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A new way to extract lithium chloride from liquid and solid solutions
Lithium chloride (LiCl) is a critical lithium containing material involved in producing battery-grade lithium hydroxide (LiOH). LiOH is required as a precursor material for many of the high-performance Li+-ion battery cathode chemistries in use today for portable electronic applications from laptops to electric vehicles. However, current battery production...
Published: 1/22/2021
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Inventor(s): Qing He, Sung Kuk Kim, Jonathan Sessler
Keywords(s): Chemical production, Chemicals, Clean tech
Category(s): Physical sciences > Green tech
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Flexible photovoltaics
BackgroundTwo of the remaining challenges in the design and construction of photovoltaics (PV) are throughput and device flexibility. Photovoltaic devices made up of crystalline layers have very limited flexibility even when using flexible substrates (such as PET) where device performance is seriously compromised. Substrates which can support flexible...
Published: 1/11/2021
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Inventor(s): Brian Korgel, R. Malcolm Brown, Taylor Harvey, James Sham, Vikas Reddy Voggu
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Category(s): Physical sciences > Energy > Renewable, Physical sciences > Green tech
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Accurate monitoring of leaks in CCS sites
Problem statementIncreasing global concern over climate change has brought with it an opportunity for sustainable technological advancement. Tax incentives and the geopolitical will is further driving this trend towards carbon neutral technologies. Carbon capture and storage provides a safe and impactful way of achieving this goal. However, the process...
Published: 12/14/2020
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Inventor(s): Katherine Romanak, Philip Bennett
Keywords(s): Carbon capture, Carbon sequestration, Clean tech, Emissions, Energy storage, Geothermal
Category(s): Physical sciences > Green tech
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Low-cost photothermal composites for solar-assisted desalinization and oil-spill cleanup
Problem
Current methods for water decontamination and desalination of ocean water to provide clean drinking water are time consuming and expensive. The materials that have previously been reported for these functions are difficult and expensive to synthesize. Additionally, these materials usually have drastic limitations such as being mechanically fragile,...
Published: 12/9/2020
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Inventor(s): Donglei Fan, Weigu Li
Keywords(s): Decontamination, Desalinization, Water collection, Water purification
Category(s): Physical sciences > Green tech, Physical sciences > Materials
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