New research finds hard carbon in rice hull ash, providing a cheap, domestic source of the material that can replace graphite in lithium-ion or sodium-ion battery anodes.
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‘There’s an intellectual milieu and an enthusiasm that’s palpable.’
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Borrowing methods from biology, a team of scientists and engineers designed and tested an electrolyte that keeps battery power delivery high, cycle after cycle.
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Thermophotovoltaics developed at U-M can recover significantly more energy stored in heat batteries.
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Mixing unconventional ingredients in just the right order can make complex materials with fewer impurities. The robotic lab that tested the idea could be widely adopted.
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Richard Laine is the academic category winner in a national EPA contest.
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Taking inspiration from the word-predicting large language models, a U-M team is kickstarting an atom-predicting model with 200,000 node hours on Argonne’s Polaris.
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‘Here, we have industry and expertise. Take that and combine it with belief—and magic happens.’
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Cracks in predominant lithium-ion electrodes shorten battery lifespans, but a neuroscience-inspired technique shows that they have an upside.
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Flicking lights or swiping wipers could one day add extra security to vehicles.
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