Energy Storage/Distribution

Stanford researchers have developed a sodium-based battery that can store the same amount of energy as a state-of-the-art lithium ion battery, at substantially lower cost.

A Vanderbilt research team created the world’s first steel-brass battery that can store energy at levels comparable to lead-acid batteries while charging and discharging at rates comparable to ultra-fast charging supercapacitors.

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are scaling up a prototype iron-flow battery to provide cleaner and cheaper power when renewable energy sources are ebbing or demand is peaking. The battery would also efficiently store excess electricity when use is low.

Natural gas and wind are the lowest-cost technology options for new electricity generation across much of the U.S. when cost, public health impacts and environmental effects are considered, according to new research released today by The University of Texas at Austin.

A molecule that transports oxygen in blood could be key to developing the next generation of batteries, and in a way that’s environmentally friendly.

Dendrites, whiskers of lithium that grow inside batteries and can cause fires like those in the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, are the bane of next-generation lithium batteries.

Energy storage device could deliver more power than current versions of this technology.

CU Boulder engineers have developed an innovative bio-manufacturing process that uses a biological organism cultivated in brewery wastewater to create the carbon-based materials needed to make energy storage cells.

Materials scientists have developed a new strategy for crafting one-dimensional nanorods from a wide range of precursor materials.