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

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Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with Enhanced Cycle Life and Energy Density Performance. art Lithium Sulfur and Lithium Air Battery Cells. Development of a High-Rate Lithium-Air Battery using a Gaseous CO 2 Reactant. Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. AOI 2: Development of State?of?the?art

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Dow Energy Materials showcases current Li-ion cathode, anode and electrolyte systems at EVS26; layered-layered NMC cathode and Si anode materials under development

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Much further out (Horizon 3) are efforts on Lithium-air batteries and other potential chemistries. In addition to the NMC cathode materials, DEM is also providing phosphate cathode materials, said David Kalnecky, Global Business Director, Dow Energy Materials. One-third of the cost of an electric vehicle is the battery itself.

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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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