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AUGUST 5, 2015

A team of researchers at MIT and Tsinghua University has developed a high-rate, high-capacity and long-lived anode for Li-ion batteries comprising a yolk-shell nanocomposite of aluminum core (30 nm in diameter) and TiO 2 shell (~3 nm in thickness), with a tunable interspace (Al@TiO 2 , or ATO). Earlier post.). —Li et al.

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Li-ion MIT Batteries Battery 150

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DECEMBER 21, 2011

GMZ’s material, a nanostructured bismuth antimony telluride, was developed by researchers at Boston College and MIT. GMZ Energy is developing its first product for the $8 billion residential, commercial and industrial solar thermal water market.

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Energy Water Solar Boston 218

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

A new desalination process developed by engineers at MIT could treat produced water—deep water, often heavily laden with salts and minerals—from natural gas wells at relatively low cost. The research is the work of a team including MIT postdoc Prakash Narayan, mechanical engineering professor John H.

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MIT Low Cost Water Gas 210

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AUGUST 25, 2022

An international team of researchers led by Quanguan Pang at Peking University and Donald Sadoway at MIT reports a bidirectional, rapidly charging aluminum–chalcogen battery operating with a molten-salt electrolyte composed of NaCl–KCl–AlCl 3. —Pang et al.

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Molten Salt Low Cost Recharge MIT 186

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MAY 14, 2020

These projects will work to develop digital twin technology to reduce O&M costs in the next generation of nuclear power plants. Advanced nuclear reactors have the potential to provide reliable and low-cost clean power to millions of American homes.

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Molten Salt Maintenance Massachusetts EPRI 307

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

During the virtual visioning event in December, experts explored solar and renewable energy, carbon sequestration, water management, and geoengineering. One identified priority was research to develop low-cost coatings for buildings and roads to reduce heat effects and increase self-cooling.

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Climate Change Climate Engine Sustainable Transportation 87

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JULY 15, 2020

The post-combustion outlet gas is more easily separated into water and CO 2 to the pipeline, thereby lowering the electricity costs of grids with high levels of VRE. The team’s approach uses a novel and low-cost heat-pump thermal storage system. Flexible Low Temperature CO 2 Capture System, E-CACHYS - $1,953,416.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Her team created a suite of low-cost medical devices, the NEST360 newborn tool kit, to improve neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa. After graduating in 1985 with bachelor’s degrees in physics and mathematics, she headed to MIT as a graduate student with the goal of pursuing a career in medical engineering.

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Universal Malawi Kits El Salvador 123

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APRIL 30, 2010

This project will develop and optimize a novel, engineered microorganism that produces a biodiesel-equivalent fuel from renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide, at costs of less than $2.50 Water will be the primary byproduct. A novel metal complex for electrolysis of water will be used to generate the hydrogen at high rates.

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Carbon Batteries Battery Li-ion 249

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MARCH 5, 2013

A team of researchers at MIT has described a framework for efficiently coupling the power output of a series-connected string of single-band-gap solar cells to an electrochemical process that produces storable fuels. Watson Research Center) and former MIT graduate student Casandra Cox (now at Harvard). Source: Winkler et al.

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MIT Low Cost Solar Fuel 218

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JULY 26, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected eight projects to advance the development of transformational oxy-combustion technologies capable of high-efficiency, low-cost carbon dioxide capture from coal-fired power plants. Unity Power Alliance.

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Coal Carbon Gas-Electric Gas 250

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

MIT researchers have now developed a sub-terahertz-radiation receiving system that could help steer driverless cars when traditional methods fail. Our low-cost, on-chip sub-terahertz sensors will play a complementary role to LiDAR for when the environment is rough. —Ruonan Han.

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MIT Water Cars Design 230

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

At that temperature, Heliogen can perform CO 2 -splitting and water-splitting to make 100% fossil-free fuels such as hydrogen or syngas. The Heliogen team includes scientists and engineers from Caltech, MIT, and other leading institutions and is based in Pasadena, California.

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Industrial Industry Solar Los Angeles 355

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AUGUST 30, 2019

The autonomous boats—rectangular hulls equipped with sensors, thrusters, microcontrollers, GPS modules, cameras, and other hardware—are being developed as part of the ongoing “ Roboat ” project between MIT and the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute). —Carlo Ratti.

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Fleet MIT Connect Connected 207

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The MIT will develop a new generation of power electronics based on vertical gallium nitride (GaN) superjunction diodes and transistors that can vastly exceed the performance of today’s GaN power devices. The system takes three main inputs: ambient air, water, and a sustainable energy source, and produces butanol with high selectivity.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Li-ion 284

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Researchers at MIT had earlier demonstrated the ability to make biopropane (LPG from corn or sugarcane) using a supercritical water process, and created a startup (C3 BioEnergy) in 2007 that attempted to commercialize the technology. provides a pathway for LPG production if low-cost DME is available in specific locations, and.

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USA Engine Alternative Fuels Gasoline 239

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MARCH 23, 2019

Enabling turbine operation at significantly higher inlet temperatures substantially increases power generation efficiency and reduces emissions and water consumption. Additively Manufactured High Efficiency and Low-Cost sCO 2 Heat Exchangers – $1,500,000. Low-Cost Glass Ceramic-Matrix Composite Heat Exchanger – $1,400,000.

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Low Cost Universal Power Powered 207

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

sunlight through low-cost, plastic light-guiding sheets and then. decrease water use compared to conventional algae reactors. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will develop a. deployed remotely, MIT’s reformer could be used for small, remote sources of gas. Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline.

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2012 Energy Lithium Sulfur Conversion 240

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

that produces large quantities of sugar and requires less water. High Performance, Low Cost Superconducting Wires and Coils. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. American Superconductor will develop a new, low-cost. . $3,734,939. Chromatin, Inc.

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Energy Clean Cleaning Grid 294

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Engineers at Georgia Tech are the first to study the mechanics of springtails, which leap in the water to avoid predators. MIT ] The researchers from North Carolina State University have recently developed a fast and efficient soft robotic swimmer that swims resembling human's butterfly-stroke style. Paper ] Thanks, Nathanaël!

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Turkey MIT Georgia North Carolina 106