Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Technology

Electrodes with Low-Cost Replaceable Tips

Electrodes routinely are used in electrochemical sensing, fuel cells, batteries and numerous other applications. Critically, the surface of an electrode must be clean before sensing elements can be at...
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Sundaram Gunasekaran, Jiang Yang | P120016US02

Technology

Control of Small, Distributed Energy Resources

Distributed energy resources (DER) are small power generators that are typically located at customer sites where the energy they generate is used. Small DER produce low emissions, can be manufactured ...
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Robert Lasseter, Paolo Piagi | P02205US

Technology

Producing Methyl Vinyl Ketone from Levulinic Acid

Levulinic acid is a biomass-derived compound that can be obtained inexpensively in high yields from a variety of waste cellulose-containing materials. It has been identified as a top biomass-derived c...
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James Dumesic, Ryan West | P09350US01

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Cost-Effective Synthesis of HMF from Fructose

Increasing demand of petrochemical resources to produce the energy and chemical materials required by industrialized societies with growing populations combined with a diminishing supply has resulted ...
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James Dumesic, Yuriy Roman-Leshkov, Juben Chheda | P06305US

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Metal-Coated Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers

Although electrochemically active materials with high density and surface area have many potential uses in electrocatalysts, batteries, fuel cells and sensors, creating these materials can be challeng...
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Robert Hamers, Kevin Metz | P06357US

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