Home

Research

People

Laboratory

Publication

Courses

Contact
Links


We focus on understanding and exploiting materials properties to create efficient, long life, low cost energy storage and generation technologies such as:

  • Alkali-ion intercalation and alloy materials
  • High surface area/nano-structured materials 
  • Catalyst/membrane materials and structures for fuel cells (PEM systems)
  • Solid State Ion conductors for batteries and photoelectrochemical cells 

We also study the economic and policy implications involved with:

  • Batteries for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (including V2G scenarios)
  • Scaled energy storage for grid applications
  • Distributed energy generation and storage technologies
  • The development and entrepreneurship  processes used to bring new technologies to Market

 


ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

2 New papers accepted to Journal of Power sources:  "Lithium-Ion Battery Cell Degradation Resulting from Realistic Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Grid Utilization" and "The Economics of Using PHEV Battery Packs for Grid Storage" - By Scott Peterson, Jay Apt and Jay Whitacre - accepted in September 2009.

Trip to Electrochemical Society Meeting, Vienna a Success!  Two presentations/posters given by group members in week of October 4-10. 

 

New Industrial Grant Awarded:  Recently funded proposal will allow for the investigation of low cost battery materials and systems.

New DoE Grant Awarded:  Funding is to support the effort in evaluating energy storage solutions for plug-in hybrid vehicles in the contect of vehicle - to - grid  (V2G) load sharing (contract under negotiation)

 

GM Grant Awarded: Work funded to examine methods for renewing electrode surfaces within electrochemical cells

Toyota Award: In partnership with J. Michalek of Mechanical Engineering, Toyota has funded an in-depth study on PHEV performance and driver behavior.  A 2009 Prius with an aftermarket 5 kWh Li-ion battery pack has been purchased and is being outfitted with sensors and computer equipment

Scott Peterson Wins Dowd Fellowship: Graduaute student Scott Peterson has won the Carnegie Mellon Dowd Fellowship for his work focusing on battery/grid interactions.