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UVA researchers devise method for converting retired Li-ion anodes to graphene and GO

Green Car Congress

Researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) have devised a process for converting retired Li-ion battery anodes to graphene and graphene oxide (GO). A paper on the work is published in the ACS journal Nano Letters. … accompanying the booming expansion of the Li-ion battery market, a tremendous amount of batteries retire every year and most of them are disposed of in landfills, which not only causes severe waste of precious sources but also induces hazardous soil contamination due to the plas

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@Sammy_Roth And @LATimes Cover Buffet Company Plan To Destroy Climate For Profit #JoeTakesOnTheNews Tells You What You Should Do About It

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MoS2 nanocomposite shows high specific capacity, excellent rate and cycling performance

Green Car Congress

Researchers at the Northwestern Polytechnical University and Shaanxi Joint Lab of Graphene in China have synthesized onion-like nanospheres of carbon encapsulated few-layer MoS2 nanosheets for use as an anode material in Li-ion batteries. The nanocomposite delivers a specific capacity of 1119?mAh g ?1 and shows excellent rate and cycling performance.

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@LATimes I Added The News Readers Need That You Left Out Again #ConnectTheDots #joetakesonthenews

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Porsche Taycan orders, electric towing, urban-charging reality check: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which upcoming electric car is already sold out for a year, before it even goes on sale? What company warned electric-car drivers that networked home chargers could be hacked and potentially damage electrical systems? This is our look back at the (short) Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending December 28.

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Stuck on the Nullarbor Plain | Day 941 – 945

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Crowdfunding campaign: [link]. The post Stuck on the Nullarbor Plain | Day 941 – 945 appeared first on Plug Me In.

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