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Wanxiang to Acquire Nanophosphate Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Producer
Wanxiang to acquire substantially all of A123’s assets for $256.6 million subject to approval.
Boeing awards Saft Li-Ion Battery Pack Contract for Communications Satellites
Saft has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from Boeing to build Li-ion battery packs for four new 702SP communications satellites.
Flexible silicon solar-cell fabrics may soon become possible
Researchers make a fiber out of crystalline silicon semiconductor materials that can function as a solar cell.
Growing nanosheets for supercapacitor electrodes
Professor X. W. Lou and co-workers report a new method to grow nanosheets on conductive substrates as a conductive agent-free electrode for supercapacitors.
Glass fuel cells for next-generation electronics
New breed of micro fuel cell could serve as a long-lasting, low-cost, and eco-friendly power source for portable electronic devices.
Hydrogenics Electrolysis-Based Hydrogen Fueling Station Opens in Turkey
Hydrogenics Corporation has opened an electrolysis-based hydrogen fueling station at Golden Horn in Turkey.
ARPA-E Projects Aim To Enhance Energy Efficiency
Two Berkeley Lab research projects awarded grants by the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy to advance energy technologies.
Ames Laboratory scientists develop indium-free organic light-emitting diodes
US researchers have discovered new ways of using a well-known polymer in organic light emitting diodes.
ONR considers solar energy for Marines
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) looks to the sun to help Marines do away with diesel-guzzling generators now used in combat outposts.
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