Energy Storage

Finding Balance Between Green Energy Storage, Harvesting

June 2, 2020 sarah Jonas Climate Change, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Solar energy, Wind Energy

Generating power through wind or solar energy is dependent on the abundance of the right weather conditions, making finding the optimal strategy for storage crucial to the future of sustainable energy usage. Research published in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy identifies key indicators that will help achieve balance between green energy storage capacity and harvesting capability and determine the energy potential of a region.

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Esther Takeuchi on Batteries

May 27, 2020 sarah Jonas Batteries, batteries and energy storage hub, Battery, Energy Storage

In the First-Person Science series, scientists describe how they made significant discoveries over years of research. Esther Takeuchi is a professor at Stony Brook University and the director of the Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties, a Department of Energy Office of Science Energy Frontier Research Center.

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A Promising Supercapacitor for Electronics and Electric Vehicles

May 7, 2020 sarah Jonas electric vehicle batteries, Energy Storage

A new supercapacitor based on manganese oxide could combine the storage capacity of batteries with the high power and fast charging of other supercapacitors, according to researchers at Penn State and two universities in China.

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A Leap in Using Silicon for Battery Anodes

April 28, 2020 sarah Jonas Batteries, Energy Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Silicon

Scientists have come up with a novel way to use silicon as an energy storage ingredient. They’ve developed a nanostructure incorporating carbon nanotubes to strengthen the material and modify the way silicon interacts with lithium, a key component in batteries used in electric cars and other devices.

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Energy storage startup SPARKZ licenses ORNL cobalt-free battery tech

February 5, 2020 sarah Jonas Batteries, electric grid, Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Technology Transfer

Energy storage startup SPARKZ Inc. has exclusively licensed five battery technologies from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed to eliminate cobalt metal in lithium-ion batteries. The advancement is aimed at accelerating the production of electric vehicles and energy storage solutions for the power grid.

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Second act: Used electric vehicle batteries charge up the grid

December 6, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments electric vehicle batteries, Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage, grid energy storage, Power Grid, Renewable Energy

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an innovative control system for repurposed electric vehicle battery packs to store electricity for home use and are scaling up the technology to a large, power grid-level project.

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Living on the Edge: How a 2D Material Got Its Shape

October 24, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Berkeley Lab, Catalysis & energy conversion, DOE Office of Science, Energy Storage, Graphene, Materials Science, Microelectronics, Molecular Foundry, Nanoparticle, Nanoscience, Nanoscience & Technology, NERSC, TEM imaging

A team of scientists led by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has gained valuable insight into 3D transition metal oxide nanoparticles’ natural “edge” for 2D growth.

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Finding Balance Between Green Energy Storage, Harvesting

Peering into Functioning Batteries with Sooyeon Hwang

Esther Takeuchi on Batteries

Making a Material World Better, Faster Now: Q&A With Materials Project Director Kristin Persson

A Promising Supercapacitor for Electronics and Electric Vehicles

A Leap in Using Silicon for Battery Anodes

Chasing Lithium Ions on the Move in a Fast-Charging Battery

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Energy storage startup SPARKZ licenses ORNL cobalt-free battery tech

Tiny Quantum Sensors Watch Materials Transform Under Pressure

Second act: Used electric vehicle batteries charge up the grid

Living on the Edge: How a 2D Material Got Its Shape