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The US Department of Energy (DOE) released the EnergyStorage Grand Challenge Roadmap , the Department’s first comprehensive energystorage strategy. billion into energystorage research and development—$400 million per year, on average.
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provided three examples of multifunctional power-generating and energy-storing materials: structural lithium-ion batteries, structural proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, and structural capacitors. The laminated architecture of fibre composites mirrors the configuration of many current electricalstorage devices.
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