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DOE awards $60M to 24 R&D projects to accelerate advancements in zero-emissions vehicles

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Transportation accounts for approximately 30% of total US energy needs and generates the largest share of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with Enhanced Cycle Life and Energy Density Performance. art Lithium Sulfur and Lithium Air Battery Cells. Xtelligent.

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3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

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Vorbeck Materials , a startup company based in Jessup, Maryland, is using a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)-developed method for developing graphene for better lithium air and lithium sulfur batteries.

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