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OSU smart membrane could enable new category of high-energy, high-power energy storage for EVs

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Herya and Sundaresan (2016). The researchers, Travis Herya and Vishnu-Baba Sundaresan, call the membrane a “ smart membrane separator ” and define it as “ a programmable ionic conductor that exhibits continuously varying ionic impedance due to an external stimulus and applied in an energy storage device (supercapacitor or RFB).”.

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Pike Research forecasts worldwide grid energy storage spending to reach $22B by 2021, down from 2010 forecast of $35B

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Advanced lithium ion batteries, sodium sulfur (NaS) batteries, and compressed air energy storage (CAES) are other key technologies that will be utilized for bulk storage applications during the forecast period. “In the near-term, we expect to see some consolidation in the battery industry, with a few leaders taking the lead.