APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biofuels Commodity chemicals BENEFITS: Improves the isoprenol titer in the host Saccharomyces cerevisiae Creates a strong production system for isoprenol production BACKGROUND: Isoprenol (3-methyl-3-butene-1-ol) is a valuable biofuel and an important precursor of commodity chemicals. While a synthetic microbial system using … [Read more...] about Engineering S. cerevisiae to Produce Isoprenol for Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Chemicals 2020-086
Dissolvable Crosslinked Polymer Binder for Battery Electrode Recycling 2020-089
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Binder for sulfur electrodes in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) rechargeable batteries Binder for negative and positive electrodes of lithium-ion batteries and advanced lithium-ion batteries BENEFITS: The three-dimensional network structure of the dissolvable ionic crosslinked polymer (DICP) significantly enhances the mechanical … [Read more...] about Dissolvable Crosslinked Polymer Binder for Battery Electrode Recycling 2020-089
Novel High-Sulfur Utilization Electrolytes for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries 2019-169
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Rechargeable batteries Electric vehicle batteries Drones and electric aircraft batteries ADVANTAGES: Stability towards polysulfides Promotes the polysulfide affiliation with the electrode substrate to prevent polysulfide dissolution Homogeneous distribution of all current electrolytes and additives for the … [Read more...] about Novel High-Sulfur Utilization Electrolytes for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries 2019-169
Potentiostat Current-Potential Decoupler for Optimizing Electrochemical Processes 2020-078
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Electrochemical devices for various chemical transformations System that enables access to a new regime of electrochemistry for research & development Optimization system and method for industrial-scale electrochemical processes BENEFITS: Significantly expands the range of conditions (i.e. polarization coordinates) over which … [Read more...] about Potentiostat Current-Potential Decoupler for Optimizing Electrochemical Processes 2020-078
Open Positions: Marketing and Business Development Student Assistants
Berkeley Lab’s Intellectual Property Office is hiring Marketing and Business Development Student Assistants to support technology transfer activities. In this position, Students Assistants will work closely with business development, marketing, and licensing experts to learn and experience the process of commercializing technology developed at the Lab. For more information and … [Read more...] about Open Positions: Marketing and Business Development Student Assistants