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UC Riverside team fabricates nanosilicon anodes for Li-ion batteries from waste glass bottles

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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have used waste glass bottles and a low-cost chemical process to fabricate nanosilicon anodes for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Coating the silicon nanoparticles with carbon to improve their stability and energy storage properties.

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Frost & Sullivan: market for lightweight materials in automobiles to reach $95.34B in 2017

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billion in 2017, driven by the need to conform to environmental regulations. Governments across the world have been passing laws mandating reductions in fuel consumption and/or carbon emissions. Lightweight materials do decrease the overall weight and emissions, but also hike the costs considerably. million by revenue and 10.3

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DOE awarding $72M in 73 Phase II SBIR/STTR grants

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Production of C 5 hydrocarbons from waste biomass. Obtaining sustainable sources of chemicals and processing organic waste in an environmentally responsible manner remains a challenge. This proposal aims to solve these problems by converting organic waste into chemicals with widespread use in polymer and transportation industries.

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ARENA awards A$22.1M to 16 projects to accelerate exporting renewable hydrogen

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In December 2017, ARENA announced the funding round into hydrogen R&D. Monash University low-cost robust, high-activity water splitting electrodes – $1,054,209. RMIT University proton flow reactor system for electrical energy storage and bulk export of hydrogenated carbon-based material – $805,026.

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Global Bioenergies reports first production of green isobutene at demo plant

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Global Bioenergies is now entering the final phase of demonstrating its technology for converting renewable carbon into hydrocarbons. The demo plant will be ramped up in the first half of 2017, with the goal of reaching performances close to commercial levels by the end of the year. Earlier post.).

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DOE issues FOA for up to $4M for development of advanced H2 storage systems and materials

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In addition, the costs associated with high-pressure fast refueling adds to the overall costs associated with using hydrogen fuel cells. Therefore, to maximize the use of hydrogen as a zero-carbon fuel for fuel cells, advanced storage systems and technologies will be required, especially for automotive applications. kWh/kg (5.5

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New Pd-based nanomaterial catalyst breaks down formic acid to H2; boost for practical chemical H2 storage

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Researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have developed a simple method for producing a palladium-based nanomaterial that can spur the breakdown of formic acid (FA) into hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Its efficiency far exceeds that of any other reported heterogeneous catalyst, they say.

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