Electromagnetic Geological Mapper (EMGeo) enables energy exploration companies to identify the type of fluid present (oil, gas, water, brine) in a reservoir under the ocean floor, avoiding the lost time, money, and unrecoverable labor costs of an unsuccessful drill. Problem: Seismic imaging data can locate hydrocarbon reservoirs under the ocean … [Read more...] about Pinpointing Energy Resources Under the Ocean Floor
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Cerium Hydrogen Redox Flow Batteries 2016-051
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Grid scale energy storage Potentially, production of high-value chemicals ADVANTAGES: Low self-discharge Commercially available materials ABSTRACT: Researchers Adam Z. Weber and Michael Tucker developed improvements to the Cerium-Hydrogen (Ce-H2) redox flow cell by optimizing cell materials, electrolyte composition and … [Read more...] about Cerium Hydrogen Redox Flow Batteries 2016-051
Enhanced UV Photon Capture in Ligand-Sensitized Nanocrystals 2016-035
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Photovoltaics ADVANTAGES: 1,000X light absorption enhancement Drop in replacement for lanthanide nanoparticles Higher UV absorption without effect on downconversion or reemission ABSTRACT: Berkeley Lab researchers Peter Agbo and Rebecca Abergel have improved the efficiency of downconverting lanthanide nanoparticles by using … [Read more...] about Enhanced UV Photon Capture in Ligand-Sensitized Nanocrystals 2016-035
Redox-Active Supramolecular Binders for Lithium Sulfur Batteries 2016-080
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Lithium Sulfur (Li-S) rechargeable batteries for Consumer electronic devices (especially cellular devices) Electric Vehicles Grid storage Electric powered aviation ADVANTAGES: Highly reversible discharge capacity Stable and high rate battery cycling Redox active binder ABSTRACT: A team of researchers at Berkeley … [Read more...] about Redox-Active Supramolecular Binders for Lithium Sulfur Batteries 2016-080
2016 R&D 100 Awards – Berkeley Lab Finalists
Award winners will be announced in November 2016 Computing Sciences Nomination Managers: Jon Bashor, Kathy Kincade Shifter (Canon, Jacobsen) Customized software package for deploying containers and user-defined images in high performance computing systems Carbon Capture Simulation Toolkit (Agarwal and researchers at NETL, LLNL, LANL, PNNL, Carnegie Mellon … [Read more...] about 2016 R&D 100 Awards – Berkeley Lab Finalists