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BNL Researchers develop low-cost, efficient, non-noble metal electrocatalyst to produce hydrogen from water

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A team of researchers led by Dr. James Muckerman at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have developed a new class of high-activity, low-cost, non-noble metal electrocatalyst that generates hydrogen gas from water. Click to enlarge.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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Cyclonatix, Inc is developing an industrial-sized motor/controller to operate with either DC or AC power sources, for applications in electric vehicles, solar-powered pumps, HVAC&R, gas compressors, and other commercial and industrial machines which require high efficiency, variable speed/torque, and low cost.

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Sandia team boosts hydrogen production activity by molybdenum disulfide four-fold; low-cost catalyst for solar-driven water splitting

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These layers are not molecularly bolted together like a metal but instead are loose enough to slide over one another, and with huge internal surface areas. Molly is dirt cheap and abundant. MOS 2 exists as a stack of flat nanostructures. —Stan Chou. People want a non-platinum catalyst.

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LANL researchers discover how cobalt might replace precious metals as industrial catalyst

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In work published in the international edition of the chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie —and featured on the cover of the journal—the team describe the cobalt-catalyzed hydrogenation of alkenes, aldehydes, ketones, and imines under mild reaction conditions. Click to enlarge.

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PNNL team develops bio-inspired iron-based catalyst for hydrogen fuel cells

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Electricity is produced from the oxidation of hydrogen in low-temperature fuel cells, but the best catalyst is platinum, a precious metal of low abundance. A burgeoning effort by chemists studying many areas of catalysis has focused on ‘cheap metals for noble tasks’.

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STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab spin-off seeking to develop and commercialize a novel solid-state hydrogen storage technology; transportation applications

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The material could allow hydrogen to be stored in a cheap and practical way for transport applications, the company says. The hydrogen buffer is maintained at a pressure suitable for the internal combustion engine ICE or fuel cell and which is sufficient in volume to be able to restart the vehicle.

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Nissan and Endesa collaborating to deliver vehicle-to-grid systems to market

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Nissan and Endesa, an Enel Group subsidiary, signed an agreement at the Geneva International Motor Show pledging to work together to deliver a mass-market V2G system and an innovative business model designed to leverage this technology. Endesa will host a full demonstration of the market-ready and low cost system in Madrid on 12 March.

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