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PNNL’s Sodium Battery Research Seeks to Enhance Affordable Energy Storage Solutions
Backed by $75,000 in Department of Energy funding from the Office of Electricity, a PNNL researcher works to refine solid-state sodium batteries for the grid.
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Recycled Aluminum Offers Energy, Emissions and Electric Vehicle Battery Range Savings
The PNNL-patented ShAPE™ manufacturing process produces high-strength aluminum vehicle parts that lower costs and are more environmentally friendly.
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CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR METAL ANODE, METHOD OF MAKING, AND BATTERY USING
Devices and processes for performing shear-assisted extrusion include a rotatable extrusion die with a scroll face configured to draw plasticized material from an outer edge of a billet generally perpendicularly toward an extrusion orifice while the extrusion die assembly simultaneously applies a rotational shear and axial extrusion force to the billet.
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