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JANUARY 10, 2020

In a first, University of Sydney researchers have found evidence of how hydrogen causes embrittlement of steels. Direct observation of hydrogen at carbon-rich dislocations and grain boundaries provides validation for embrittlement models. Credit: University of Sydney. Credit: University of Sydney.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2014

A new study from Delft University and the University of Waterloo finds a different OER mechanism for electrochemically-generated Li 2 O 2 than for commercial Li 2 O 2. The researchers fabricated Li-O 2 cell gas diffusion electrodes (cathodes) by casting a mixture of activated carbon and a lithiated Nafion binder on carbon paper.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

A team from Nankai University (Tianjin, China) has shown that “MXenes”—exfoliated 2D carbide and carbonitride nanosheets that are structurally similar to graphene, where M represents transition metals, and X is either C or/and N—are promising anode materials for Li-ion batteries. —Tang et al.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

This approach will allow clean hydrogen to serve as a source for zero-carbon electricity and represent an important economic product for nuclear plants beyond electricity. The project will provide insights about integrating nuclear energy with hydrogen production technologies and inform future clean hydrogen production deployments at scale.

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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.

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JULY 23, 2018

In the quest to realize artificial photosynthesis to convert sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into fuel—just as plants do—researchers need to not only identify materials to efficiently perform photoelectrochemical water splitting, but also to understand why a certain material may or may not work. —Francesca Toma.

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APRIL 21, 2020

Wärtsilä’s X-Ahead project is aimed at developing deep expertise of both the technical and business potential of Power-to-X, which will be used to promote a carbon-neutral economy for Finland. It will also act as a base for defining Wärtsilä’s role in this field as part of the global transition to carbon-neutral solutions.

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JUNE 24, 2014

Twenty-three of the projects receiving funding are headed by universities, eight are led by the Energy Department’s National Laboratories and one project is run by a non-profit organization. University of California, Berkeley. University of California, Riverside. Northwestern University. Purdue University.

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JUNE 12, 2020

Scientists from Kyushu University and Kumamoto University in Japan have developed a new catalyst capable of assisting three key reactions for using hydrogen in energy and industry. —Professor Seiji Ogo, Kyushu University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Credit: Kyushu University.

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AUGUST 24, 2018

Scientists around Professor Thomas Münzel, Director of Cardiology I at the Department of Cardiology at the Medical Center Mainz of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), reviewed the mechanisms responsible for vascular damage from air pollution together with scientists from the UK and the US. —Münzel et al.

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JANUARY 11, 2022

These results provide fundamental insights into the fabrication of high-performance all-solid-state Li batteries. Before completing the fabrication of a battery, the team exposed the LiCoO 2 surface to air, nitrogen (N 2 ), oxygen (O 2 ), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), hydrogen (H 2 ), and water vapor (H 2 O) for 30 minutes. 1c17945.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Triumph: final chassis, including frame, rear sub-frame, cockpit, panels and wheels, final drive system including transmission and Gates Carbon belt drive, electronics, Öhlins USD cartridge forks, unique prototype Öhlins RSU, Brembo M50 monobloc calipers, and Triumph motorcycle control software.

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MARCH 15, 2013

In the LCLS experiment, the scientists shot the crystal’s surface with a pulse from a conventional laser, which caused carbon monoxide molecules to begin to break away. Located in Menlo Park, California, SLAC is operated by Stanford University for the US Department of Energy Office of Science. It was a surprise. ”. Resources.

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JUNE 26, 2019

Scientists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have taken the first images of carbon dioxide molecules within a molecular cage—part of a metal-organic framework (MOF), with great potential for separating and storing gases and liquids.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

A team of chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has identified a small molecule surrogate for cellulose—?-cyclodextrin—in Carbon atoms of the neighboring glucose unit are shown in blue. cyclodextrin—in high-temperature pyrolysis processes. —Paul Dauenhauer. Credit: Paul Dauenhauer.

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AUGUST 6, 2010

million to 7 universities to conduct advanced turbine technology studies under the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program. Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas. University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas. University of North Dakota , Grand Forks, N.D.

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JULY 19, 2012

The National Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Project has released two major reports that synthesize its findings from the past several years of work: a Technical Analysis Report (TAR) and Policy Design Recommendations.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2011

One of single largest projects comes from Jeff Dangl at the University of North Carolina and his colleagues and focuses on the rhizosphere—the narrow region where microbes in the soil colonize and interact with plant roots. —Eddy Rubin, DOE JGI Director. —Dangl team proposal.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting proposals for a project to provide assistance in developing and implementing assessment and mitigation activities for diesel sources of black carbon in the Russian Arctic. Previous research on black carbon and climate overlooked that topic. Jacobson, Ph.D.

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MAY 9, 2014

A team from seven US universities and the Korea Institue of Science and Technology, led by George Huber, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has developed an integrated catalytic process for the conversion of whole biomass into drop-in aviation fuels with maximal carbon yields.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Researchers at Columbia University have solved the first piece of the puzzle; they have proved that CO 2 electroreduction begins with one common intermediate, not two as was commonly thought. Their paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

Transport models are uncertain ,” says Stephanie Ewing, lead author of the paper and an assistant professor of pedology and soil biogeochemistry at Montana State University. She conducted the research while a postdoctoral researcher in Berkeley Lab’s Earth Sciences Division. —John Christensen.

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MAY 26, 2022

—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The newly formed organization will host a series of meetings of its members to exchange research results, insights, and ideas. The only criteria emission of concern is NO x.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The University of Texas at Austin. The University of Texas at Austin along with Ohio State University and Columbia University-Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory will examine what the primary influences are on the development of persistent, massive hydrate accumulations in deep sediments below the seabed.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

A team of researchers from Ewha Womans University in Korea have attached imidazolium sulfonate zwitterions (neutral molecules with a positive and a negative electrical charge at different locations within that molecule) to multiwalled carbon nanotubes to make metal-free electrocatalysts for the fuel cell oxygen reduction reaction.

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JANUARY 27, 2015

A new carbon capture technology sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) for economically capturing 90% of the carbon dioxide emitted from a coal-burning power plant has begun pilot-scale testing. Post-combustion carbon capture has presented unique challenges for researchers. and will continue for 2–3 months.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Professor Fraser Armstrong, Oxford University, co-author. Armstrong (2009) Electrochemical Kinetic Investigations of the Reactions of [FeFe]-Hydrogenases with Carbon Monoxide and Oxygen: Comparing the Importance of Gas Tunnels and Active-Site Electronic/Redox Effects. Our work has revealed the mechanism of this process.

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MAY 14, 2013

Researchers at the University of Missouri led by Prof. Lithium-ion batteries use large amounts of graphite in the negative electrode which forms a carbon cage around lithium ions (referred to as intercalation) and reduces the activity of lithium to the extent that dendrite crystals do not form. Source: Dr. Galen Suppes. and Suppes, G.

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JULY 20, 2014

The Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) anticipates two awards being made: the first for $7 million in the area of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and fossil-fuel-based Clean Energy Systems (CES); the second for $2 million in the area of international oil and natural gas. Carbon Capture and Storage and Clean Energy Systems.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have been the first to demonstrate that polyaniline (PANI), a member of the organic conducting polymer family, is a promising photocathode material for the conversion of carbon dioxide into alcohol fuels without the need for a co-catalyst.

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

This is one slice of conditioning the market, users and institutions like this university to think along those lines. This collaboration will enable new study of electric vehicle use and charging patterns, generating new insights that will help further our shared aim of making connected electric vehicles more accessible.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

the E30 and E78—led to statistically significant reductions of 9%–13% for total hydrocarbon (THC); 13%–44% for non-methane hydrocarbon (NMHC); 20%–35% for carbon monoxide (CO); and 17%–36% for nitrogen oxides (NO x ) emissions compared to the high-aromatics E10 fuel. The study found that higher ethanol blends—i.e.,

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

An international team led by researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have joined two unconventional forms of carbon—diamondoids and buckyballs—to create “buckydiamondoids”. Manoharan et al, Nature Communications) Click to enlarge. This is something neither component can do on its own.

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JUNE 18, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded an agreement to the University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center (UNDEERC) to extend a study that will enhance the understanding of factors affecting oil production from the Bakken and Three Forks-Sanish formations within the Williston Basin.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

A team of researchers from the US NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers based at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has demonstrated the use of a dual cellular–heterogeneous catalytic strategy to produce olefins from glucose. Wang et al.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Researchers from Stanford University and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have engineered and demonstrated a solid-oxide electrochemical cell (SOC) with a porous ceria electrode that achieves stable and selective CO 2 electrolysis beyond the thermodynamic carbon deposition threshold. —Skafte et al.

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

A global collaborative effort of more than 60 scientists, led by Jose-Luis Jimenez of the University of Colorado, has developed a unifying model framework describing the atmospheric evolution of OA that is constrained by high–time-resolution measurements of its composition, volatility, and oxidation state.

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