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

Green Car Congress

Radically new battery systems or breakthroughs based on existing systems can move the US more rapidly toward a more sustainable transportation future. The focus is on high-energy density and high-power density batteries suitable for transportation and renewable energy storage applications.

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OSU smart membrane could enable new category of high-energy, high-power energy storage for EVs

Green Car Congress

We note that true mass-market adoption of greener and sustainable transportation will require technologies that do not compromise on MPM. Applying an electrical potential to the conducting polymer membrane alters the redox state, allows it to conduct ions across the membrane. —Herya and Sundaresan. Click to enlarge.