hydrogen-powered flight expands , airports and air carriers today are realizing that it’s not enough to retrofit or design new planes for hydrogen power. John Hansman , an aeronautics and astronautics professor at MIT and director of the university’s International Center for Air Transportation. asks Professor R.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

has joined the Industrial Fracture Consortium established by Professor Tomasz Wierzbicki from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Research is a first step in designing the necessary tools to assess the integrity of structural components in order to predict their possible failure at an early stage of development.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Researchers at MIT and their colleagues are proposing a new design for electrodes that, based on the long-sought goal of using pure lithium metal as the anode, could lead to longer-lived batteries with higher energy densities. We designed this structure that gives us three-dimensional electrodes, like a honeycomb.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) announced $10 million in funding for eight projects working to determine whether low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR) could be the basis for a potentially transformative carbon-free energy source. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 30, 2014

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) announced its latest round of seed grants to support early-stage innovative energy projects. As in the past, the call for proposals welcomed submissions on topics across the spectrum of energy and related environmental research, with interdisciplinary research strongly encouraged.

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MARCH 26, 2019

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University and the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) have discovered that combining comprehensive experimental data and artificial intelligence provide the key for accurately predicting the useful life of lithium-ion batteries before their capacities started to wane.

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JUNE 10, 2019

To further that vision, MIT researchers have given new capabilities to their fleet of robotic boats—which are being developed as part of an ongoing project—that lets them target and clasp onto each other, and keep trying if they fail. Self-driving technologies can save time, costs and energy, and improve the city moving forward.

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MARCH 14, 2012

a company that has developed a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1-3 commercial fleet use ( earlier post ), will display a Chevrolet Express 2500 cargo van fitted with the company’s hybrid technology at the 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Energy Conference Energy Showcase on 16 March.

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MARCH 9, 2021

Scientists have made a major advance in harnessing machine learning to accelerate the design for better batteries. By understanding the fundamental reactions that occur within the battery we can extend its life, enable faster charging and ultimately design better battery materials. Hongbo Zhao/MIT).

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Recently, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced project selections for $130 million in advanced vehicle technologies research across the United States. VTO’s Energy Efficiency Mobility Systems (EEMS) program conducts system-level research to improve mobility, affordability, and energy efficiency at the transportation system level.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

Nanoramic Laboratories was spun out of MIT in 2009; Nanoramic’s licensing business model is backed by 14 years of research with more than 200 patents granted and pending.

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JANUARY 21, 2018

MIT researchers have discovered a way to increase the efficiency of thermoelectric materials threefold by using “topological” materials, which have unique electronic properties. In the end, this could be a clean-energy way to help us use a heat source to generate electricity, which will lessen our release of carbon dioxide.

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

MIT Energy Initiative Receiving (MITEI) is receiving $25M from Shell to fund the research and development of high-value, sustainable technologies designed to drive innovation in energy delivery. Beginning this year, the research agreement will fund a suite of projects at $5 million per year for the coming five years.

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APRIL 4, 2017

Three MIT-affiliated research teams will receive about $10M in funding as part of a $35M materials science discovery program launched by the Toyota Research Institute (TRI). Provided over four years, the support to MIT researchers will be primarily directed at scientific discoveries and advancing energy storage. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Lithium-air (or lithium-oxygen) batteries potentially could offer three times the gravimetric energy of current Li-ion batteries (3500 Wh/kg at the cell level); as such, they are looked to a potential solution for long-range EVs. The new study, published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science , explains these discrepancies.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

Contour Energy Systems, Inc. has acquired a carbon nanotube technology that can significantly improve the power capability of lithium-ion batteries, through an exclusive technology licensing agreement with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Simon Jones, director of research and development at Contour Energy Systems.

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Researchers at MIT, working with partners at NASA and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have developed a new concept for a “neutron microscope”—a compact focusing-mirror-based small-angle neutron scattering instrument—that would use neutrons instead of beams of light or electrons to create high-resolution images. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

MIT researchers have developed a new system that could potentially be used for converting power plant emissions of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, and thence into useful fuels for cars, trucks, and planes, as well as into chemical feedstocks for a wide variety of products. and Ghoniem, A.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Researchers at MIT have created a new technique that allows the observation of a metal surface during hydrogen penetration—the process that results in embrittlement of the metal. The findings are published in a paper in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Courtesy of the researchers. It’s a unique setup. 2018.10.128.

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MAY 22, 2014

Researchers at MIT and Stanford University have developed new battery technology for the conversion of low-temperature waste heat into electricity in cases where temperature differences are less than 100 degrees Celsius. Schematic voltage plot of the thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle (TREC) for thermal energy harvesting.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

The BASF and Volkswagen international “ Science Award Electrochemistry 2017” ( earlier post ) this year goes to Dr. Jennifer Rupp at MIT. The jury of representatives from BASF, Volkswagen and academia selected her for her outstanding research results in the area of next-generation energy storage systems.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

A new metal mesh membrane developed by researchers at MIT could advance the use of the Na–NiCl 2 displacement battery, which has eluded widespread adoption owing to the fragility of the ?"-Al A paper describing the development is published in the journal Nature Energy. through the MIT Energy Initiative. Sadoway (2018).

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JULY 25, 2011

Gravimetric Ragone plot comparing energy and power characteristics of CNF electrodes based on the pristine and discharged electrode weight with that of LiCoO 2. A team at MIT, led by Carl V. They report on their study in a paper published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science. Energy Environ.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Researchers at MIT have probed the mechanical properties of Li2 S –P 2 S 5 —thought to be a promising amorphous lithium-ion-conducting solid electrolyte—to determine its mechanical performance when incorporated into batteries. The research team also included MIT researchers Sean Bishop, Erica Eggleton, Lukas Porz, and Xinwei Chen.

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

SolidEnergy says that its Solid Polymer Ionic Liquid technology can deliver energy densities upwards of 800 Wh/kg—twice the densities of advanced startup batteries and four times the density of current conventional batteries. Second is energy density. Source: SolidEnergy. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Researchers at MIT have carried out the most detailed analysis yet of lithium dendrite formation from lithium anodes in batteries and have found that there are two entirely different mechanisms at work. Their findings are reported in an open-access paper in the RSC journal Energy and Environmental Science. —Bai et al.

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MARCH 27, 2021

Now, a study at MIT has for the first time analyzed and quantified how bubbles form on these porous electrodes. Bubble growth and departure are ubiquitous phenomena in gas-evolving reactions, which govern the overall energy and mass transport. The MIT team also included Kyle Wilke, Shuai Gong, and Mingfu He. —Beta Gallant.

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JULY 18, 2015

Findings by MIT researchers could help advance the commercialization of supercritical water technology for the desulfurization and upgrading of high-sulfur crude oil into high-value, cleaner fuels such as gasoline without using hydrogen—a major change in refining technology that would reduce costs, energy use, and CO 2 emissions.

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MAY 12, 2013

Researchers at MIT have identified inexpensive metal alloy materials that can serve as anodes for molten oxide electrolysis (MOE)—an electrometallurgical technique that enables the direct production of metal in the liquid state from oxide feedstock. They expect it could take about three years to design, build and test such a reactor.

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JULY 25, 2013

A team of researchers at MIT is developing and testing a new silicon carbide (SiC) cladding material for nuclear fuel rods that could reduce the risk of hydrogen production by roughly a thousandfold compared to the common zircaloy cladding. SiC is “ very promising, but not at the moment ready for adoption ” by the nuclear industry, he adds.

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