Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News Neutrons offer guide to getting more out of solid-state lithium-ion batteries

A new study has revealed promising results that could drastically boost the performance of solid-state electrolytes, and could potentially lead to a safer, even more efficient battery. Researchers used neutron diffraction (the VULCAN instrument, SNS beam line 7) to conduct an in-depth study probing the entire structure evolution of doped garnet-type electrolytes during the synthesis process to unravel the mechanism that boosts the lithium-ionic conductivity.

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ohnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News NREL Research Advances Hydrogen Production Efforts

Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have made advances toward affordable photoelectrochemical (PEC) production of hydrogen.

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Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News The double life of a bacteria: Living off both iron and pure electricity

The bacterium Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans can take electrons needed for growth directly from an electrode power source when iron—its already known source of energy—is absent, new research shows. The study shows that A. ferrooxidans can use direct uptake of electrons from an electrode to fuel the same metabolic pathway that is activated by the oxidation of diffusible iron ions. 

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Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News New process provides renewable fuel

Renewable fuels from pyrolysis bio-oil has been created by researchers. Pyrolysis bio-oil is produced by rapidly heating the forest residues in an oxygen-free environment and then rapidly cooling the products formed. By co-gasification with black liquor, a renewable fuel is produced.

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Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News Fuel Economy Improvements in US Climate Commitment on Par with 1970s Gains

To hold up its end of the landmark climate deal signed in Paris last week, the U.S. will need to make cars and trucks of the future far more fuel efficient. New research shows that automakers won’t meet fuel efficiency mandates if they continue on the path they have followed for the last two decades. But they have done it before - just not recently.

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Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News 'Hydricity' concept uses solar energy to produce power round-the-clock

Researchers are proposing a new 'hydricity' concept aimed at creating a sustainable economy by not only generating electricity with solar energy but also producing and storing hydrogen from superheated water for round-the-clock power production.

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Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News Speeding up the hydrogen highway

Drivers are seeing more hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles on the road, but refueling stations for those vehicles are still few and far between. This is about to change. One reason is the Hydrogen Station Equipment Performance device, or HyStEP, which will greatly accelerate station commissioning.

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Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News Better catalysts for green energy

A detailed account has been provided by researchers of how to control the electron charge of nanoparticles of platinum, an important catalyst in fuel cells, to maximize the efficiency of the process.

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Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News Could metal particles be the clean fuel of the future?

Metal powders, produced using clean primary energy sources, could provide a more viable long-term replacement for fossil fuels than other widely discussed alternatives, such as hydrogen, biofuels or batteries, according to a new study.

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Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News Minuscule pillars double the efficiency of solar cells

Solar cells are generally flat. However, by adding minuscule silicon pillars to the surface, it is possible to more than double the amount of energy produced for each surface. Researchers now show what the optimum height and doping depth of the pillars is. 

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Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News High performance nanoparticle electrocatalyst

Scientists have developed a high performance and cost effective fuel cell. Demand for a practical synthetic approach to the high performance electrocatalyst is rapidly increasing for fuel cell commercialization.

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Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News Wearable energy generator uses urine to power wireless transmitter

A pair of socks embedded with miniaturized microbial fuel cells and fueled with urine pumped by the wearer's footsteps has powered a wireless transmitter to send a signal to a PC. This is the first self-sufficient system powered by a wearable energy generator based on microbial fuel cell technology.

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Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News Scientists develop diesel that emits far less CO2

Researchers have discovered a new approach to the production of fuels. Their new method can be used to produce much cleaner diesel. It can quickly be scaled up for industrial use. In five to 10 years, we may see the first cars driven by this new clean diesel.

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Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News Plant-inspired power plants

A team of chemical engineers recently identified the two main factors for determining the optimal catalyst for turning atmospheric CO2 into liquid fuel. The results will streamline the search for an inexpensive yet highly effective new catalyst.

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Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News New innovative method for delivering genes into cells

A novel transfection method using water-in-oil droplet electroporation has been developed: a liquid droplet with exogenous DNA and cells that is suspended between electrodes in dielectric oil is exposed to a DC electric field. This technique can contribute to biomedical innovation in high-throughput screening.

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Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News Solar water splitting: Putting an extra 'eye' on surface reactions that store sunlight as fuel

Water-splitting cells absorb sunlight and produce fuel. Creating such cells means pairing a material to absorb sunlight and generate electrons with the one that uses those electrons to produce fuel. Scientists introduced a novel way to study the flow of electrons where the materials meet.

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ohnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News From the EERE Blog: Colorado Joins the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Race

The Energy Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) recently posted a blog about how the state of Colorado is quickly gaining momentum in the hydrogen and fuel cell technologies race.

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ohnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News NREL Research Advances Understanding of Photoelectrodes

Scientists at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a new probe that could lead to a better photoelectrochemical cell.

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Johnny heath corpus christi Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cells News A more efficient way of converting ethanol to a better alternative fuel

A research team has developed a series of reactions that results in the selective conversion of ethanol to butanol, without producing unwanted byproducts.

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