article thumbnail

Hybrid biomass flow battery stores electricity and produces valuable chemicals at the same time

Green Car Congress

This assembly led to a true dual-use battery system: after charging (using a solar cell), four series-connected hybrid batteries were able to run various devices, including LED lights and smart phones, while continually producing furfuryl alcohol and furoic acid during battery cycling, with these chemicals being conducted away using a flow system.

Store 368
article thumbnail

Stanford researchers develop new electrolysis system to split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen

Green Car Congress

But they also designed a solar-powered demonstration machine that produced hydrogen and oxygen gas from seawater collected from San Francisco Bay. Kenney, Yongtao Meng, Wei-Hsuan Hung, Yijin Liu, Jianan Erick Huang, Rohit Prasanna, Pengsong Li, Yaping Li, Lei Wang, Meng-Chang Lin, Michael D. to 1 A/cm 2 ) over 1,000 h.

Hydrogen 249
article thumbnail

Researchers find tin nanoparticles promising electrode material for sodium-ion batteries

Green Car Congress

Rechargeable Na-ion batteries work on the same basic principle as Li-ion batteries—i.e., Motivated by the success in the development of Li-ion batteries, there is growing interest in Na-ion batteries for electrical vehicles and power backup applications. for the positive electrode. for the positive electrode. —Wang et al.

Sodium 210
article thumbnail

GWU team demonstrates relatively efficient electrochemical process for low-GHG production of ammonia

Green Car Congress

.  By effectively reversing the NH 3 fuel cell, we present an electrochemical pathway to produce ammonia from air and steam at 200 C with simple materials (molten hydroxide, Ni electrodes, and nano-Fe2O3), in one pot without a separator. —Licht et al. There is ample room for advances of this pathway. —Licht et al.

Ni-Li 218
article thumbnail

SLAC, U Toronto team develops new highly efficient ternary OER catalyst for water-splitting using earth-abundant metals; >3x TOF prior record-holder

Green Car Congress

The OER performance of multimetal oxides based on Fe, Co, and Ni is particularly promising, and OER activity often outperforms that of the corresponding single-metal oxides. We examined whether multimetal oxide OER catalysts could be improved by systematically modulating their 3d electronic structure.

Water 150
article thumbnail

The difference between lithium iron phosphate and lithium battery

Setec Powerr

Energy storage equipment for solar and wind power generation. or 3.2V), about equal to the series voltage of three NiCd or NiMH rechargeable batteries, easy to form a battery power pack; Li-ion battery can be adjusted to 3.0V by a new technology of Li-ion battery regulator to suit the use of small appliances.

article thumbnail

GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

Green Car Congress

In 2015 we demonstrated that specific transition metals at the cathode, such as Ni, Co, Cu and Fe, act as nucleation points for high yield carbon nanotube growth in molten carbonates. Addition of up to 50 mol% Na 2 CO 3 to a Li 2 CO 3 electrolyte decreases electrolyte costs and improves conditions for intercalation in Na-ion CNT anodes.

CO2 150