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Boosting zinc-air battery performance

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A team of researchers has designed a strategy to improve zinc-air battery performance with a transition-metal composite. The post Boosting zinc-air battery performance appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Improving zinc-air battery performance with transition-metal composites

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A team of researchers has designed a strategy to improve zinc-air battery performance with a transition-metal composite. The post Improving zinc-air battery performance with transition-metal composites appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Montana Company Licenses Lawrence Livermore Zinc Air Fuel Cell Technology

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based Zinc Air, Inc. ZAI) has obtained exclusive rights from LLNL for the mechanically rechargeable zinc air fuel cell (US Patent 5,434,020) invented by John Cooper, a retired LLNL chemist, who is on the ZAI technical Board of Advisors. Refueling is achieved by replacing the spent electrolyte and adding more zinc pellets.

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New UNIST catalyst boosts metal-air battery performance

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The researches said that, To the best of their knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the self-reconstructed interlayer induced by the in-situ cation diffusion during ALD process for designing an efficient and stable bifunctional catalyst for alkaline zinc-air batteries.

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ARPA-E awarding $36M to 22 projects in RANGE program for transformative EV storage

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will award approximately $36 million to 22 projects to develop transformational electric vehicle (EV) energy storage systems using innovative chemistries, architectures and designs. Dendrite Free Zinc?Air Air Battery. EnZinc Inc.

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Stanford’s GCEP awards $10.5M for research on renewable energy; solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy

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million for seven research projects designed to advance a broad range of renewable energy technologies, including solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy. Researchers will design self-healing polymers that can stretch to accommodate large volume changes in the battery during charge and discharge.

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NYSERDA awards $1.4M to 6 projects for advanced energy storage technologies; Electromotive and Ioxus for heavy-duty hybrids

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Bettergy plans to improve and demonstrate a low-cost zinc air-flow battery that could be used for grid storage applications, including storing renewable electricity. Electromotive Designs LLC, $250,000. – Bettergy Corp., Custom Electronics Inc., tons of greenhouse gases. Eos Energy Storage, $250,000.