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Selection of ENERGY AND MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES

This information is current as of November 18, 2009.

For a one-page description of each case with contact information, click on the case number. For other energy technology inquiries, please contact Christopher Noble, Tel: 617-253-6966, Fax: 617-258-6790, crn@mit.edu

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  • Batteries: Grid Storage
  • Case 13443 Calcium-ion battery with thin electrolyte for greater power and energy capacity
  • Batteries: Lithium
  • Case 11755 LiNi0.5Mn0.5O2 with significantly low cation mixing for higher energy and power density
  • Case 11837 Spontaneous assembly of viruses on multilayered polymer surfaces for cost efficient thin-film electrode materials
  • Case 12347 Nano-sized coatings to improve cyclability, rate capability and capacity retention of olivine electrode materials for rechargeable lithium ion batteries
  • Case 13690 Fabricating genetically engineered high power lithium ion batteries using multiple virus genes
  • Biochemistry
  • Case 13148 Economical microbial production of higher chain length hydroxyvalerates from levulinate
  • Biofuels
  • Case 8126 Conversion of Organic Substances in pulping wastes with attendant recovery of pulping chemicals
  • Case 9986 Enrichment of uranium by bacteria for greater cost efficiency
  • Case 12549 Light hydrocarbons via cost efficient separation from biomass feedstocks
  • CO2 Capture
  • Case 13586 A process and system for separation and capture of carbon-dioxide from water
  • Coal Power Plants
  • Case 13586 A process and system for separation and capture of carbon-dioxide from water
  • Diesel Engines
  • Case 13646 Thin layer porous material to minimize contaminants for reducing filter pressure drop
  • Energy Efficiency: Residential
  • Case 13404 Smart energy demand controller for managing customer energy usage preferences
  • Fuel Cells
  • Case 8203 Integrated fast thermal response palladium-based micromembranes for hydrogen separation and hydrogenation/dehydrogenation reactions
  • Case 9722 Layer-by-layer assembly of ethylene glycol/oxide solid electrolyte with easily tunable transport properties and increased membrane conductivity
  • Case 10730 Layer-by-layer fabrication of proton exchange membranes for reducing thickness of fuel cell stacks
  • Case 11681 Tolerant anode formulations for solid oxide fuel cells
  • Case 12417 Three-dimensionally distributed fuel cell for enhanced fuel cell efficiency
  • Case 12912 Layer-by-layer assembly of very high ionic conductivity polymer electrolyte material for electrochemical devices
  • Metallurgy
  • Case 7247 Precursor for near-stoichiometric silicon carbide for efficient shrinkage control of particles
  • Case 13519Thermo-mechanical process for enhanced quality of grain boundary networks in high-purity metals
  • Nanomaterials
  • Case 10391 Novel material with controllable sub-nanometer morphology
  • Case 13080 CVD-grown graphite nanoribbons
  • Nanotechnology
  • Case 10051 Cost effective microchemical systems for synthesis and coating of colloidal nanoparticles
  • Case 11837 Spontaneous assembly of viruses on multilayered polymer surfaces for cost efficient thin-film electrode materials
  • Case 11971 Novel method for controlling self-assembly over ultra-large area substrates and applications in nanofabrication
  • Case 13136 Cost effective fabrication of large area single and few-layer graphene on arbitrary substrates
  • Case 13342 Layer-by-layer TiO2 nanocoating on electrospun polymers for increased photocatalysis efficiency
  • Case 13566 Optical 3-D nanopatterning technology for reversible photo-initiated transitions without high intensities
  • Nuclear Power
  • Case 9986 Enrichment of uranium by bacteria for greater cost efficiency
  • Oil Exploration
  • Case 13021 Millimeter-wave drilling beam system for faster and deeper ground penetrations
  • Case 13708 Electromagnetic device with compact magnetic flux paths for optimal energy harvesting from fluid motion
  • Photovoltaics
  • Case 9261 Ge backside solar cells to absorb un-utilized light below Si band-gap for increased energy conversionm efficiency
  • Case 9355 Super prism back reflector for thin film solar cells to accommodate large angle reflection of light
  • Case 10445 Novel AlGaAs/Si/Ge tandem solar cell
  • Case 11367 Light trapping in thin film solar cells using textured photonic crystal
  • Case 12087 Solar cell efficiencies through periodicity
  • Case 13019 Reduction of dislocation density in silicon solar cell material for enhanced solar cell performance
  • Case 13336 Ultra-high efficiency multi-junction solar cells using polychromatic diffractive concentrators
  • Case 13573 Global optimization of silicon photovoltaic cell front coatings for enhanced light absorption
  • Case 13718 Low cost self-assembled deterministic quasi-periodic structure (DQPS) for light trapping in thin film silicon solar cells
  • Solar Thermal Conversion
  • Case 13410 Optical absorption in periodic metal structures
  • Solar Tracking
  • Case 13717 A thermal mechanical positioning apparatus for increasing solar energy collection efficiency in solar panels
  • Superconductivity
  • Case 13179 Cabling method of flat tape-shaped superconducting wires
  • Surface Texture Sensing
  • Case 13709 A device for converting surface shape, texture and pressure into images
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