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The Future of Batteries

The Electrochemical Society | September 29, 2016

The current electric grid in the U.S. is unstable, underfunded, and incapable to moving the nation toward a clean energy future. In order to utilize emerging renewable technologies, researchers have been setting their sights on developing energy storage devices capable of harnessing huge amounts of energy for applications ranging for grid storage to electric vehicles. Y. Shirley Meng, ECS member and professor at the University of California, San Diego, is a scientist at the forefront of energy technology, pioneering cutting-edge fundamental advancements capable of pushing big breakthroughs Full Story

Changing the Oxygen Composition of Lithium-Rich Cathode Material Could Improve Battery Life, New Study Shows

Nature World News | July 11, 2016

The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that creating oxygen vacancies at the surface of lithium-rich cathode materials using a carbon-based gas mixture can increase the robustness and energy storage capacity of the material. Lithium-rich layered oxide, a class of cathode materials, is currently becoming popular among battery researchers due to its potential in housing more energy than other cathode materials. Full Story

Prototype Electric Car Could Point The Way To The Future

KPBS | April 27, 2016

Lou Shrinkle's Volkswagen looks like any other passenger car of its kind. But it's different: Every time he turns on the ignition, an annoying alarm goes off. The car warns the retired engineer that there's a problem with the engine. "Of course, there is," Shrinkle said, laughing as he examined his car earlier in April. "There's a fuel system problem." The vehicle's diagnostic system was telling him it couldn't find the proper engine fluids, which wasn't surprising to Shrinkle -- the internal combustion engine has been removed and replaced with an electrical power plant. Full Story