{"id":9489,"date":"2014-12-03T19:20:09","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T02:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=9489"},"modified":"2014-12-03T19:20:09","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T02:20:09","slug":"lighter-powerful-cheaper-can-j-cesr-bring-us-better-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/lighter-powerful-cheaper-can-j-cesr-bring-us-better-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Lighter, More Powerful, Cheaper.  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Secretary of Energy.\u00a0 He and his \u201cteams\u201d were charged with establishing the cooperative enterprise at \u201cArgonne National Laboratory with a budget of $120 million over five years to create a battery five times more powerful and five times cheaper than today\u2019s norms \u2013 all within five years.\u201d\u00a0 We\u2019re two years into the program \u2013 so how\u2019s it going?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.com\/html\/businesstechnology\/2025110109_betterbatteriesxml.html\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">A lead article in <\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The Seattle Times<\/i><\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> Monday morning removed any concern about progress, and the cooperative\u2019s web site should alleviate any doubt that tax dollars are being spent wisely and well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Not only would the price of EVs decline significantly if the group is successful, but the benefits would spill over into consumer products such as cellphones, laptops and the home-based \u201cInternet of things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JCESR: Moving Beyond Lithium-Ion\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SRNdz-3cIHQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To pull of their ambitious goals, J-CESR\u2019s researchers are delving into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jcesr.org\/research\/four-scientific-approaches\/\">four lines of study<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Electrochemical Storage Concepts looks at materials such as magnesium or yttrium (there\u2019s a Scrabble winner) that carry twice or triple the charge of lithium, with two or three times the energy storage potential; chemical transformations that store many times the energy of today\u2019s batteries; and non-aqueous redox flow that will be of great use in grid storage.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u201cCrosscutting Science\u201d that uses recently-developed research techniques to \u201cmake new materials and characterize their performance at the atomic level for the three energy storage concepts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201cSystems Analysis and Translation\u00a0designs virtual batteries on the computer, projects their performance, identifies shortcomings, and communicates results to the Science and Concept teams.\u201d \u00a0J-CESR is using high speed computers that will allow analysis at the femtosecond level (a quadrillionth of a second). \u00a0They\u2019re investigating new battery architectures \u201cneeded to leapfrog existing designs, improve system performance, raise cycle lifetimes and approach the theoretical energy and power densities of new materials and designs. New architectures will integrate novel materials and components at the nano- to macroscale.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>As a grand capper, and the step ensuring taxpayers see a payoff for their investment, \u201cCell Design and Prototyping\u00a0delivers pre-commercial prototypes for grid and transportation applications.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_9493\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jcesr-pecss_btu_2010-large1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9493\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9493\" alt=\"Big numbers from big sources.  What J-CESR will have to achieve to bring 100% clean energy to just the US\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jcesr-pecss_btu_2010-large1-528x443.jpg\" width=\"528\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jcesr-pecss_btu_2010-large1-528x443.jpg 528w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jcesr-pecss_btu_2010-large1-300x252.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jcesr-pecss_btu_2010-large1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big numbers from big sources. What J-CESR will have to achieve to bring 100% clean energy to just the US<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Getting Their Actors Together<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Now spread out among its 14 academic and commercial members, key players will come together in a new Berkeley Hub with a $54 million, 43,000 square foot General Purpose Laboratory, \u201cbringing its battery scientists, chemists and engineers together under one roof for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Center Deputy Director Venkat Srinivasan will head the team, which aims to \u201cachieve revolutionary advances in battery performance \u2014 creating devices with up to five times the energy capacity of today\u2019s batteries at one-fifth the cost by 2017\u201d \u2013 the same aims expressed by Energy Secretary Chu five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Srinvivasan explains, \u201cWe want to go beyond and find the next generation of technology.\u00a0 It\u2019s clear to us that the batteries we have today are not meeting the needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/2014\/10\/26\/u-s-energy-secretary-inaugurates-berkeley-lab-research-building\/\"><i>The Daily Californian<\/i> reported Srinivasan\u2019s remarks<\/a> at the Center&#8217;s ribbon cutting. \u00a0 \u201cYou put a bunch of scientists and engineers together and they start interacting, and you have products coming out of the other end,\u201d Srinivasan said. \u201cThey have very different skill sets, and so very new products \u2026 are the result.<\/p>\n<p><b>Moving Beyond Lithium?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk will soon compete, in a sense, not only against the Chevy Volt, BMW, Audi, Toyota and Nissan for primacy in the EV market, but will face researchers looking for the next big thing past lithium-ion batteries.\u00a0 The efforts of J-CESR point toward post-lithium developments.\u00a0 With others striving to perfect the delivery and distribution of hydrogen for vehicles, the market will soon provide choices that all lead to greener transportation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9496\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jcesr-chart-practical-specific-energy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9496\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9496\" alt=\"The long climb to achieve parity with gasoline in terms of energy storage\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jcesr-chart-practical-specific-energy.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jcesr-chart-practical-specific-energy.jpg 500w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jcesr-chart-practical-specific-energy-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The long climb to achieve parity with gasoline in terms of energy storage<\/p><\/div>\n<p>J-CESR reports, \u201cGeorge Crabtree, director of the project at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, said the federal government is pursuing the research to transform the two areas that consume two-thirds of all the energy generated in the United States \u2014 transportation and the energy grid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019There\u2019s a real opportunity for next-generation storage,\u2019 Crabtree said. \u2018You have to make a big step forward. Lithium-ion will not be able to make that step. &#8230; You need a big program and a group effort to make it happen.\u2019\u201d\u00a0 He says researchers have narrowed things to about 100 chemistries, with a few in the prototype phase.<\/p>\n<p>Berkeley\u2019s battery research hub is next door to the Advanced Light Source building, where automaker Toyota has been researching magnesium-ion batteries, which promise double the charge of lithium at the same weight.\u00a0 That kind of potential charges up Srinivasan. \u201cFor the same weight, you can have twice the charge \u2014 you\u2019re doubling the amount of capacity.\u00a0 That\u2019s exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the lab will be principal investigator and Lawrence Berkeley staff scientist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/business\/20141119\/lawrence-berkeley-lab-team-helps-lead-charge-to-revolutionize-energy-storage\">Brett Helms, focusing on the other charge for J-CESR<\/a>, large-scale grid storage.\u00a0 Doubtless, discoveries within each group will be shared and expanded on.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Argonne National Laboratory leads JCESR in partnership with four other DOE national laboratories, five universities, and four private firms.\u00a0 Joining Argonne on the JCESR team are Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.\u00a0 Participating universities include Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Michigan, and private firms joining the effort are Dow Chemical Co., Applied Materials, Inc., Johnson Controls Inc., and Clean Energy Trust.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Flighter-powerful-cheaper-can-j-cesr-bring-us-better-batteries%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>$70,000 is a sizable base price for a car.\u00a0\u00a0 That sum for the simplest of Tesla S sedans makes a bigger than average debt load for most of us, probably more than most can responsibly assume.\u00a0\u00a0 Even the much anticipated model \u201cE\u201d at half that price is more stunning than the average sticker shock these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5707,3018,2135,3010,5700,3020,5705,5711,581,5709,5710,1669,3013,5706,3012,3021,1804,2516,637,3022,5701,5703,5702,5704,5708],"class_list":["post-9489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","tag-advanced-light-source","tag-applied-materials","tag-argonne-national-laboratory","tag-battery-development","tag-brett-helms","tag-clean-energy-trust","tag-dow-chemical-co","tag-dr-steven-chu","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-george-crabtree","tag-grid-storage","tag-inc","tag-j-cesr","tag-johnson-controls-inc","tag-joint-center-for-energy-storage-research","tag-lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory","tag-northwestern-university","tag-pacific-northwest-national-laboratory","tag-sandia-national-laboratories","tag-slac-national-accelerator-laboratory","tag-the-university-of-chicago","tag-the-university-of-illinois-at-chicago","tag-the-university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign","tag-the-university-of-michigan","tag-venkat-srinivasan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lighter, More Powerful, Cheaper. 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