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MAY 16, 2017

Researchers at the University of Houston have developed a catalyst—composed of easily available, low-cost materials and operating far more efficiently than previous catalyst—that can split water into hydrogen and oxygen. —Zhou et al. —Shuo Chen.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University have used a gallium, indium, tin and bismuth alloy to generate hydrogen, when placed in contact with an aluminum plate immersed in water. In the study, a 3?g The hydrogen is then used in a PEM fuel cell. Credit: Jing Liu. —Xu et al. —Xu et al.

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APRIL 13, 2017

Researchers at KAUST have developed and used a novel way of increasing the chemical reactivity of a two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide material to produce a cheap and effective catalyst for water splitting to produce hydrogen. A monolayer of molybdenum disulfide is only reactive for reducing water to hydrogen at its edge.

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JULY 5, 2014

A team at the University of Glasgow has demonstrated the production and operation of a PEM electrolyzer constructed from silver-coated 3D-printed components fabricated from polypropylene. The use of 3D printing allows construction of light-weight, low-cost electrolyzers and the rapid prototyping of flow field design.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

The mesh with BiVO 4 nanowire photoanode for water oxidation and Rh-SrTiO 3 nanowire photocathode for water reduction produces hydrogen gas without an electron mediator. an “artificial leaf” to produce hydrogen—based on a nanowire mesh that lends itself to large-scale, low-cost production. Credit: ACS, Liu et al.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

A team led by researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and the University of California, Merced has developed an efficient molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ) catalyst for driving the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Work at UC Merced was supported by a university startup fund. —Chen et al. —Chen et al. Resources.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The project concerns the production of hydrogen at scale from offshore floating wind in deep water locations. The concept consists of a large-scale floating wind turbine (nominally 10 MW) with an integrated water treatment unit and electrolyzers for localized hydrogen production. This funding will enable further engineering studies.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

and the University of Houston will work together to further understanding of the geology and composition of crude oil. These types of studies aid in understanding the geology of oil-bearing formations, which is useful in the search for new deposits as well as in assessing the potential for exploitation of proven reserves.

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MARCH 3, 2014

Scientists from Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the Technical University of Denmark have identified a new nickel-gallium catalyst that converts hydrogen and carbon dioxide into methanol at ambient pressure and with fewer side-products than the conventional catalyst.

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AUGUST 27, 2023

Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Connecticut have demonstrated high-performance metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells (MS-SOFC) with an integrated high entropy alloy (HEA) internal reforming catalyst (IRC) for transportation applications using ethanol and methanol as fuels. —Hu et al.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

A team of researchers at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea University, and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a new type of multilayered (Au NPs/TiO 2 /Au) photoelectrode that could boost the ability of solar water-splitting to produce hydrogen.

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MARCH 12, 2010

Chemists from Emory University and the Paris Institute of Molecular Chemistry have developed a stable and fast homogeneous water oxidation catalyst (WOC), considered a crucial component for generating hydrogen using only water and sunlight, that is easily prepared from readily available salts and oxides of earth abundant elements.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Researchers at the University of Rochester (New York) have developed a robust and highly active system for solar hydrogen generation in water using semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) and a nickel catalyst. The nanocrystals were capped with DHLA (dihydrolipoic acid) to make them water-soluble. only modest H 2 production.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Now we are accelerating Direct Air Capture technology that enables efficient and low-cost CO 2 capture—the future of CO 2 recycling. Since then, we have extensively studied the concept with regard to suitable technologies and economic viability with international partners in the research and industrial sectors.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Hamid Mohsenian-Rad of University of California, Riverside will receive $95,000 to determine the optimum balance of active and reactive power in plug-in electric vehicles to achieve lower energy costs and improve power distribution networks. The project aims to increase the generation of clean, low cost, efficient energy.

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AUGUST 30, 2019

A team of researchers at George Washington University led by Prof. The focus of their study was the theoretical calculations of greenhouse gas CO 2 reductions using CNT composite structural materials when formed with CNTs made from CO 2 , rather than conventional high-CO 2 -emissive production techniques such as CVD. Licht et al.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under the first FOA (DE-FOA-0002187), Capture Research and Development (R&D): Engineering Scale Testing from Coal- and Natural-Gas-Based Flue Gas and Initial Engineering Design for Industrial Sources, DOE selected nine projects to receive $51 million for cost-shared R&D. Membrane Technology and Research (MTR) Inc. ION Clean Energy Inc.

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APRIL 1, 2011

Example of a lithium-water rechargeable battery. Researchers at the University of Texas, including Dr. John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. In theory, the decomposition potential of water is 4.27

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JULY 2, 2018

SOFC technologies enable efficient, cost-effective electricity generation from abundant domestic coal and natural gas resources, with minimal use of water and near-zero atmospheric emissions of carbon dioxide and pollutants. Sputtered Thin Films for Very High Power, Efficient, and Low-Cost Commercial SOFCs.

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DECEMBER 2, 2018

a developer of low-cost, high-performance polymers for electrochemical applications, announced its selection by the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for an award that will support the continued development of its alkaline exchange ionomers and membranes. Ecolectro Inc.,

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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. EPRI studies have identified the potential for a.

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APRIL 20, 2023

universities and colleges to use their engineering and technical skills to mitigate and address the impact of climate change in their communities. Delaine Access to fresh produce is challenging in many low-income neighborhoods. The EPICS contest asked students and faculty at U.S. Gillespie is the current EPICS in IEEE chair.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

low cost system designs, high. productivity algae cultivation, high oil content, low cost harvesting and processing).” ” In all five cases, water and nutrients (N and P) are supplied by municipal wastewater, which also provides some of the carbon needed for algae growth.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (the MagLab) at Florida State University (FSU) will leverage existing capabilities to develop and demonstrate an integrated process to convert preprocessed corn stover into SAF through a catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP), biocrude intermediate upgrading pathway. MicroBio Engineering Inc.,

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JULY 22, 2018

West Virginia University (WVU) researchers are opening a new facility to capture rare earth elements (REEs) from acid mine drainage (AMD) from coal mining. It follows on an earlier, phase-one project , worth $937,000, to study acid mine drainage as feedstock for rare-earth extraction. —Paul Ziemkiewicz.

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MAY 19, 2011

Researchers at the South China University of Technology report on the use of a Zr(H 2 PO 4 ) 2 solid acid catalyst in an isobutanol-water (1.6:1/V:V) With its low cost and wide supply, the conversion of glucose to HMF has attracted the interests of researchers. —Zhuang et al. Zhuang et al.

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JULY 31, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 7 projects that will help develop low-cost solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology for central power generation from fossil energy resources for further research. Four of the selected projects will pursue advances in cathode performance, enabling higher efficiency, lower cost systems.

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JULY 10, 2022

CO 2 CirculAir’s a smart-buffer system assures a continuous 24h/d CO 2 absorption and enables the use of low-cost electricity for regeneration at moments of surplus or by direct use of electricity from solar cells or wind turbines. University of Exeter, “SeaCURE”. Project Funding: £2,999,822.60. Project Funding: £4,994,312.28.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Michael Grätzel at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland has developed a highly efficient and low-cost water-splitting cell combining an advanced perovskite tandem solar cell and a bi-functional Earth-abundant catalyst. Splitting water requires an applied voltage of at least 1.23 V and up to 1.5

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JUNE 15, 2015

A team at McGill University in Canada has developed a reversible hydrogen storage/release system based on the metal-catalyzed hydrogenation and photo-induced dehydrogenation of organic cyclic hydrocarbons at room temperature. under visible light illumination (420–600 nm) without any other energy input. Credit: ACS, Li et al.

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MARCH 23, 2012

Grzegorz Milczarek from Poznan University of Technology (Poland), and Olle Inganäs from Linköping University (Sweden), have combined lignin derivatives, which are electronic insulators, with polypyrole, a conductive polymer, into an interpenetrating composite suitable for use as a battery cathode. (B) Voltammograms recorded between 0.1

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AUGUST 22, 2009

NETL’s goals for these projects are to improve management of water resources, water usage, and water disposal, and to support science that will aid the regulatory and permitting processes required for shale gas development. West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.

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JULY 29, 2010

Controlling soot from fossil fuels and solid biofuels may be a faster method of reducing Arctic ice loss and global warming than other options, including controlling CH 4 or CO 2 , although all controls are needed, according to a new study by Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson at Stanford University. Mark Jacobson. Dessler et al.,

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MARCH 17, 2015

Modeling study showing possible bimetallic sites on a Ti-modified Cu surface. at. %) from the bulk Cu-Ti studies. An important area of future studies is to determine the surface valence state using in situ/operando surface-sensitive techniques. The two Cu-Cu-Ti hollow sites exhibit HBE values close to that of Pt.

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JULY 27, 2016

The pentlandite provides high activity and stability at low overpotential for H 2 generation. According to their study, artificial pentlandite is just as efficient as the platinum electrodes commonly used today for the electrolytic production of hydrogen from water, but is lower cost. —Konkena et al.

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JUNE 4, 2013

A team at Stanford University has developed stable silicon Li-ion battery anodes by incorporating a conducting polymer hydrogel into the Si-based material. Silicon nanoparticles were dispersed in a solution of phytic acid and aniline in water, followed by the addition of an oxidizer. Click to enlarge. —Wu et al. —Wu et al.

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MARCH 22, 2015

Researchers at Rutgers University have developed a new noble metal-free catalyst—Ni 5 P 4 (nickel-5 phosphide-4)—performing on par with platinum for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in both strong acid and base. Significantly, no catalyst degradation is seen in short term studies at current densities of ?10

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