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3M and LG Chem enter into NMC patent license agreements; cathode materials for Li-ion batteries

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Under the agreement, 3M grants LG Chem a license to US Patents 6,660,432 (Paulsen et al. ); 6,964,828 (Lu and Dahn); 7,078,128 (Lu and Dahn); 8,685,565 (Lu and Dahn); and 8,241,791 (Lu and Dahn) and all global equivalents including in Korea, Taiwan, Japan, China and Europe. Earlier post.)

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Nanostructures Bring Gains for Phase Change Memory

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Engineers in the United States and Taiwan say they have demonstrated a promising new twist on nonvolatile memory that’s small enough, miserly when it comes to energy, and works at low enough voltage that it could boost the abilities of future processors. If not, industry is not going to take it seriously.” picojoules.

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VisIC and ZF partner on R&D effort to develop EV inverter based on GaN semiconductor technology; focus on 400V

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The focus of the joint efforts will be on 400-Volt driveline applications, covering the largest segment of the electric vehicle market. Our partnership with ZF for the development of gallium nitride-based power inverters in electric vehicles illustrates the break-through of gallium nitride technology in the automotive industry.

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Stanford team reports new low-cost, non-precious metal catalyst for water splitting with performance close to platinum

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volt battery, said Hongjie Dai, a professor of chemistry at Stanford. Nickel (Ni) and stainless steel are typically used in industry for water reduction and oxidation catalysis respectively in basic solutions. The researchers were able to make the electrocatalysts active enough to split water at room temperature with a single 1.5-volt

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