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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Prototype sodium silicate hydrogen generation system as presented earlier this year at DOE merit review. The H300 utilizes real-time swappable cartridges that generate hydrogen on demand using SiGNa’s proprietary sodium silicide (NaSi) powder. Sodium-Silica-Gel: 2Na-SG + H 2 O → H 2 + Na 2 Si 2 O 5. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 21, 2020

Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. We identify an optimal flow regime range, broadly applicable to other liquid-fed fuel cells, in terms of the standard dimensionless Reynolds number (Re) and the Damkohler number (Da). Wittcoff Distinguished University Professor and corresponding author.

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MARCH 15, 2018

The researchers present these results in the journal Nature Reviews Materials as part of a cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries. … a | The total numbers of reference devices that are estimated to be produced in the scenario between 2016 and 2050, together with the range in battery size for each type of reference device.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

Australian advanced materials technology company Talga Resources Ltd announced positive initial test results from the development of its graphene silicon lithium-ion anode in the UK. Further cycling tests and optimization of Talnode-Si is underway at Talga’s battery material facility in the Maxwell Centre at Cambridge University in the UK.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

By making use of a previously undesired side effect in oil recovery, researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) have developed a method that yields up to 20% more heavy oil than traditional methods. Furthermore, the novel flooding enhanced heavy oil recovery in the wide range of the concentration of acid tested.

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MARCH 17, 2021

At the ordinary temperatures that the battery operates in, “it stays in a regime where you have both a solid phase and a liquid phase,” in this case made of a mixture of sodium and potassium. —Co-author Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan, professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Eschler, C.M., Fincher, C.D.

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APRIL 2, 2021

Battery modeling , led by Dr Gregory Offer, Imperial College London, with researchers from the Universities of Bath, Birmingham, Lancaster, Oxford, Portsmouth, Southampton, Warwick and UCL. Safety control and countermeasures are built into the design of today's LiB systems, but this adds complexity, cost and weight.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a significant breakthrough with a new oxygen evolution reaction catalyst that, combined with a hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst, achieved current densities capable of supporting industrial demands while requiring relatively low voltage to start seawater electrolysis.

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

As we demonstrate in this work, few-layered graphene materials may enable sodium-ion batteries as a storage platform which brings simultaneous promise for all of these applications. b) Galvanostatic charge−discharge profiles at current densities ranging from 1 A/g to 30 A/g with the corresponding cycling performance (c). 5b04187.

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MARCH 1, 2017

lithium, sodium or potassium) on a copper–carbon cathode current collector at a voltage of more than 3.0 Traditional rechargeable batteries use a liquid electrolyte and an oxide as a cathode host into which the working cation of the electrolyte is inserted reversibly over a finite solid-solution range. Murchison at UT Austin.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

delivered the first all-electric mobile surgical instrument lab (eMSIL) to University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Health Center. The Motiv system features a TM4 electric drivetrain with 250 kW and 2,300 N·m peak motor and a 127 kWh sodium-nickel battery system. Winnebago Industries, Inc.

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MARCH 13, 2012

This research is a collaborative project between CSIRO, NSW Department of Primary Industries, University of Adelaide, the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology. The salt-tolerant gene (known as TmHKT1;5-A) works by excluding sodium from the leaves. Matthew Gilliham.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Researchers at Drexel University have stabilized a rare monoclinic ?-sulfur Kalra suggests that having a stable sulfur cathode, that functions in carbonate electrolyte, will also allow researchers to move forward in examining replacements for the lithium anode – which could include more earth-abundant options, such as sodium.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

A team of researchers from Tufts University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard University report that alkali ions (sodium or potassium) added in small amounts activate platinum adsorbed on alumina or silica for the low-temperature water-gas shift (WGS) reaction (H 2 O+CO→ H 2 +CO 2 ) used for producing hydrogen.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded $250,000 to each of eight companies and research centers to develop working prototypes for a wide range of energy-storage technologies. of Greene to develop an electric forklift for use in freezer warehouses using GE’s Durathon sodium-halide batteries.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Now, researchers at the University of Cambridge report developing a new in situ method to probe batteries with silicon electrode and determining what causes the expansion to take place. Artist: Rees Rankin (CNM) Researchers: Maria Chan (CNM), Chris Wolverton (Northwestern University), Jeff Greeley (CNM) Click to enlarge. Resources.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Researchers at Ohio State University (OSU) have demonstrated the concept of a potassium-air (K?O Potassium, an alkali metal similar to lithium (and sodium) can be used in a rechargeable battery. Moreover, within this small charging potential range, almost 90% of the discharged product can be oxidized. O 2 battery (0.5

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MARCH 25, 2024

Sodium ion batteries (SIBs, also known as Na ion batteries or NIBs) have been on the horizon for a while but they weren’t expected to be mature enough for cars for some time yet. The JMEV EV3 (Youth Edition) is a micro-EV city car and has a range of 156 miles / 260 kilometres. Overall, SIBs are around 30% cheaper than lithium ion.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

A collaboration including researchers from Boston College, MIT, the University of Virginia and Clemson University have achieved a peak ZT (thermoelectric figure of merit) of 0.8 And a team from Northwestern University and the University of Michigan reported experimentally achieving a ZT of 1.7 The study by Yan et al.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

In a review paper in the journal Nature Materials , Jean-Marie Tarascon (Professor at College de France and Director of RS2E, French Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage) and Clare Gray (Professor at the University of Cambridge), call for integrating the sustainability of battery materials into the R&D efforts to improve rechargeable batteries.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Researchers at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China have developed a new direct borohydride fuel cell (DBFC) that shows a peak power density of 663 mW·cm -2 at 65 °C (149 °F)—an increase in power density by a factor of 1.7 Source: Ma et al. 2010) Click to enlarge. compared to classic DBFCs. —Yang et al.

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AUGUST 24, 2016

A team at the Ohio State University has developed a membrane that regulates bi-directional ion transport across it as a function of its redox state and that could be used as a programmable smart membrane separator in future supercapacitors and redox flow batteries. plugin EVs to Tesla’s 85 kWh battery pack). —Herya and Sundaresan.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

These 32 demonstration projects, which include large-scale energy storage, smart meters, distribution and transmission system monitoring devices, plug-in vehicles, and a range of other smart technologies, will act as models for deploying integrated Smart Grid systems on a broader scale. The funding awards are divided into two topic areas.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

Several types of recipients were eligible for funding, such as private industry, universities, and federal labs, through contracts, grants, and other mechanisms. Sodium batteries. These initiatives, which obligated more than $1.3 In addition to these obligations, DOE supported about $596 million in direct loans. through 2012.

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JUNE 7, 2011

Sodium is seen by some as a promising alternative, but the sodium-sulfur batteries currently in use run at temperatures above 300 °C, making them less energy efficient and safe than batteries that run at ambient temperatures. Sodium-ion batteries have been discussed in the literature. for some time. —Cao et al.

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a nanocomposite material of amorphous, porous FePO 4 nanoparticles electrically wired by single-wall carbon nanotubes as a potential cathode material for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). The sizes of the porous space within the FePO 4 NPs range from a few to tens of nanometers.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2021

—co-corresponding author Giulia Galli, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory. —co-corresponding author Kyoung-Shin Choi, University of Wisconsin-Madison. To create a bismuth-rich surface, the scientists placed one sample in a solution of sodium hydroxide, a strong base. —Mingzhao Liu.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A team led by researchers at Oregon State University have demonstrated that diffusion may not be necessary to transport ionic charges inside a hydrated solid-state structure of a battery electrode. Grotthuss proton conduction is very fast, and it is responsible for the anomalously high conductivity of acids. Grotthuss mechanism. Source: OSU.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Researchers at WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group), The University of Warwick (UK) have developed Silicon-Few Layer Graphene (Si-FLG) composite electrodes as an effective approach to replacing graphite in the anodes of lithium-ion batteries. A cross section of the silicon and FLG together in an anode. Qianye Huang, Melanie J.

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DECEMBER 29, 2014

Researchers from Nanyang Technical University (NTU) in Singapore have shown high-capacity, high-rate, and durable lithium- and sodium-ion battery (LIB and NIB) performance using single-crystalline long-range-ordered bilayered VO 2 nanoarray electrodes. f) The corresponding SEM images (fine structure in inset). Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 12, 2015

Researchers at the Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES), a partnership between the MIT Materials Processing Center and Lomonosov Moscow State University, are focusing on the development of higher capacity batteries. Rechargeable metal-air batteries. We can use it in vehicles, we can use it in aircraft, and so forth.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

The work most recently reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society by a team of researchers from Argonne and King Abdulaziz University (Saudi Arabia) advances their earlier work with selenium as a high energy density cathode material. Earlier post.). Charging involves the reverse process. Maroni, Steve M. Chapman, Peter J.

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JUNE 19, 2015

The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $55 million in funding for 18 innovative projects as part of ARPA-E’s two newest programs: Transportation Energy Resources from Renewable Agriculture (TERRA) and GENerators for Small Electrical and Thermal Systems (GENSETS). Clemson University.

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AUGUST 13, 2012

Researchers at Fudan University (China) have synthesized stable ammine titanium borohydrides (ATBs) with favorable dehydrogenation properties and potential regeneration ability, making them promising candidates for solid-state hydrogen storage materials. In a paper published in the ACS journal Chemistry of Materials , Yuan et al.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Natron Energy , a developer of new battery cell technology based on Prussian Blue analogue electrodes and a sodium-ion electrolyte, has closed a strategic investment by Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) to support the development of stationary energy storage systems for demand charge management at electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.

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APRIL 28, 2009

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. The electric car features three different battery options, two different Lithium-based (LI) systems – A123Systems and Enerdel as well as a Sodium-Nickel battery Zebra (Mes-Dea).

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

A team of researchers from universities and national laboratories led by Tufts University has developed catalysts composed of a unique structure of single gold atoms bound by oxygen to several sodium or potassium atoms and supported on non-reactive silica materials. —Yang et al. — Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos.

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