Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The University of Michigan (U-M) and eight partner institutions will explore the use of ceramic ion conductors as replacements for the traditional liquid or polymer electrolytes in common lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and in flow cells for storing renewable energy in the grid.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2022

However, lithium can form dendrites if it is not uniformly and effectively stored when cycling process, leading to large volume expansion of electrode, which in turn may shorten the battery’s cycle life and cause safety issues such as fire and explosion triggered by internal short-circuits. capacity retention).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2020

This is especially important when batteries are charged super-fast, creating more of the types of battery damage that can lead to fires. But in our study, making the collector 80% lighter increased the energy density of lithium-ion batteries—how much energy they can store in a given weight—by 16-26%.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Global automotive supplier DENSO and Nagoya University have developed an in-vehicle battery-based energy management system (EMS) which uses forecasting models of household electricity demand and vehicle use to reduce electricity costs. Electric (Battery) Plug-ins Smart charging V2X' Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Amorphous nature of the Li 2 RuO 3 -Li 2 SO 4 matrix enables inclusion of active material with high conductivity and ductility for achieving favorable interfaces with charge transfer capabilities, leading to the stable operation of all-solid-state batteries. Credit: Atsushi Sakuda, Osaka Prefecture University. —Nagao et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2017

University of Sydney team advances rechargeable zinc-air batteries with bimetallic oxide–graphene hybrid electrocatalyst. Cheaper to produce than lithium-ion batteries, they can also store more energy (theoretically five times more than that of lithium-ion batteries), are much safer, and are more environmentally friendly. Resources.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2012

Balqon Corporation, a developer of heavy-duty electric vehicles, drive systems and lithium-ion battery storage devices, has installed a one MWh lithium-ion battery storage system at the University of California, Riverside (UCR); the system has gone operational, providing electric power to the Bourns College of Engineering building.

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Blink Charging

JANUARY 3, 2024

With the start of a new year, it’s time to plan new resolutions for charging programs at your properties. Charge anxiety is the fear that a charger won’t work or will be too busy to use when needed. As an EV charger site host, you can help assuage charge anxiety by putting an emphasis on maintaining your chargers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2021

Proterra Inc has been selected by the Washington State Department of Enterprise Services as a vendor to supply zero-emission battery-electric transit buses and charging infrastructure under the state’s regional Cooperative Purchasing Contract.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. Columbia University. Harvard University.

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Driivz

AUGUST 30, 2023

Installing and operating EV charging stations offers businesses and owners of commercial and industrial buildings a winning proposition. EV charging itself creates a new “green” revenue opportunity. Building owners can work with a charge point operator or EV service provider to install and manage the EV chargers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

A team from the National University of Singapore's Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI), led by principle investigator Dr. Xian Ning Xie, has developed a polystyrene membrane-based supercapacitor that they say will be easier to scale up than the current alternatives. Click to enlarge. —Xie et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2020

Metal-Air Batteries (MABs), which use oxygen from ambient air as recourses to store and convert energy, have received considerable attention for their potential use in electric vehicles (EVs) owing to their large storage capacity, lightweight, and affordability. This has hindered its further commercialization into the marketplace.

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Cars That Think

JULY 21, 2022

The first electronic digital computer capable of storing instructions and data in a read/write memory was the Manchester Small Scale Experimental Machine, known as the Manchester “Baby.” Williams , Tom Kilburn , and Geoff Tootill developed and built the machine and its storage system—the Williams-Kilburn tube—at the University of Manchester.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

New research conducted by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has identified a specific building block that improves the anode in lithium-ion batteries. But in graphite anodes, six atoms of carbon are needed to store one lithium ion, so the energy density of these batteries is low.

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Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

In recent testimony, Nuvve CEO Gregory Poilasne told the lawmakers that bidirectional charging can reduce the total cost of EV ownership, and that it’s essential for integrating more renewable energy into the grid. In just a few years, every new EV, on both the consumer and commercial sides, is likely to be bi.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 28, 2022

Now is a great time to go over what is fact versus fiction for electric vehicle charging. Charging stations are hard to find. Blink has deployed over 30,000 charging ports across 18 countries in the Blink Network. You can find our charging stations at: parking facilities, . schools & universities, . airports,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The Rice University lab of chemist James Tour has shown that thin nanotube films effectively stop dendrites that grow naturally from unprotected lithium metal anodes in batteries. An illustration shows how lithium metal anodes developed at Rice University are protected from dendrite growth by a film of carbon nanotubes.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2010

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) will award $8 million to help develop or commercialize 19 advanced energy storage projects. Funding will support projects in two categories: Industry-led near-term commercialization partnerships (two major awards), and technology development. Cornell University.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2021

It’s been known that dendrites form more rapidly when the current flow is higher—which is generally desirable in order to allow rapid charging. So far, the current densities that have been achieved in experimental solid-state batteries have been far short of what would be needed for a practical commercial rechargeable battery.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2011

The new Center of Competence also will be the interface to co-operation partners and suppliers as well as to further experts, such as from universities. The energy storage system is located on the roof, and comprises 12 modules of high-power capacitors, each of 24 cells (maximum charge/discharge 200 kW, energy content approx.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2021

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a nanometric graphite-like anode for sodium ion (Na + storage), formed by stacked graphene sheets functionalized only on one side, termed Janus graphene. The estimated sodium storage up to C 6.9 Na is comparable to graphite for standard lithium ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding to advance further the development of its pioneering 42 MW peak microgrid and expand electric vehicle charging at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). million award to increase its previously awarded funding of $1,394,298 for the university’s microgrid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China and George Washington University in the US report in a new paper in the ACS journal Accounts of Chemical Research that a range of important carbon nanomaterials can be produced at high yield by molten carbonate electrolysis. Source: Prof.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2016

and the University of Surrey, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, have developed new, crosslinked gel-matrix polymer electrolytes exhibiting measured capacitance values more than 100 times those of conventional electrolytes. Researchers from Augmented Optics Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2018

has been awarded a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)- ENGAGE grant with Dr. Heather Andreas , an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Dalhousie University. Nova Scotia-based Elcora Advanced Materials Corp. Dr. Andreas has worked on carbon-based supercapacitors (SCs) for more than 14 years.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

But we do actually need that energy to be generated,” says Alper Bozkurt, who with Veena Misra codirects the Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) at North Carolina State University. But solar is just the opening gambit. volts for about 60 hours.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2020

Capacitors that rapidly store and release electric energy are key components in modern electronics and power systems. Capacitors are commonly used in electronic devices to maintain power supply while a battery is being charged. The applied field drives changes in the orientation of the electrons in the material.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2020

Researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a cobalt-free high-energy lithium-ion battery, eliminating the cobalt and opening the door to reducing the costs of producing batteries while boosting performance in some ways. More nickel in a battery means it can store more energy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a novel strategy to improve the efficiency and performance of non-aqueous lithium-oxygen (Li-air) batteries. However, there are a number of formidable challenges facing their commercialization. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2017

Rice University scientists have used a seamless graphene-carbon nanotube (GCNT) electrode to store lithium metal reversibly and with complete suppression of dendrite formation. The Air Force Office of Scientific Research Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative supported the research. —Raji et al. Abdul-Rahman O.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 14, 2022

The California-based Hyperlight Energy will be piloting an installation where they plan to use existing oil wells as solar thermal wellsprings, with the stored energy being converted back to clean electricity when required. Thermal energy storage is a known low-cost, low-risk approach for storing solar energy in the form of heat,” adds Codd.

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Driivz

MARCH 23, 2022

V2X, meaning vehicle-to-everything, is the overarching term for transferring the electricity stored in electric vehicle (EV) batteries to the grid, buildings, houses, and other energy-consuming destinations. How is V2X Different from Smart Charging? . Smart charging control system that supports V2G . The use cases are: .

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2009

QSTP is a world-class incubator for the research, development and commercialization of new technologies that has attracted significant R&D investment from companies such as Shell, Microsoft and GE. The WTC will initially be tasked with the progression of two Formula One inspired R&D projects with clear commercial goals.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

A team at Stanford University, led by professor Hongjie Dai, has developed a high-performance, safe, fast-charging aluminum-ion battery that can last for thousands of cycles. In addition to powering small electronic devices, Al-ion batteries could be used to store renewable energy on the electrical grid, Dai said. —Prof.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2014

Mats Johansson at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology says the work is about improving the mechanical properties of batteries so that it not only stores energy but is part of the design. 1 , several grades of commercially-available polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon fibers displayed a reversible capacity close to or above 100 mAh g

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MAY 30, 2018

A Northwestern University research team has found ways to stabilize a promising new high capacity cathode material—Li 4 Mn 2 O 5. The transition metal, typically cobalt, effectively stores and releases electrical energy when lithium ions move from the anode to the cathode and back. Click to enlarge.

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