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Energy Technologies

High Fluorine Disordered Rock Salt for Lithium Ion Batteries 2024-030

APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Electric vehicles Energy storage BENEFITS: Higher energy density and capacity than current cathode materials Improved cycling performance compared to current disordered rock salt cathode materials Scalable solid-state synthesis at lower temperatures retains fluorine content in the manganese (Mn)-based disordered rock salt … [Read more...] about High Fluorine Disordered Rock Salt for Lithium Ion Batteries 2024-030

Autocatalytic Fuel Generators for Exponentially Scaling Product Yield (2024-159)

Applications of Technology: Renewable energy conversion to fuels CO2 utilization and conversion Electrochemical fuel production Compact energy storage systems Benefits: Exponential product yields and formation rates Adaptive behavior to address increasing production rates Efficient conversion of CO2 into formate or other fuels Potential for higher … [Read more...] about Autocatalytic Fuel Generators for Exponentially Scaling Product Yield (2024-159)

Grid Modernization

Grid Modernization Technologies Hardware Technologies Software Technologies Hardware Technologies Locating Potential Transformer Failures in the Power Grid (2017-111) This invention is used to locate the position of partial discharge events in the power grid based on the information from a set of ultra-high frequency (UHF) sensors from the transformer. Monitoring … [Read more...] about Grid Modernization

Mineral Extraction and Recovery

Metal Extraction using Novel Nanoscale Polyoxometalates 2024-076 Researchers at Berkeley Lab have developed a polyoxometalate (POM)-based system designed for the selective removal and recovery of critical metals, specifically lithium and magnesium, from nontraditional brine sources. The POM-based system demonstrates a remarkable selectivity ratio for Li+ and Mg2+ of over 1000, … [Read more...] about Mineral Extraction and Recovery