Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

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ELECTROCHEMICAL LITHIUM EXTRACTION AND RECOVERY

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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Kyoung-Shin Choi, Dohwan Nam, Brian Foster, Ryan Belson, Princess Merenini | P240162US01

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ELECTROCHEMICAL PHOSPHATE REMOVAL AND RECOVERY CELLS

UW-Madison researchers have developed an electrochemical system that can not only selectively remove phosphate from a phosphate containing solution but also recover it as H3PO4 without needing additio...
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Kyoung-Shin Choi, Dohwan Nam, Ryan Belson | P230011US01

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ELECTROCHEMICAL BREAKING OF C-C BONDS

UW-Madison researchers disclose a new method for recycling (upcycling) plastics that addresses the shortcomings of pyrolysis.  In the first step, the feedstock (e.g., polymer, long-chained alkan...
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Marcel Schreier, Christine Lucky, Harshal Bakshi | P210392US02

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DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTER FOR AXISYMMETRIC MIRROR FUSION REACTOR

UW researchers developed an axisymmetric direct energy convertor (DEC) which can harvest the energy from the exhaust of an axisymmetric mirror, thereby increasing its energy gain. The configuration in...
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Cary Forest, Jan Egedal, Jay Anderson, Jeremiah Kirch, Douglass Endrizzi | P220103US01

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SUSTAINABLE CALCIUM HYDROXIDE PRODUCTION FOR GREEN CEMENT

UW-Madison researchers have developed a new sustainable process to manufacture calcium hydroxide as a way to reduce the CO2 emissions associated with cement production. This process utilizes a low-tem...
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Bu Wang, Raghavendra Ragipani, Robert Anex, Thatcher Root | P200241US02

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Superabsorbent, Sustainable Aerogels

Aerogels are the world’s lightest solid materials made by removing liquid from gels. Such materials may contain up to 99 percent air and have special properties like high porosity and absorption. O...
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Shaoqin Gong, Zhiyong Cai, Qifeng Zheng | P140038US02

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Detecting Seismic S Waves with Unprecedented Accuracy

Seismic events produce two types of seismic waves, referred to as P waves and S waves. P waves are relatively easy to detect (or “pick”) with software. S waves travel more slowly and arrive in the...
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Clifford Thurber, Christopher Rawles | P140387US01

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Ultrafast Synthesis of Activated Carbon

Activated (porous) carbon is conventionally produced by pyrolysis (carbonization) of carbon-rich biomass or coal followed by activation/oxidation. Activated carbon produced by this conventional method...
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Annamalai Karthikeyan | T130012US02

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