Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC

The United States of America As Represented by the Department of Energy

Midwest Research Institute

Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines

Thomas Gennett

Wade A Braunecker

David Samuel Ginley

Chunmei Ban

Michael J Heben

Zbyslaw R Owczarczyk

Derek Richard Vardon

Joseph Jonathan Berry

Ryne P Raffaelle

Arrelaine Allen Dameron

Brian J Landi

Philip Anthony Parilla

Chaiwat Engtrakul

Anne C Dillon

Steven Thomas Christensen

Kurt Michael Van Allsburg

Justin Carter Johnson

John Perkins

Noemie Marius

Karl Joseph Gross

Rachel Elizabeth Mow

Gabriella Lahti

Described herein are compositions and methods for the storage and release of hydrogen gas using covalent organic frameworks (COFs). Advantageously, the compositions and methods described herein may be used for the facile and rapid release of hydrogen gas at near ambient temperatures. The described COFs allow for photoactivation, where the release of gas is initiated or the rate of release is increased with the COF is exposed to electromagnetic radiation, for example, UV light.

Photo triggered covalent organic frameworks and methods of using

The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a solid core having an outer surface and a coating layer, where the coating layer covers at least a portion of the outer surface, the coating layer is permeable to hydrogen (H), and the solid core is capable of reversibly absorbing and desorbing hydrogen.

Nanostructured composite metal hydrides

The present disclosure relates to a mixture that includes a mediator having a first redox potential, a non-liquid active material having a second redox potential that is less than the first redox potential, and a cation. In addition, the non-liquid active material has a first condition that includes a first oxidation state, where the cation is intercalated within the non-liquid active material, and the non-liquid active material has a second condition that includes a second oxidation state that is higher than the first oxidation state, where the non-liquid active material is substantially free of the cation. In addition, the mediator has a first condition that includes a third oxidation state and a second condition that includes a fourth oxidation state that is higher than the third oxidation state. In addition, the non-liquid active material is capable of being reversibly cycled between its first condition and its second condition, and the mediator is capable of being reversibly cycled between its first condition and its second condition.

Materials for flow battery energy storage and methods of using

Hybrid radical energy storage devices, such as batteries or electrochemical devices, and methods of use and making are disclosed. Also described herein are electrodes and electrolytes useful in energy storage devices, for example, radical polymer cathode materials and electrolytes for use in organic radical batteries.

Hybrid radical energy storage device and method of making

Method of applying a conformal coating to a highly structured substrate and devices made by the disclosed methods are disclosed. An example method includes the deposition of a substantially contiguous layer of a material upon a highly structured surface within a deposition process chamber. The highly structured surface may be associated with a substrate or another layer deposited on a substrate. The method includes depositing a material having an amorphous structure on the highly structured surface at a deposition pressure of equal to or less than about 3 mTorr. The method may also include removing a portion of the amorphous material deposited on selected surfaces and depositing additional amorphous material on the highly structured surface.

Conformal coating of highly structured surfaces

The present invention discloses a carbon nanotube (SWNT)-polymer composite actuator and method to make such actuator. A series of uniform composites was prepared by dispersing purified single wall nanotubes with varying weight percents into a polymer matrix, followed by solution casting. The resulting nanotube-polymer composite was then successfully used to form a nanotube polymer actuator.

Carbon nanotube-polymer composite actuators

Metal-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes and production thereof. The metal-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes may be produced according to one embodiment of the invention by combining single-walled carbon nanotube precursor material and metal in a solution, and mixing the solution to incorporate at least a portion of the metal with the single-walled carbon nanotube precursor material. Other embodiments may comprise sputter deposition, evaporation, and other mixing techniques.

Metal-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes and production thereof

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