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Predictions on Energy Storage, EVs and the Future of Transportation
What does the future hold for cars and our commuting world? Industry leaders weigh in with their predictions on electric and hybrid cars, batteries, and the transportation industry.
Date: 10/25/2012
Type: Article
Technologies: Energy Storage, Transportation
Tags: batteries, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids
Galen Stucky
News Release: Institute for Energy Efficiency Receives $1.6 Million from DOE to Develop New Hybrid Battery Technology
Professor Galen Stucky's research group is developing an energy storage device for hybrid electric vehicles that combines the properties of batteries and capacitors into one technology.
Date: 11/29/2012
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Energy Storage, Transportation
Tags: batteries, capacitors, efficient batteries, energy storage, hybrid electric vehicles, new technology, plug-in electric vehicles
Seeking to Start a Silicon Valley for Battery Science
DOE will establish a research hub for batteries and energy storage at Argonne National Laboratory. This is the fourth "innovation hub" proposed by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. The battery hub is intended to produce revolutionary advances in batteries for electric cars and for use on the grid.
Date: 12/04/2012
Type: Article
Technologies: Batteries, Energy Storage
Tags: department of energy, energy storage, innovation hub, research hub, Silicon Valley, Steven Chu
Eggshells for Energy Storage
David Mitlin, a professor of engineering at the University of Alberta in Canada, is working on a way to convert waste eggshell membranes and egg whites into materials for high-performance supercapacitors.
Date: 12/13/2012
Type: Article
Technologies: Energy Storage
Tags: Canada, egg membranes, egg shells, supercapacitors, University of Alberta
Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries Gaining Ground in Energy Storage
A German vanadium flow battery innovator has teamed up with an American vanadium electrolyte producer in a strategic alliance to prove that the VRB-ESS can yield revenue and improve grid performance.
Date: 03/14/2013
Type: Article
Technologies: Energy Storage
Tags: energy storage technologies, Germany, IEEE, redox
Synthetic Carbon Anode Boosts Lithium-Ion Battery Life
A Seattle-based startup, EnerG2, has developed a carbon anode that can significantly improve the storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries without requiring a new battery design or a different manufacturing process.
Date: 04/17/2013
Type: Article
Technologies: Energy Storage
Tags: batteries, carbon anode, hard carbon, lithium ion batteries

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