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Circa Group providing bio-based solvent Cyrene to UK EV battery recycling project

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Circa’s solvent Cyrene—dihydrolevoglucosenone—is specifically being used to recover polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)—a high performance polymer widely used as a binder in Li-ion battery cathodes. By using Cyrene, R2LIB is helping recover a valuable polymer in a sustainable way. Sherwood, J., McElroy, C. Farmer, T.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. Vulcanol is CRI’s brand name for renewable methanol, produced from CO 2 and hydrogen from renewable sources of electricity (hydro, geothermal, wind and solar). Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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New Graphene Nanomaterial Could Result in More Fuel-Efficient Airplanes and Cars; Applications in Energy Storage

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Combined with metal nanoparticles, (xGnP + nanoparticle), the material has potential for applications in fuel cells, supercapacitors, batteries and hydrogen storage. I) Exfoliated Graphite NanoPlatelets and II) Metal Nano Particles as Multifunctional Materials for Polymers and Energy Storage (Drzal). Click to enlarge.

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

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Their outer skin is made from aluminum-coated polymer and this in turn brings weight advantages. mi) on a single tank, with nothing more than a few drops of water leaving the tailpipe. Hydrogen is supplied to the anode, where it is broken down into protons and electrons. lb) of hydrogen per 100 kilometers (62.1

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ENFICA-FC Fuel Cell Inter-City Aircraft Ready for Flight Testing

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the objective is that of building an aeroplane that works on hydrogen, taking advantage of the fuel cell technology at present available to create a demonstrator aircraft that is able to connect cities through flights while totally eliminating the environmental impact. …the Skyleader (CZ) (manufacturer of the aircraft).

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