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Energy researchers: clean US hydrogen economy is within reach, but needs a game plan

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John Deutch, an emeritus Institute Professor at MIT. He served as CTO at both Edeniq and Pennsylvania Sustainable Technologies (where was also co-founder), pursuing capabilities and applications in biofuels and catalytic fuel upgrading. He has served as Chairman of the Department of Chemistry, Dean of Science, and Provost.

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Researchers provide evidence for spillover effect in activated carbon systems for hydrogen storage

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An MIT-led team of researchers from Taiwan and the US have successfully analyzed the performance of a class of materials considered a promising candidate for hydrogen storage: activated carbon that incorporates a platinum catalyst, allowing the hydrogen atoms can bond directly to the surface of carbon particles and then be released when needed.

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RPI researchers develop safe, long-cycling Li-metal rechargeable battery electrode; demonstrate Li-carbon battery

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What is different is that the electrode material that stores the Li is all-carbon for both the anode as well as the cathode. Therefore the electrodes in our Li-ion full-cell configuration are exclusively made from carbon (PGN) materials into which Li ions are reversibly plated and stored. —Mukherjee et al.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. The aerobic microbe has been engineered at MIT and is capable of converting a variety of organic compounds into oil, from which biodiesel may be produced. The project also will develop a chemical method to transform butanol into jet fuel.

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ARPA-E selects 33 projects for $66M in awards; advanced biocatalysts for gas-to-liquids and lightweight metals

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Pennsylvania State University. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will develop a comprehensive process to directly convert methane into a usable transportation fuel in a single step. Methane-to-Acetate Pathway for Liquid Fuel. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Single-Step Methane Activation and Conversion to Liquid Fuels.

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