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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 self-assembled electrode coating as a separator for batteries
BackgroundA separator in a rechargeable battery serves as a physical barrier between the two electrodes, allowing ionic transport with a liquid electrolyte while blocking electrical transport, preventing a short circuit. The separator is the most expensive component by weight of a commercial lithium-ion battery. Additionally, it is the least researched...
Published: 12/9/2020
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Inventor(s): Charles Amos, Nicholas Grundish
Keywords(s): Batteries, Coatings, Electrodes, Energy storage
Category(s): Physical sciences > Energy > Batteries/energy storage
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High-capacity, surface-modified layered oxide cathodes with low irreversible capacity loss for lithium-ion batteries
BackgroundLithium-ion batteries have become the chemistry of choice for portable electronic devices such as laptops and cell phones because they offer much higher energy density compared to other rechargeable systems. However, lithium-ion batteries currently use layered lithium cobalt oxide as the cathode (positive electrode) material, only use 50%...
Published: 12/9/2020
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Inventor(s): Arumugam Manthiram, Yan Wu
Keywords(s): Batteries, Energy storage, Li-ion, Lithium-ion
Category(s): Physical sciences > Energy > Batteries/energy storage, Physical sciences > Materials
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