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Honda says nanotubes "open new possibilities" for hybrids and EVs - and muscles

Nanotechnology isn't new to the green car discussion. After all, we've heard about the potential for nano lubricants and Ford's work researching nanotechnology for developing "paints, plastics, light metals and catalysts that will allow reduced vehicle weight and improved fuel economy." There's even a car called the Nano and a company called Altair Nanotechnologies that makes batteries, but those are different stories altogether. Honda has been working on nanotubes for over a decade, and the company is now talking about its work with ... Read more →

Catalyx uses landfill gas to make green hydrogen and nanofibers Xavier Navarro

Catalyx Nanotech has announced that they have successfully used landfill gas (LFG) obtained from a closed southern California landfill to produce 0.5 Kg of high-value Platelet Graphite Nanofibers and ...

Catalyx Nanotech begins producing low-cost nanomaterials Jeremy Korzeniewski

Nanotechnology holds amazing promise for many new green technologies, including the emissions controls which will allow the internal combustion engine to meet upcoming standards and the lithium ion ...

Ford investigating nanotechnology to improve performance, fuel mileage Xavier Navarro

Ford announced during the 2008 SAE World Congress in Detroit that it's investing a bunch of money in researching nanotechnology for developing paints, plastics, light metals and catalysts that will ...

Battery breakthroughs abound Domenick Yoney

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Biomass to ethanol process aims for efficiency, and 1,500 degrees F 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A team of researchers at Iowa State University is developing a new system which promises biomass-sourced ethanol at very efficient production levels. The system, described as an "integrated system of thermochemical and catalytic technologies" is ready to use any kind of biomass, such as cornstalks, ...

Solar cells that work at night? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Idaho National Laboratory, Microcontinuum, Inc. and Patrick Pinhero from the University of Missouri are developing an exciting new technology which uses "nano-antennas" to capture solar energy. What is especially cool about this new solar technology is that it would operate both during the day ...

Ecology Coatings patents new eco-friendly automotive coatings 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Just what is "liquid-nanotechnology", and why would I want my car covered in it? First, "liquid-nanotechnology" is what Ecology Coatings calls their product. Second, because unless you are driving a Delorean or a future Citroën, your car is most likely painted, maybe a few times at that. So, ...

Purdue: on-demand hydrogen from aluminum, gallium and water 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Anybody still interested in seeing a car run on water? Yeah, me too. We don't mean a car with an engine running on steam, either; we are talking about hydrogen. So far, we've seen nothing that leads us to believe that hydrogen can be separated from water quickly or efficiently enough to extract the ...

Silicon nanoparticle film can increase solar cell performance 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Generally, solar cells on the market today do not produce much electricity from ultraviolet light, instead it is either filtered out or absorbed by the cell, heating the cell. That heat is wasted energy and could even lead to damage to the cell. However, researchers at the University of Illinois ...

Research shows potential for hydrogen "nano-storage" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A research document led by Javier Bermejo, a scientist from the Basque Country University (UPV-EHU) in Spain and published in the Physical Review Letters magazine has shown "promising results" in the use of carbon nanostructures to store compressed hydrogen for automotive uses. The nano-storage ...

NASA developing nanobattery 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Battery technology has come a long way. Lead acid was the best that we had for a good long while, which is why it sees use in nearly every automobile sold in the world. Now, we have the nickel based battery chemistries and the newest lithium based batteries which are expected to allow the final leap ...

Nano-revolution for biodiesel production 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A team of investigators leaded by Victor Lin, from Iowa State university and program director for the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, have developed a nanosphere-based catalyst claimed to be revolutionary for biodiesel production. Current methods use sodium methoxide – a toxic, ...

Nanotechnology is at it again, this time with nanogenerators 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Nanotechnology never ceases to amaze me. Considering how complex we humans like to make things, not to mention how big we like to make things (SUVs anyone?), going ultra-small holds so many advantages. We talk about range-extenders when we speak of electric cars all the time, but the idea of ...

I will call them: Minibatteries! mPhase and Lucent to bring nanobatteries to market 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Regular readers of our site are well aware that battery technology is often cited by major carmakers as a hurdle that needs to be overcome to be able to mass produce electric and hybrid electric automobiles. GM, with their Volt concept, and many other manufacturers are placing their bets on high ...

Nanotechnology allows self-assembling lithium-ion batteries 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Nanotechnology_allows_self_assembling_lithium_ion_batteries'; One of the hurdles that automakers (GM) claim is holding back the development of electric cars is battery technology and cost. Wouldn't it be nice if you could just dump materials into a bucket, ...

University of Idaho investigating nanosprings for hydrogen storage 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Nanoscale materials are so small only an electron microscope can see them. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter. To put that into perspective, a human hair is about 80,000 nanometers wide. Two scientists at the University of Idaho are creating tiny springs of 10-40 nanometers wide. Apparently, ...

'Nanoporous' material gobbles up hydrogen fuel 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

During the recent International Congress of Nanotechnology in San Francisco, California researchers presented a potential new method of storing hydrogen. Frantisek Svec, of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Jean Fréchet, of the University of California in Berkeley, revealed that ...

Are nanosprings the answer to hydrogen storage? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Researchers at Washington State University are working on hydrogen-storage solutions involving nanosprings. Professor Grant Norton, along with Idaho physics professor David McIlroy, created nanosprings in 2001. Made of silicon oxide, these springs are 10,000 times narrower than the human hair and ...

Nanopartical additive reportedly boost diesel fuel efficiency 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

There's a new diesel additive called Envirox that uses cerium oxide as a catalyst. That's the same metal that supports more efficient and expensive platinum in catalytic converters. A company spun off from the University of Oxford called Oxonica has discovered that by breaking the cerium down into ...


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