MIT just released directions for commercializing perovskite solar cells
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FEBRUARY 28, 2024
An MIT-led team revealed a “guidebook” for how to tune surface properties of perovskites, a silicon alternative – here’s why that’s huge for solar.
MIT team develops approach to control dendrite propagation in solid-state batteries
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NOVEMBER 19, 2022
MIT researchers led by MIT Professor and colleagues at Brown University have developed an approach to controlling dendrite propagation in solid-state batteries. MIT graduate student Cole Fincher developed a way of making thin cells using a transparent electrolyte, allowing the whole process to be directly seen and recorded.
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MIT, Scripps study examines behavior of midwater sediment plumes from deep-sea nodule mining
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JULY 28, 2021
Now, oceanographers at MIT, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and elsewhere have carried out an experiment at sea for the first time to study the turbulent sediment plume that mining vessels would potentially release back into the ocean. —Thomas Peacock, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and co-corresponding author.
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MIT just released directions for commercializing perovskite solar cells
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FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Photo: Kyoto University An MIT-led team revealed a “guidebook” for how to tune surface properties of perovskites, a silicon alternative – here’s why that’s huge for solar. Enter the new breakthrough paper from a team of researchers led by MIT, in collaboration with scientists from around the globe. Get started here. –
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MIT, Brookhaven team develops simple method for stabilizing interfaces in solid-state lithium-ion batteries
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MARCH 11, 2022
Now, a team of researchers at MIT and Brookhaven National Laboratory has developed a way of achieving results that equal or surpass the durability of the coated surfaces, but with no need for any coatings. The research was supported by the US Army Research Office through MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.
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MIT electrolyte enables ultra-high voltage Ni-rich cathodes in Li-metal batteries
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MARCH 26, 2021
MIT researchers and colleagues at two national laboratories have developed a sulfonamide-based electrolyte that enables stable cycling of a commercial LiNi 0.8 In a paper in the journal Nature Energy , the MIT team reports that a lithium-metal battery with the electrolyte delivers a specific capacity of >230?mAh?g
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MIT study attributes > 50% of Li-ion rapid cost decline to investment in materials & chemistry R&D
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NOVEMBER 23, 2021
A team at MIT has analyzed what has accounted for the extraordinary savings and found that by far the biggest single factor was work on research and development, particularly in chemistry and materials science. The R&D contribution didn’t end when commercialization began. Ziegler et al.
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MIT study: half of US deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions
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FEBRUARY 15, 2020
More than half of all air-quality-related early deaths in the United States are a result of emissions originating outside of the state in which those deaths occur, MIT researchers report in a paper in the journal Nature. To make further progress, we should start focusing on road transportation and commercial and residential emissions.
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MIT Professor’s IoT Sensors Make Roads Safer
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NOVEMBER 12, 2023
Back in 2005, before smartphones were generally available, MIT Professor Hari Balakrishnan was so fed up with commuting delays in Boston that he built a mobile system to monitor road conditions. In 2010 Balakrishnan and two cofounders commercialized CarTel by launching Cambridge Mobile Telematics. Help came in 2009 from William V.
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MIT team reexamines rates of Li-ion cost decline
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MARCH 24, 2021
Now, MIT researchers have carried out an exhaustive analysis of the studies that have looked at the decline in the prices these batteries. For both, we find that the real price of lithium-ion cells, scaled by their energy capacity, has declined by about 97% since their commercial introduction in 1991.
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MIT Looks Ahead to Hydrogen’s Aviation Future
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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
John Hansman , an aeronautics and astronautics professor at MIT and director of the university’s International Center for Air Transportation. While NASA typically relies on helium, a new way to purge fuel lines may be needed to work for a commercial aviation setting. asks Professor R. The first challenge is hydrogen production.
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MIT: hybrid cathodes could boost energy capacity of lithium-sulfur batteries
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MARCH 26, 2019
Researchers at MIT and in China are proposing a new class of dense intercalation-conversion hybrid cathodes by combining intercalation-type Mo 6 S 8 with conversion-type sulfur (HMSC) to realize a Li–S full cell. This is comparable to some commercial batteries, indicating that the new device does match its predicted characteristics.
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MIT engineers develop efficient means of carbon capture using electrochemical cell
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OCTOBER 27, 2019
Researchers at MIT have developed a new, efficient way to capture carbon that addresses the inherent inefficiencies ( earlier post ) of incumbent technologies, due to their thermal energy losses, large footprint or degradation of sorbent material. Credit: RSC, Voskian and Hatton (2019). Sahag Voskian and T.
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Lift-off for commercial electric planes with megawatt electric motor breakthrough
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JUNE 12, 2023
MIT researchers are developing a groundbreaking 1-megawatt motor that could propel commercial electric planes to new heights. The post Lift-off for commercial electric planes with megawatt electric motor breakthrough appeared first on Innovation News Network.
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NREL, MIT, WSU team develops process to convert lignin to aromatic blendstock for 100% sustainable aviation fuel
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Current commercialized technologies do not produce those components to qualify for a 100% SAF. By using lignin, an abundant, renewable biopolymer that has traditionally been underutilized due to its chemical recalcitrance, an aromatic SAF blendstock could be generated. —Stone et al.
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MIT researchers develop method to make smaller, safer, and faster lithium-rich ceramic electrolyte
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JULY 15, 2019
Researchers at MIT have devised a new pulsed laser deposition technique to make thinner lithium electrolytes using less heat, promising faster charging and potentially higher-voltage solid-state lithium ion batteries. —MIT Associate Professor Jennifer Rupp, senior author.
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Eni signs new collaboration agreement with CFS to support development of commercial fusion energy
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MARCH 13, 2023
Eni and Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a spin-out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) signed a Collaboration Framework Agreement with the aim of accelerating the industrialization of fusion energy. Eni says CFS has the fastest pathway to commercial deployment of fusion energy.
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MIT and Harvard team develop material that stores sun’s heat
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APRIL 13, 2014
Researchers from MIT and Harvard University have developed a material that can absorb the sun’s heat and store that energy in chemical form, ready to be released again on demand. The work was supported by BP though the MIT Energy Initiative and the US. A paper describing the new process is published in the journal Nature Chemistry.
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3 MIT-led teams win DOE NEUP funding for next-gen nuclear technologies
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OCTOBER 11, 2014
Three MIT-led research teams have won awards from the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Programs ( NEUP ) initiative to support research and development on the next generation of nuclear technologies. Fluoride-salt High-Temperature Reactor.
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Megawatt Electrical Motor Designed By MIT Engineers Could Help Electrify Aviation
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JUNE 10, 2023
To electrify larger, heavier jets, such as commercial airliners, megawatt-scale motors are required. To date, however, only small all-electric planes have gotten off the ground. Their electric motors generate hundreds of kilowatts of power. These would be propelled by hybrid or turbo-electric propulsion systems where an […]
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128 MIT team engineers yeast to boost lipid production for biofuels
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JANUARY 20, 2017
MIT engineers have genetically engineered strains of the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to boost the production of lipids by about 25% compared to previously engineered yeast strains. Despite much progress, commercialization of microbial oils is limited to the production of high-value commodity chemicals.
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MIT-Led Team Designs Two Airplanes That Would Use 70% Less Fuel Than Current Models
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MAY 15, 2010
An MIT-led team has designed an airplane that is estimated to use 70% less fuel than current planes while also reducing noise and emission of NO x. Images: MIT/Aurora Flight Sciences. MIT was the only university to lead one of the six US teams that won contracts from NASA in October 2008. Click to enlarge.
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382 MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources
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AUGUST 29, 2013
Annual average concentrations of fine particulates from US sources of combustion emissions from (a) electric power generation; (b) industry; (c) commercial and residential sources; (d) road transportation; (e) marine transportation; (f) rail transportation; (g) sum of all combustion sources; (h) all sources. Source: MIT.
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MIT team proposes process to recycle lead-acid batteries to fabricate solar cells
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AUGUST 18, 2014
Researchers at MIT have devised an environmentally-responsible process to recycle materials from discarded automotive lead-acid batteries to fabricate efficient organolead halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs)—a promising new large-scale and cost-competitive photovoltaic technology. Belcher and Paula T. Po-Yen Chen, Jifa Qi, Matthew T.
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MIT researchers developing LiDAR on a chip
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AUGUST 5, 2016
Today, commercially available high-end LiDAR systems can range from $1,000 to upwards of $70,000, which can limit their applications where cost must be minimized. Applications such as autonomous vehicles and robotics heavily depend on LiDAR, and an expensive LiDAR module is a major obstacle to their use in commercial products.
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DOE awards MIT researchers $1.9M to advance electrolytic production of copper; direct production of copper wire
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded MIT associate professor of metallurgy Antoine Allanore a $1.9-million The MIT molten sulfide electrolysis process eliminates sulfur dioxide, a noxious byproduct of traditional copper extraction methods, instead producing pure elemental sulfur. The three-year, $1.89
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223 RecycLiCo and Nanoramic Laboratories partner for lithium-ion battery recycling
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AUGUST 6, 2023
The collaboration aims to attain mutual recognition of the future integration of Nanoramic and RecycLiCo technologies in commercial operations. Nanoramic Laboratories was spun out of MIT in 2009; Nanoramic’s licensing business model is backed by 14 years of research with more than 200 patents granted and pending.
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Liquid Metal Battery Corp secures patent rights from MIT
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JULY 7, 2011
Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC), a Cambridge, Massachusetts company founded in 2010 to develop new forms of electric storage batteries that work in large, grid-scale applications, has secured the rights to key patent technology from MIT. Patents for all liquid metal battery inventions were licensed from MIT.
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MIT study concludes V2G-enabled electric commercial trucks could offer lower total operating cost than conventional diesel fleet
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FEBRUARY 1, 2012
A new study by researchers at MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL), concludes that electric commercial vehicles can cost 9 to 12% less to operate than trucks powered by diesel engines when used to make deliveries on an everyday basis in big cities and when V2G (vehicle-to-grid) revenue is incorporated.
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MIT teams receiving $10M from TRI for next-gen battery materials
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APRIL 4, 2017
Three MIT-affiliated research teams will receive about $10M in funding as part of a $35M materials science discovery program launched by the Toyota Research Institute (TRI). Provided over four years, the support to MIT researchers will be primarily directed at scientific discoveries and advancing energy storage. Earlier post.)
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XL Hybrids to display retrofitted hybrid Chevrolet 2500 Cargo Van at MIT Energy Conference
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MARCH 14, 2012
a company that has developed a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1-3 commercial fleet use ( earlier post ), will display a Chevrolet Express 2500 cargo van fitted with the company’s hybrid technology at the 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Energy Conference Energy Showcase on 16 March.
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MIT researchers identify viable anode material for molten oxide electrolysis for lower CO2 steel production
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MAY 12, 2013
Researchers at MIT have identified inexpensive metal alloy materials that can serve as anodes for molten oxide electrolysis (MOE)—an electrometallurgical technique that enables the direct production of metal in the liquid state from oxide feedstock. Donald Sadoway, the John F.
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MIT engineers develop process that can treat produced water from gas wells at relatively low cost
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FEBRUARY 6, 2013
A new desalination process developed by engineers at MIT could treat produced water—deep water, often heavily laden with salts and minerals—from natural gas wells at relatively low cost. The research is the work of a team including MIT postdoc Prakash Narayan, mechanical engineering professor John H. —John Lienhard.
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ClearMotion raises $100M to commercialize digital chassis
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FEBRUARY 1, 2017
MIT spin-out ClearMotion , Inc., Proprietary software algorithms have enabled the commercial viability of the system while maintaining significant gains in performance. an automotive technology company developing a “digital chassis”, announced a $100-million Series C preferred stock financing led by clients advised by J.P.
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MIT team testing new SiC nuclear fuel-rod cladding that could lead to safer power plants
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JULY 25, 2013
A team of researchers at MIT is developing and testing a new silicon carbide (SiC) cladding material for nuclear fuel rods that could reduce the risk of hydrogen production by roughly a thousandfold compared to the common zircaloy cladding. SiC is “ very promising, but not at the moment ready for adoption ” by the nuclear industry, he adds.
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MIT team develops first supercapacitor made entirely from neat MOFs, without conductive additives or binders
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OCTOBER 11, 2016
Researchers at MIT have shown that a MOF (metal-organic framework) with high electrical conductivity—Ni 3 (2,3,6,7,10,11-hexaiminotriphenylene) 2 (Ni 3 (HITP) 2 )—can serve as the sole electrode material in a supercapacitor. Comparison of areal capacitances among various EDLC materials. —Alexandru Vlad.
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150 MIT and IEA reports take different views of the future of natural gas in transportation
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JUNE 10, 2011
MIT and the IEA both have newly released reports exploring the potential for and impact of a major expansion in global usage of natural gas, given the current re-evaluation of global supplies. MIT: leaning toward conversion for light-duty vehicles. Earlier post.) I.e., on an energy basis at the point of use, the CO 2.
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299 MIT researchers develop process to create inexpensive transition-metal carbide catalysts to replace platinum
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JUNE 3, 2014
Researchers at MIT have developed a method to produce inexpensive catalysts that can replace platinum catalysts in renewable energy technologies such as fuel cells. Carbon-supported tungsten carbide (WC) and molybdenum tungsten carbide (Mo x W 1?x x C) nanoparticles are highly active and stable electrocatalysts. —Sean Hunt, lead author.
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MIT team outlines path to low-cost solar-to-fuels devices; the artificial leaf
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MARCH 5, 2013
A team of researchers at MIT has described a framework for efficiently coupling the power output of a series-connected string of single-band-gap solar cells to an electrochemical process that produces storable fuels. Watson Research Center) and former MIT graduate student Casandra Cox (now at Harvard). Source: Winkler et al.
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218 MIT Energy Initiative announces 2014 seed grant awards
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MARCH 30, 2014
The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) announced its latest round of seed grants to support early-stage innovative energy projects. However, despite decades of effort, no lab-developed catalyst for achieving that conversion has been commercialized. A total of more than $1.6 million was awarded to 11 projects, each lasting up to two years.
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Vale joins Boston Metal Series B; developing MOE for emissions-free steel
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FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Boston Metal, an MIT spin-off working to commercialize molten oxide electrolysis (MOE) for emissions-free metals and alloys production, announced that Vale and Energy Impact Partners have joined its Series B fundraising, closely following a $50M close announced in January.
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MIT/RAND Study Concludes Three Types of Alternative Jet Fuel May Be Available in Commercial Quantities Over the Next Decade
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OCTOBER 25, 2009
The focus of the work was on alternative jet fuels that could be available commercially in the next decade using primarily North American resources. The prospects for FT jet fuels depend crucially on construction of a few pioneer commercial plants in the next few years. From Hileman et al. Click to enlarge. million bpd. billion and $8.3
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250 MIT team proposes ARC fusion reactor: affordable, robust, compact
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AUGUST 10, 2015
Advances in magnet technology have enabled researchers at MIT to propose a new design for a practical compact tokamak fusion reactor that might be realized in as little as a decade: the ARC (affordable, robust, compact) reactor. The finished, 2.3-ton This significant improvement leads to a cascade of potential improvements in reactor design.
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150 MIT study cautions smaller nations on rushing to develop their natural gas resources; Cyprus as model
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OCTOBER 27, 2013
Based on the interim results of a new study, MIT researchers are warning smaller nations to proceed with caution in pursuing the development of their natural gas resources. —Sergey Paltsev, an author of the study and a principal research scientist at the MIT Energy Initiative. Cyprus offshore hydrocarbon exploration blocks.
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