UW-Madison researchers have identified ionic liquid and dopant combinations that enable increased capacitance. In short, the interfacial capacitance of ionic liquid electrolytes at electrode surfaces ...
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UW researchers have designed and synthesized a series of cathode materials for aqueous redox flow batteries by dimerization of TEMPO into ionic structures. TEMPO radicals have high voltage but are too...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a new electrochemical method to recover Li from spent lithium-ion battery (LIB) materials as high purity Li-containing chemicals with a high yield in an efficient...
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UW researchers have developed a sustainable viologen redox species synthesized from a common industrial organic species, 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl trimethylammonium chloride. Also known as Dextrosil, t...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a mesoporous ferroelectric P(VDF-TrFE) separator membrane to provide self-responsive dendrite suppression. This capability was demonstrated using the plating/stri...
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Fuel cells and other types of electrochemical cells often rely on costly platinum cathodes to drive oxygen reduction. A team of UW-Madison researchers recently developed a cost-saving scheme to improv...
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Fuel cells hold promise for flexible, highly efficient power generation with low emissions. Two of the major issues hindering widespread adoption of fuel cells are the reliance on costly platinum cath...
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UW Madison researchers have designed a novel permanent magnet arrangement which can divert the magnetic field lines away from hot magnetically confined plasmas in open geometries such as mirrors and c...
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Wildfires occur naturally in many ecosystems worldwide; however, the frequency of wildfires has increased in recent years. The United States National Interagency Fire Center reports that the total bur...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a technique for addressing the issue of crossover in flow batteries by dissolving water soluble Zwitterionic trapper molecules (ZITs) in the electrolyte with the ...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a class of extremely robust yet inexpensive ion exchange membranes based on glassy organic frameworks. These membranes have shown promising performance for redox ...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed an apparatus for transmutation of minor actinides using neutrons from an axisymmetric mirror fusion system. The separate neutron source allows simplified subcriti...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed advanced fuel ignition technologies for use in flexible and fuel agnostic combustion engines. The technology employs a secondary "pilot" injector direct...
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The inventor discloses a new method and system for reductive electrochemical synthesis that uses H2 as the terminal reductant. Essentially, this invention will enable H2-integrated anodes and flow-rea...
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The inventors have identified new interstitial oxygen diffusers. Included in this discovery is the identification of classes of materials that enable substitution of elements to yield related material...
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UW-Madison researchers disclose a new aqueous rechargeable Na-ion battery (ARNB) system that can operate in seawater and achieve seawater desalination, which drastically increases the benefits offered...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a transient biodegradable battery with a filament structure that limits the speed of reaction allowing for a longer battery lifetime with controlled output. The f...
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The electrolyte includes one or more salts and a silane. The silane has a silicon linked to one or more first substituents that each include a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety or a cyclic carbonate moiety....
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One example of the disiloxanes include a backbone with a first silicon and a second silicon. The first silicon is linked to a first substituent selected from a group consisting of: a first side chain ...
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Described is a method for making a composition comprising alkanes. The composition is suitable for use as a liquid transportation fuel in general, and jet fuel in particular. The method includes dehyd...
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Disclosed is a nonaqueous and nonvolatile liquid type polymeric electrolyte comprising poly(siloxane-g-ethylene oxide). This electrolyte provides significant safety and stability. The present inventio...
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Power generators that incorporate porous electric generation layers composed of mechanoradical-forming polymers are provided. Also provided are methods for using the generators to convert mechanical e...
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Disclosed are electrolytes that are organosilicon phosphorus-based, and supercapacitors which incorporate them. These electrolytes are cationic salts with a phosphorous containing organosilicon moiety...
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Disclosed are hydroxy terminated alkylsilane ethers with oligoethylene oxide substituents. They are suitable for use as electrolyte solvents and particularly well suited for use with aqueous environme...
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Disclosed are supercapacitors having organosilicon electrolytes, high surface area/porous electrodes, and optionally organosilicon separators. Electrodes are formed from high surface area material (su...
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