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DECEMBER 8, 2014

Consultancy Frost &Sullivan has selected UK-based lithium-sulfur battery developer OXIS Energy to receive the 2014 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation. Additionally, OXIS Energy’s lithium-sulfur battery has long lifecycles. Further, the ESC will utilize 90-95% of the stored energy.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Researchers at Vanderbilt University have demonstrated that ultrafine sizes (∼4.5 nm, average) of iron pyrite (FeS 2 ) nanoparticles are advantageous to sustain reversible conversion reactions in sodium ion and lithium ion batteries. A paper on their work is published in the journal ACS Nano. —Douglas et al. Cohn, and Cary L.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Vorbeck, a manufacturer and developer of applications using its proprietary graphene material ( earlier post ), optioned the technology for use in a graphene-based electrode for lithium-air and lithium-sulfur batteries. A third option was granted based on PNNL’s millimeter wave technology.

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APRIL 30, 2010

The grants will go to projects in 17 states. This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. NC State University. Medical University of South Carolina. Columbia University. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. of Georgia). Clemson Univ., of South Carolina).

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