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NSF to award $13M to projects focused on electrochemical and organic photovoltaic systems

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Advanced systems such as lithium-air, sodium-ion, as well as lithium-ion electrochemical energy storage are appropriate. The interest in electrochemical energy storage is on high-energy density and high-power density batteries suitable for transportation and renewable energy storage applications.

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NSF to award $13M for fundamental engineering research on production of electricity and fuels

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Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Energy. Advanced systems such as lithium-air, sodium-ion, as well as lithium-ion electrochemical energy storage are appropriate. Fundamental research on innovative processes for the fabrication and theory-based characterization of future PV devices is an emphasis area of this program.

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NSF to award up to $13M for fundamental work on sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels

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Photovoltaic Solar Energy. Solar photovoltaic (PV) devices harvest and convert sunlight directly to electricity. Advanced systems such as lithium-air, sodium-ion, as well as lithium-ion with new cathode chemistries are appropriate. Advanced Batteries for Transportation.

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Researchers Develop Lithium-Water Electrochemical Cell for the Controlled Generation of H2 and Electricity

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Although direct chemical reactions between water and certain metals—alkali metals including lithium, sodium and others—can produce a large amount of hydrogen in a short time, these reactions are too intense to be controlled. the high-school chemistry demonstration of the violent reaction between sodium and water.).

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Promising EV Trends to Lookout For in 2023

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Some other Battery news are, New developments and experiments in battery chemistries like lithium-air and magnesium-ion are going on. The batteries that use sodium instead of the pricey and rare lithium are the ones that are the closest to being on the market.

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