Green Car Congress
JULY 20, 2023
Researchers from the University of Bialystok (Poland), the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and colleagues have achieved the highest specific capacitance value reported of 638 F g −1 in aqueous acidic solutions by combining spherical carbon nanostructures with covalent triazine-based frameworks. —Hryniewicka et al.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2022
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Southwest Research Institute are collaborating to improve storage materials for hydrogen fuels with a hybrid metal-carbon microstructure that combines both chemical and physical hydrogen storage mechanisms. The hydrogen will be chemically and physically absorbed and desorbed.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 6, 2017
Researchers with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, led by Dr. Ying Li, associate professor of mechanical engineering, are developing a photocatalyst to convert CO 2 into renewable hydrocarbon fuels. The first step of the process involves capturing CO 2 from emissions sources.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 23, 2009
has launched a new initiative to convert its 170-vehicle fleet to hybrid and clean diesel vehicles. headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products, operating primarily in the South Central, Southwestern and Western regions of the United States. Independent refiner Alon USA Energy, Inc.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 20, 2014
The newly formed Scuderi Split-Cycle (SSC) Engine Consortium is having its first meeting at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, Texas on 23 January. The air-hybrid configuration adds a compressed air storage tank to the engine. The SSC Consortium—a two-year project—has two initial goals, said Scuderi.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 21, 2013
John Goodenough at the University of Texas at Austin and colleague Kyu-Sung Park have written a perspective paper on Li-ion batteries (LIBs), published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. More recently, at the University of Texas, Austin, Dr. Goodenough patented a new class of iron phosphate materials. Earlier post.).
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
“Over the past 15 years, the emphasis has moved toward using [these materials] less as high-temperature superconductors and more as high-field superconductors,” says Venkat Selvamanickam , who directs the Applied Research Hub of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
150 
Let's personalize your content