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| | ReVolt Battery Technology Corporation | Jan Naidu | |
Small Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| ReVolt is located in the University of Houston and specializes in critical metal recovery from Lithium Ion battery (LiB) production waste and end-of-life batteries to provide a Circular economy model for sustainable LiB manufacturing in the United States.
The rapid growth of lithium ion batteries (LIBs) for portable electronic devices and electric vehicles has resulted in an increased number of spent LIBs. Spent LIBs contain not only dangerous heavy metals but also toxic chemicals that pose a serious threat to ecosystems and human health.
Spent LIBs usually contain 5%–20% cobalt (Co), 5%–10% nickel (Ni), 5%–7% lithium (Li), 5%–10% other metals (copper (Cu), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), etc.), 15% organic compounds, and 7% plastic, although their compositions differ depending on the manufacturers. Valuable metals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese (Mn) from spent LIBs bring significant economic benefits if they can be recycled.
Driven by economic interests, the recovery of spent LIBs mainly focuses on recycling highly valuable metals such as Co, Li, and Ni from cathode materials; the recovery of anode materials and electrolyte is rarely reported.
It is difficult to remove cathode material from aluminum foil during the recycling of spent LIBs because of the strong adhesive force of the PVDF binder. ReVolt uses Ultrasonic treatment as an effective method for stripping cathode material from aluminum foil because of its cavitation effect.
The metal-extraction process is a significant part of ReVolt's proprietary recovery process. The metal-extraction process focuses on changing the solid metals in spent LIBs into their alloy form or solution state, which facilitates the subsequent separation and recovery of metal components. The main approaches adopted during the extraction process include pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, biometallurgy, and direct-recycling to build a local supply-chain of battery materials in the United States. |
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| | Texas A&M University | Prasad Enjeti | |
Academic
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Other Energy Technologies
| Dr. Enjeti's lab focus is in power electronic converter development. Several GaN and SiC based three phase EV ac to dc fast charger configurations are under development. Lab has expertise in analysis, design, simulation, hardware in the loop and hardware development / testing capabilities. |
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| | ReVolt Battery Technology Corporation | Jan Naidu | |
Small Business
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Transportation
| ReVolt is a small business located in the University of Houston providing innovative computational modeling capabilities to deploy High Energy batteries in EV applications and second-life applications subsequently.
Our software models produce rapid estimates of vehicle efficiency, performance, greenhouse emissions, and battery life in conventional and advanced powertrain technologies, enabling completion of such analyses using a modest set of publicly available vehicle parameters. This streamlined approach provides accurate results for many types of analysis while increasing speed, ease of use, and value related to finding required inputs, running the model, and interpreting results.
ReVolt's SaaS platform is designed to balance predictive accuracy with model complexity across a wide range of analytical tasks.
At the vehicle level, road load and energy consumption results generated using ReVolt’s SaaS platform validate well against chassis dynamometer data for conventional gasoline vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, battery electric vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles. |
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| | Applied Spectra, Inc. | Jong Yoo | |
Small Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| Applied Spectra, Inc. is a leader in materials & chemical analysis technology that can be used for both offline laboratory analysis/Q and inline process control for advanced battery manufacturing with a particular focus in monitoring anode/cathode material quality and monitoring for the electrode manufacturing processing. Applied Spectra currently manufacturers analytical instruments utilizing LIBS (Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) and LA-ICP-MS (Laser Ablation ICP Mass Spec) that provided ppb-%wt. sensitivity for all elements of interest in Li-on battery development including leading current and future material systems ranging from - NMC, LFP, NMP to emerging Si anode technology, etc. LIBS, either alone, or in tandem with LA-ICP-MS, can help manufacturers improve material quality, manufacturing yield and cell electrical performance by providing critical spatial and depth data on chemical composition, dispersion, and uniformity, which can be correlated to electrical cycling and performance testing. The Applied Spectra sensor technology can be implemented inline for real-time analysis during production with closed loop process control and for offline laboratory FA/QA/characterization applications.
Applied Spectra is interested in teaming/partnering with those intending to build commercial scale manufacturing for advanced battery components as well as those with novel approaches to making manufacturable fast charging batteries for EV. We are looking to work with partners to develop metrology applications and use-cases to quantitatively improve raw material, component and finished battery quality, yield and performance across the advanced battery manufacturing supply chain. |
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| | University of South Carolina | Adel Nasiri | |
Academic
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Other Energy Technologies
| Prof. Nasiri is expert in high power electrical energy conversion, power electronics, grid-connected systems, batteries, and EV chargers. UofSC has extensive facilities to conduct projects that require high power conversion, thermal management, high frequency controls, and high voltage. |
| SC |
| | Advanced Biomimetic Sensors, Inc. | Ellen Chen | |
Small Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| Advanced Biomimetic Sensors (ABS), Inc. is a pioneer and a leader in nano-biomimetic reagent-free sensing and energy storage platform technology.
Our mission at ABS is to design, produce and market high performance products based on our proprietary innovation in nano-biomimetic reagent-free sensing and RT superconductive energy storage technology in the energy field that are more reliable, sensitive, safe, affordable and environmental and user friendly.
Our capabilities in clean energy generation and storage systems are based on our patented technology using nanostructured biomimetic polymer membranes in both anode and cathode, and the function of the device is electrolyte-free and air-independent. Our prototype BattCell is battery/fuel cell (BattCell) device that produces a very high current density and power density when the cell is activated. The BattCell technology provides high power density and high energy density;10-100-fold lighter weight, smaller volume while achieving superior safety and portability profiles; There is no refueling, heater, or cooling fan; Non-flammable, no carbon dioxide emission, and no leaching. Working at a wide temperature range. Preliminary tests were conducted for scale-up, tested multiple modules. We are interested in electric cars to provide quick charging, we would like to team up with manufacturers and commercial prototype developers.
Our awards are:
• Nationally recognized nano-biomimetic reagent-free sensing and energy storage platform technology as the TechConnect World innovation
awardee for multiple years, and has been on the top innovator lists and an innovative showcase recipient for a decade at
www.techconnectworld.com.
• The finalist in the 2010 DOD America Security Challenge National Competition
• The DOD Raytheon Mentor-Protégé program from 2010-2013.
• A dozen issued patents portfolios and a dozen pending patent applications
• Recently ABS won the nanobiomimetic quantum sensing innovator award, and the room-temperature superconductive energy storage
technology innovator award at the Techconnect World conference 2022, and DOD Techconnect conference for the room-temperature
superconductive Josephson Junction Array energy storage technology innovator award 2022.
• In list of the Innovator honoree at DOD Techconnect Defense 2019. |
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| | Arcadis | Tamae Partain | |
Large Business
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Transportation
| Full Service Engineering, Infrastructure, Program and Construction Management, EV. |
| GA |
| | Lehigh University | Javad Khazaei | |
Academic
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Grid
| General background: modeling and control of DC/DC and DC/AC converters used in microgrids (AC and DC), real-time simulations of microgrids, hardware-in-the-loop testing of microgrids. Capabilities specific for this FOA:
- 10kVA hardware-in-the-loop testing facility that enables grid-integration of charging stations
- real-time simulation of developed charging technologies in a controlled environment
- Laboratory testing of fast charging technology prior to demonstration |
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| | Lockheed Martin | Daniel Homiak | |
Large Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| Lockheed Martin pursues new battery technologies to meet the critical needs of the war fighter with a focus on fast charging, high energy density, broad environmental operation, and improved safety over conventional battery technologies. Consequently Lockheed Martin offers a broad range of capabilities including real platforms and systems for demonstration and validation, battery performance and environmental testing, chemical and morphology analysis, battery modeling and simulation, and safety evaluation and testing. Applications include pulsed power systems such as directed energy and RF, hybrid and fully electric vehicles and UAVs, grid scale energy storage, sensors, RADAR, and Communications systems. Lockheed Martin fosters a dedicated group of battery SMEs and scientists as well as a broad network of leading edge technology partners to bring the latest innovations to the warfighter. |
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| | OPM | Tony DeCarmine | |
Small Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| OPM has been providing solutions based on the thermoplastic PEKK for 20 years. Industries services include Medical, Aerospace, Defense, Energy & Automotive. All manner of compositions, alloys, modifications and processes utilizing the PEKK copolymer are within the wheelhouse. PEKK outperforms PEEK in all categories.
Perhaps most notably is the OXPEKK-SC product - a simple to apply nanothin (submicron) coating system known to provide biological, chemical and electrical isolation via a compliant, contiguous film.
Also useful is the vetted OXFAB 3DP system for production of known reliability components.
OPM proposes that the range of PEKK resins in the form of OXPEKK products is useful for providing lightweight mechanical structure and volume reduced insulation that will improve the operating (including charge and discharge) temperature range, as well as per mass and per volume performance of electrochemical cells - to include batteries, fuel cells, electrolyzers and the like. |
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| | Cuberg | Gözde Barim | |
Small Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| Cuberg is commercializing next-generation battery technology to power the future of electric mobility. Cuberg is developing and commercializing lithium metal batteries, building an innovation ecosystem around lithium-ion technology, and leveraging Northvolt's state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities to rapidly scale up production of advanced batteries.
Cuberg's groundbreaking lithium metal battery delivers generational improvements in energy density and power output and has been validated by the U.S. Department of Energy. The company's battery products are ideally suited to power the next generation of electric vehicles on the ground and in the air, offering longer ranges and flight times, greater payloads, and lower cost of ownership. The technology, based on a non-flammable liquid electrolyte combined with a lithium metal anode, is fully compatible with existing lithium-ion manufacturing infrastructure to accelerate time-to-market. |
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| | AMPERE Lab at University of Kentucky | JiangBiao He | |
Academic
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Transportation
| The Advanced Motor-drives, Power Electronics, and Renewable Energies (AMPERE) Laboratory at the University of Kentucky (UK), has been specializing in high-performance power electronic converters, electric motor drives, transportation electrifications (electric vehicles, aircraft, etc.), renewable energy power converter systems, and online health monitoring and fault-tolerant operation of electric power conversion apparatuses for safety-critical applications. The research activities in the AMPERE lab have been supported by NSF, DOE, DOD, and NASA, leading high-tech industries, and non-profit institutions. The lab has been conducting cutting-edge research in the area of electric power energy and providing dedicated education and training for workforce development.
The lab has approximately 800 square feet of power energy laboratory space equipped with more than 10 new computer workstations. The testing facilities include programmable AC and DC power supplies, programmable RLC load bank, programmable power amplifier, RTDS hardware-in-loop platform, digital oscilloscopes with high frequency bandwidth, motor-drive dynos, and many others. Regarding the simulation software, the lab has many licenses for multi-physics ANSYS (specifically, Maxwell for magnetics, Simplorer for power electronics and controls, Q3D for parasitic extractions, Icepak for thermal), PLECS for power electronic simulations and controls, MATLAB & Simulink, and others. More information can be found on our lab website (http://ampere.engr.uky.edu/). We look forward to collaborating with you on the emerging electric power energy projects. |
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| | University of Tennessee Knoxville | Peng Zhao | |
Academic
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Transportation
| We look forward to joining in any teams for this call. Our strength and capability lies in Li-ion battery thermal runaway testing and modeling, development of fast charging strategy, thermal-electrochemical modeling and thermal management of Li-ion batteries. We have the SoA accelerating rate calorimetry (ARC) testing chamber with in-situ gas analysis that allows multiple thermal runaway triggering mechanisms (step heating, ramp heating, over-charging, nail penetration, internal short). We have the maccor cycler and environmental chamber that allows multichannel battery testing under a wide range of C rate and temperature (-20 to 80 degree C). We also have the electrical impedance spectrum that can help to develop reduced equivalent circuit of batteries. |
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| | DTP Thermoelectrics, LLC | Bob Madigan, Doug Crane, Lon Bell | |
Small Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| While conventional thermoelectric (TE) systems have carved out a niche in specialized thermal management applications that can benefit from their small size and solid-state operation, these systems have efficiency and capacity shortcomings that limit their broader adoption. Our patented distributed transport properties (DTP) technology will enhance the performance landscape of thermoelectric systems, enabling new applications in automotive integrated all electrics cabin and battery thermal management, cold chain, medical and other applications in which conventional thermoelectrics could not compete. |
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| | Blockchain Hive LLC | Columbus Pressley | |
Small Business
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Transportation
| Blockchain Hive is a certified micro/DBE/MBE based in Northern Virginia with core capabilities focused on emerging technologies with an emphasis on EV fleet telematics/optimization, IoT, RPA/BPA, Blockchain/Distributed Ledger, Workforce & Industrial Automation, AI/ML/DL, VR/AR/MR & Legacy-to-Cloud Migration. Federal government agencies are our primary customers as we provide uber niche technology solutions to increase efficiency, energy conservation programs, and accountability. In accordance, we develop Federal Agency Pilot Programs anchored by proofs-of-concept featuring the aforementioned emerging technology use cases for EV fleet utilization & charging station infrastructure deployment. |
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| | StoreDot, Ltd. | David Lee | |
Small Business
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Power Generation: Renewable
| StoreDot is a pioneer and leader of extreme fast charging (XFC) batteries that overcome the critical barrier to mainstream EV adoption – range and charging anxiety. The company has revolutionized the conventional Li-ion battery by designing and synthesizing proprietary organic and inorganic compounds, making it possible to charge an EV in just five minutes – the same time it takes to refuel a conventional combustion engine vehicle. Through its '100inX' strategic roadmap, StoreDot's battery technology is optimized for best driver experience with XFC in Li-ion batteries, as well as future technologies for extreme energy-density (XED). StoreDot's strategic investors and partners include VinFast, BP, Daimler, Ola Electric, Samsung, TDK and EVE Energy. In 2019, the company achieved a world first by demonstrating the live full charge of a two-wheeled EV in just five minutes. In 2020, the company demonstrated the scalability of its XFC batteries and is on target for Electric Vehicle battery production at scale by 2024. |
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| | DNV Energy USA Inc. | Martin Plass | |
Large Business
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Power Generation: Renewable
| DNV's BEST Battery Test & Commercialization Center (BTCC) has excellent capabilities to test battery cells, modules and packs (up to 240kW):
- Degradation and performance testing by cycling cells with highly accurate cyclers at high c-rates and various temperatures
- Cell abuse testing with different abuse methods (overheat, nail-pen, overcharge, short-circuit) to test cells for safety, thermal runaway
- Pressure vessel to capture and analyze cell vent gases for composition and flammability
- System testing set-up of battery systems with power electronics, for example to test round trip efficiencies at various operating temperatures, BMS interface, charger interface, etc. |
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| | University of Texas Arlington | Michael Bozlar | |
Academic
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Other Energy Technologies
| 1. Background
The Bozlar Nanoscience Lab is a multidisciplinary materials science research group within the Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and affiliated with the Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering at UT Arlington.
Our research is concentrated in the area of nanomaterials synthesis, characterization, and applications. In particular, my expertise and interests lie in the areas of rechargeable batteries with different chemistries (Liquid electrolyte Li-ion; Solid-state Li; Zinc-air).
2. Interest and Capabilities
I have previously worked on ARPA-e funded multi-university research project dedicated to the development of new generations of anode and cathode materials in Li-ion cell for portable electronics. I have extensive experience in the full design of all components of Li-ion batteries in liquid electrolyte systems (LFP; LCO; NCM, etc). I have broad experience in conducting analytical studies to understand working principle of batteries and especiallly electrode degradation mechanisms.
Keywords: nanomaterials; graphene; metal-organic frameworks; synthesis and characterization; rechargeable batteries; polymer; mechanical properties; electrical and thermal transport; additive manufacturing. |
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| | National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Shriram Santhanagopalan; Kandler Smith | |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Transportation
| NREL's Electrochemical Energy Storage Group has a leading portfolio of multi-scale electrochemical models for battery R&D. Computer-aided engineering models accelerate development and lower the cost of batteries for next-generation EVs. These include
• Pseudo-2D electrochemical models guiding electrode/cell design for performance, lifetime, and fast-charge tradeoffs
• Multi-scale multi-domain models scaling electrochemical/electrode-length-scale models to 3D large-format cell and pack design problems
• 3D safety, thermal runaway, and mechanical crush simulation
• Failure prognostics using physics-based state-estimators
• 3D microstructure models that capture the influence of pore, particle, and composite electrode structure on performance and degradation including elucidating challenges facing ultra-thick electrodes
• 3D electrochemo/mechanical-coupled models of particle and composite electrodes involving multi-reaction chemistry and evolving phases including Li plating
• Lifetime models informed by degradation physics, novel accelerated aging techniques, and machine learning
Our laboratories have a full suite of tools to characterize the electrochemico/thermo/mechanical safety of large format lithium-metal and lithium ion cells/modules. Our group’s models and labs supports DOE’s eXtreme Fast Charge and Cell Evaluation (XCEL) and various materials development programs. In addition to the suite of typical battery diagnostic equipment, NREL
• Pioneered SEM-FIB + EBSD for 3D mapping of crystalline architectures
• Has a new laboratory-scale nano-CT instrument coming online in Summer 2020, building upon award-winning work at international beamline facilities
• Turn-key safety evaluation test bench that specifically caters to next-generation chemistries beyond lithium-ion (including in-line gas sensing, IR imaging, high temperature XRD and tomography across sections of pouch-format cells
• Uses machine learning for quantitative statistical analysis of imaging data streams
• Laser ablation to improve fast charging and wetting properties of ultra-thick electrodes
• Bench top sheet-to-sheet laser ablation of electrodes
• Currently scaling to a pilot roll-to-roll line at NREL for demonstrating laser ablation as an in-line process
• Have established multiphysics and machine learning models to optimize laser ablation features for specific applications and electrode properties |
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| | The University of Utah | Pei Sun | |
Academic
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Other Energy Technologies
| The Powder Metallurgy Research Lab at the University of Utah has the capability of making silicon particles with controlled physical and chemical properties from the metallothermic reduction of SiO2 at laboratory and pilot scales. We have a comprehensive suite of equipment and instrumentation for the synthesis, processing, and characterization of powders. We are seeking partners to co-develop and deliver Li-ion batteries with high performance. |
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| | FBR Enterprises | Fred Ramirez | |
Small Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| Interest and Desires are to embrace the EV revolution and improve and enhance every aspect of its widespread adoption in every aspect of its assimilation into daily life across the globe and interplanetary colonization. Over 30 years of experience in the energy sector with qualification as Submarine Officer of a nuclear-powered submarine; worked as an engineer in Department of Energy facilities and in private industry in the chemical, petroleum and gas industry performing maintenance, Process Hazard Analyses, FMEAs, operations and other; conducted design and research work and have quick access to new local libraries and local workforce to augment research. |
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| | Zeta Energy | Todd Foley | |
Small Business
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Transportation
| Zeta Energy is a Texas-based company that is developing a safe, low-cost, high performance and sustainable battery for the electric vehicle and energy storage markets. Zeta Energy has developed a lithium sulfur battery system with both a proprietary cathode and a proprietary anode. Its sulfur-based cathodes offer superior stability and higher sulfur content, outperforming current metal-based cathode materials. Zeta’s proprietary sulfurized carbon material prevents the polysulfide shuttle effect that has long held back advances in lithium sulfur batteries. Zeta’s sulfur-based cathodes are also inherently inexpensive, have high capacity, use no cobalt, nickel or manganese, and dramatically simplify and secure the supply chain. Zeta Energy has also developed lithium metal anodes that outperform other current and advanced anode technologies, with significantly higher energy density than other major anode chemistries and without any of the dendrite issues common to lithium metal. |
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| | Sandia National Laboratories | Kyle Fenton | |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Transportation
| Battery safety is a critical factor to battery technology’s widespread adoption in the electric vehicle marketplace. Sandia has decades of experience in applied materials R&D, systems engineering, and abuse testing to assist industry in implementing advanced, science-based safety features. Sandia’s goal is a science-based understanding of electrochemical atomic/molecular processes that is connected with the macroscopic response of packaged batteries to mitigate safety concerns, extend battery lifetimes, and increase battery efficiency through three coordinated thrusts:
•Large-scale battery testing to measure critical thermochemical and thermophysical response phenomena that can provide detectable signatures of end-of-life degradation mechanisms
•In-situ nano-scale characterization to gain an atomistic understanding of these mechanisms
•Multi-scale modeling, building predictive models linking atomistic processes with macroscopic responses
The Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory (BATLab) at Sandia is an internationally recognized leader in energy storage system safety research.
BATLab R&D programs focus on:
•understanding the mechanisms that lead to energy storage system safety and reliability incidents
•developing new materials to improve overall energy storage system safety and abuse tolerance
•performing abuse testing
•advancing testing techniques
•performing detailed failure analyses
•developing strategies to mitigate energy storage cell and system failures
The BATLab is also home to the world’s largest and most comprehensive battery calorimetry laboratory, the DOE’s largest lithium-ion cell prototyping facility, battery component analytical and diagnostic capabilities, and extensive failure-analysis and characterization tools.
Using the results from our testing and evaluation, our scientists work with industry/ partners to:
•understand failure mechanisms in cells and battery systems for the emerging global transportation markets
•perform safety evaluations on next generation electrode materials for lithium-ion energy storage systems
•develop advanced electrolytes that are abuse tolerant, nonflammable, and can mitigate high-rate thermal runaway reactions
•develop testing and analytical techniques to better understand critical safety concerns with lithium-ion cells and emerging large-format cell designs
•partner with national and international organizations to addresses the challenges of battery failure and potential safety issues |
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| | Saint-Gobain | John Pietras | |
Large Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| Saint-Gobain has developed a novel solid-state electrolytes for next generation batteries, supported by a long history in commercialization of high quality halide crystal materials for various applications such as scintillators. Utilizing the developed process and capabilities, the team has demonstrated a high Li-ion conductivity of >1 mS/cm. It exhibits superior electrochemical stability at higher charging voltages, and soft and mechanically conforming behavior well suited for low temperature forming processes such as extrusion and calendaring. This material is safe and easy to handle through the fabrication process and at the end-use compared to conventional liquid electrolytes and sulfide solid electrolytes. SG has been working with multiple national labs, academic and industrial partners to accelerate the development toward commercial deployment, and is open to further fruitful partnerships.
Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and solutions that improve the comfort of each of us and the future of all. Our solutions are found everywhere in our living places and our daily life: in buildings, transportation, infrastructure and in many industrial applications. The products and solutions provide comfort, performance and sustainability while meeting the challenges of the decarbonization of the world of construction and industry, the preservation of resources and rapid urbanization. We are consistently ranked one of the world’s 100 most innovative companies and have more than 167,000 employees in 75 countries who are proud to help create great living places the world over that improve daily life for everyone. |
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| | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Jagjit Nanda | |
Federal Government
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Transportation
| Dr. Jagjit Nanda is a Distinguished Staff Scientist and Group Leader of the Energy Storage and Conversion Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Chemical Sciences Division with 18 plus years of experience in energy storage and battery materials. He also has a joint faculty appointment in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Prior to joining Oak Ridge in 2009, Jagjit worked as a Technical Lead at the Research and Advanced Engineering Center, Ford Motor Company, MI, leading R&D projects in lithium-ion battery materials and nanomaterials for energy application. He is the co-editor of the Handbook of Solid-State Batteries-2015 along with Nancy Dudney and William West and has co-authored 150 journal and technical publications in the topic of batteries, solid-state electrolytes, and advanced battery diagnostics. Jagjit is a Fellow of Electrochemical Society and winner of two R&D 100 awards in the areas of batteries and supercapacitors. |
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