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FaradionĀ and Phillips 66 to develop lower cost and higher-performing sodium-ion battery materials

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Sodium-ion battery technology has an inherent advantage over other power-storage technologies because it uses low-cost materials that are sustainable and widely available. Prototype cells deliver energy density in excess of 140 Wh/kg, with a design performance of 155 Wh/kg in 10Ah pouch cells. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Toshiba to partner with Kawasaki City on 5-year demo of independent energy supply system utilizing solar power and hydrogen

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The demonstration will run from April 2015 (the beginning of fiscal 2015) until the end of fiscal 2020 (March 2021). The independent energy supply system combines a 25 kW photovoltaic facility; a storage battery; hydrogen-producing water electrolysis equipment; hydrogen (275 Nm 3 ) and water tanks; and fuel cells.

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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

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The battery storage system also includes a voltage converter and power electronics to manage the energy flow between renewable energy sources, the house interface, and the Li-Ion high-voltage battery from the BMW i3. The system has been designed to be integrated into the house energy supply chain. BMW i 360Ā° Electric.

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INEES report shows intelligent integration of EVs reduces power fluctuations, but not currently economically viable

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At the same time, batteries in electric vehicles offer large storage potential and thus can offer an additional way to compensate for these fluctuations. Pooling batteries of electric vehicles offers a power storage capability of significant size suitable for mass consumption, which can compensate for fluctuations in the power grid.

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New Li-S battery shows cycle performance comparable to that of Li-ion batteries along with more than double the energy density

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These promising behaviors may arise from a synergistic effect of the enhanced electrochemical performance of the newly designed anode and the optimized layout of the cathode, they suggested. 750 mAh g ā€“1 over 500 cycles (85% of the initial capacity). Credit: ACS, Lee et al. Click to enlarge. —Lee et al. —Lee et al.

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