Green Car Congress
AUGUST 25, 2022
An international team of researchers led by Quanguan Pang at Peking University and Donald Sadoway at MIT reports a bidirectional, rapidly charging aluminum–chalcogen battery operating with a molten-salt electrolyte composed of NaCl–KCl–AlCl 3. —Pang et al.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2023
The new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals, according to a study just published in Energy Storage Materials. The new sodium-based molten salt battery uses two distinct reactions. mAh cm −2 , a discharge duration of 28.2 Weller et al.
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Cars That Think
APRIL 15, 2022
Scientists have been looking for solutions in gravity energy storage , thermal or geothermal storage , and also molten-salt batteries. A recent study from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) looks at molten-salt batteries that can “freeze” their charge for months until required.
Green Car Congress
MAY 10, 2023
In collaboration with NE, DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office will provide funding and project oversight for the two hydrogen production–related projects that were selected: General Electric Global Research, Scaled Solid Oxide Co-Electrolysis for Low-Cost Syngas Synthesis from Nuclear Energy.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 7, 2018
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in collaboration with Cornell University, will use advanced microfabrication technology to fabricate and scale low-cost, high-power multi-beam ion accelerators. To date, the issue of material performance at low cost has proved a challenge for advanced reactor deployment.
Green Car Congress
MAY 14, 2020
These projects will work to develop digital twin technology to reduce O&M costs in the next generation of nuclear power plants. Advanced nuclear reactors have the potential to provide reliable and low-cost clean power to millions of American homes.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 23, 2012
Batteries are appealing because of their small footprint and flexible siting; however, conventional battery technologies are unable to meet the demanding low-cost and long-lifespan requirements of this application. —Bradwell et al. After several weeks of cycling, the cells ceased to operate. —Bradwell et al.
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