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PARC, a Xerox company, is collaborating with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Ford Motor Company in a DOE-funded project that will use PARC’s novel CoEx printing technology ( earlier post ) to fabricate thick, higher energy and higher power battery electrodes with the end goal of enabling longer range and low cost electric vehicles.

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With the honeycomb films, the large contact area between the electrode and electrolyte has advantages in good cycling performance and short path length for Li-transport, enabling the maximization of the potential of graphene for applications in energy storage, the authors noted. ACS Nano Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/nn2001728.

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For the proof-of-concept, the cells were manufactured to be larger than necessary to avoid unnecessary costs and lengthy manufacturing processes at this early stage. As such, there is potential to exploit the technology for use in a wide range of electric and hybrid vehicles, as well as energy storage applications.

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

A paper on the research, which was supported by the US Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Initiative, the National Science Foundation, the Toyota Motor Corporation and the Chesonis Foundation, is published in the journal Science. The design of cost-effective, highly active catalysts for. pursuit of sustainable energy. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The projects selected have the potential significantly to lower the cost or improve the performance, durability, or efficiency of fuel cells or hydrogen fuel production. Develop reversible fuel cells for energy storage applications based on alkaline exchange membrane technology. Giner, Inc. Northeastern University. 2011.04.043.

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AUGUST 20, 2012

developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1 to 3 commercial fleet use ( earlier post ), signed a one-year supply agreement with Johnson Controls, Inc. Pack assembly began in September, 2010, with cell production starting in the summer of 2011. XL Hybrids, Inc.,

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This all-graphite battery promises an energy storage device of low cost, high safety and high environmental friendliness that are critical for large scale energy harvesting/storage needs, that team concluded. V with high efficiency.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

The California Energy Commission has awarded $1,585,490 to spur research on projects including a solid-state Li-ion battery system for grid-scale energy storage. Funds for the 13 projects come from the Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program. The total cost of the project is $12.4 Click to enlarge.

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Continental’s Powertrain Division is developing and producing the complete electrical drive train, including the control system, for the electric vehicles of an as yet unnamed car manufacturer, which should be available in large numbers on the Europe market from the start of 2011. The core components are the energy storage unit (i.e.

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The three-year project has a projected cost of €4.94 Graphene is a novel carbon-based material that in laboratory testing has shown the potential to significantly increase both the energy density and power density of ultracapacitors. million (US$6.64 million); EU project funding is €3.58 million (US$4.82

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MARCH 6, 2012

Consequently, the market may be poised for the entrance of a first wave of higher-energy density—and lower-cost—automotive Si-C cells in the 2014 or 2015 timeframe. (As high capacity, increased safety and low cost. The approach is mundane and cost-efficient, he said, not exotic. Envia Systems.

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improved performance, safety, long life, and low cost. Reducing battery costs. Selected teams will contribute 50% of the costs of the project over the next three years bringing the overall project budget to $14 million. Drive Vehicle Batteries (CAEBAT) (2011 US DOE Hydrogen. aging data as input. each other.

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The IEA’s June 2011 Technology Roadmap – Electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles is an update of the original report from 2009. Additionally, governments should set appropriate metrics for energy use, emissions and safety standards, to address specific issues related to EVs, PHEVs and recharging infrastructure.

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Yet-Ming Chiang, 24M’s Chief Scientist, the company is leveraging existing, preferred energy storage chemistry but using a new cell design with semi-solid (a mixture of solid and liquid phases) thick electrodes and manufacturing innovations to deliver what it says will be up to a 50% reduction in current Li-ion costs. (Dr.

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It can be manufactured at low cost from a variety of resources, including stranded natural gas, coal and biomass. The company is currently working on a fourth-generation system intended for production in 2011. It has been designed to be manufactured on flexible and low-cost CNC equipment. Volvo Truck Corp.

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This project, which began in August 2011, was co-funded by the US DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office, and was part of the competitive Computer Aided Engineering of electric drive Batteries ( CAEBAT ) activity launched by DOE in 2010. —Ahmad Pesaran, Energy Storage Group Manager in NREL’s Transportation and Hydrogen Systems Center.

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NextSTEPS is a four-year (2011-2014) multidisciplinary research consortium, part of the Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Davis. Southern California) with 100 stations would be enough to bring hydrogen costs to competitiveness with gasoline on a cost per-mile basis. Public funding.

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MAY 26, 2011

million) from the Swedish Energy Agency to develop and test a flywheel kinetic energy recovery system in a joint project together with Volvo Powertrain and SKF. SKF is also a partner in the Ricardo-led KinerStor project to demonstrate the viability of low-cost flywheel hybrid systems ( earlier post ).

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MARCH 15, 2011

Classification of potential electrical storage for stationary applications. published in the ACS journal Chemical Reviews , reviews in detail four stationary storage systems considered the most promising candidates for electrochemical energy storage: vanadium redox flow; sodium-beta alumina membrane; lithium-ion; and lead-carbon batteries.

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Luis Ortiz, are also founders of Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC), a Cambridge, Massachusetts company founded in 2010 to develop new forms of electric storage batteries that work in large, grid-scale applications. Sadoway (2012) Magnesium–Antimony Liquid Metal Battery for Stationary Energy Storage. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 60 research projects for up to a combined $156 million in funding from the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. Energy Laboratory, SuperPower, Tai-Yang. High Performance, Low Cost Superconducting Wires and Coils. Arnold Magnetic.

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Supercapacitors in aqueous solutions are low-cost energy storage devices with high cycling stability and fast charging and discharging capabilities, but suffer from low energy densities. The resulting supercapacitor showed a high energy density of ~48 Wh/kg at a power density of ~0.23 Wang et al.

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This approach, they conclude, is also applicable to a wide range of insulating energy storage electrode materials such as sulfur, LiMnPO 4 , and silicon in lithium-ion batteries. The ternary composite electrodes also exhibited excellent cycling performance with >95% capacitance retention over 3,000 cycles. —Yu et al.

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Compared to Li-ion batteries: PbC batteries are more affordable [3x] than lithium-ion or supercapacitors; PbC batteries have recycling value at end-of-life [$35/lbs], while Lithium-ion batteries have recycling cost at end-of-life [~$75/lbs]. In November of 2011, Axion commissioned a.5 Thelen (2011) Energy Savings, a.

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Though the PHEV combines the two types of energy and power, it is not merely a temporary “transition” between gasoline and diesel cars to pure electric cars. The hourly and daily generation of power from wind and solar renewable energy varies dramatically and changes from one location to another and from day to day.

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JUNE 7, 2011

low-cost Na-ion battery system for upcoming power and energy. storage systems, the team concludes in a paper published in the journal Advanced Materials. To connect intermittent renewable energy sources (i.e., The resulting improved electrical capacity and recharging lifetime of the nanowires. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 28, 2015

A patent related to this work was filed in January of this year, titled “High-Energy Cathodes for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries.” The patent positions this metal fluoride as a low-cost upgrade for the cathodes in existing Li-ion batteries and is aimed at possible commercial applications. —Feng Wang. Grey, Glenn G.

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Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013. Plans Cadillac Converj, Opel Ampera, other versions. Plans Cadillac Converj, Opel Ampera, other versions.

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