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APRIL 7, 2013
Photovoltaic Solar Energy. Solar photovoltaic (PV) devices harvest and convert sunlight directly to electricity. Advanced systems such as lithium-air, sodium-ion, as well as lithium-ion with new cathode chemistries are appropriate. Advanced Batteries for Transportation.
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FEBRUARY 11, 2012
Vorbeck Materials , a startup company based in Jessup, Maryland, is using a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)-developed method for developing graphene for better lithium air and lithium sulfur batteries.
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MAY 5, 2010
Weigand is looking for a “500-mile battery” such as a Li-O 2 (Lithium air) thin film nano-technology system and for 50% efficient photovoltaic cells. Tags: Batteries Power Generation Smart Grid Solar. batteries); the creation of grid-enabled consumer-side energy generation appliances; and a robust set of standards and protocols.
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JUNE 5, 2013
The new catalyst, reported in an open source paper in Nature Communications , could pave the way for reliable, economical metal-air batteries and alkaline fuel cells, providing for practical use of wind- and solar-powered electricity, as well as enhanced hybrid and electric vehicles. —Piotr Zelenay, corresponding author.
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JULY 7, 2011
As well as developing materials for lithium-ion batteries, including solutions for anodes and separators, BASF is also researching future battery concepts such as lithium-sulfur or lithium-air. Earlier post.). —Andreas Kreimeyer.
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
The company says that there is also a possibility of consolidating with next-generation energy storage systems such as lithium-air and lithium-sulfur batteries in the future, thus potentially addressing a larger window of commercialization opportunity.
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APRIL 30, 2010
Electrofuels approaches will use organisms able to extract energy from other sources, such as solar-derived electricity or hydrogen or earth-abundant metal ions. from solar PV) to convert carbon dioxide into liquid alcohol fuels. This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Electrofuels.
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