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New Battery Center Launches In USA

April 17, 2023 admin batteries, California, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), research, SCIENCE, Silicon Valley, slac national accelerator laboratory, Stanford, stanford university, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 02:35:04 +0000

The center at SLAC aims to bridge the gaps between discovering, manufacturing, and deploying innovative energy storage solutions

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Flameproofing Lithium-Ion Batteries With Salt

December 13, 2022 admin batteries, electrolytes, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, research, SCIENCE, slac national accelerator laboratory, stanford university

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:57:29 +0000

A polymer-based electrolyte made for batteries that keep working — and don’t catch fire — when heated to over 140 degrees F.

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“Green” Universities Keep Taking Sweet, Sweet Oil Money

July 12, 2022 admin big-oil, cleantech news, Fossil Fuels, green economy, Oil, stanford university, sustainability

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:34:38 +0000

Despite their supposed focus on sustainability, there seems to be an awful lot of fossil fuel and ‘big oil’ money creeping into university’s “green” programs. The main example they give is Stanford’s new Doerr School of Sustainability, but it’s far from the only place where these problematic conflicts of interest pop up in academia. Their […]