Energy Technologies Area

Research Themes +
Energy Technologies Area (ETA) researchers are continually building on the strong scientific foundation we have developed over the past 50 years. We address the world’s most pressing climate challenges by bringing to market energy-efficient innovations across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of developing better batteries for electric vehicles; improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-interactive, efficient buildings; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide for renewable technologies like wind and solar.
Strategic Initiatives +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) Strategic Plan is the guiding force for our research and development for the next ten years. It clearly charts a path toward clean-energy solutions and focuses on five detailed Strategic Initiatives. The Plan provides an in-depth look at how ETA is accelerating research to provide affordable, clean energy to all while accomplishing deep, economy-wide decarbonization, looking to avoid a rise in global average temperature while simultaneously developing solutions to increase humanity's resilience to extreme weather volatility.
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About Us +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) is unique in translating fundamental scientific discoveries into scalable technology adoption. Our approach combines an understanding of the marketplace and the role of state and federal regulation and policies. ETA's research drives real-world, practical results that affect and improve the everyday lives of Americans and those across the globe. Saving energy and battling the Climate Crisis are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by technoeconomic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

Publications by Research Area

Buildings

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Energy Storage

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Transportation

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

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2007

Deb, Aniruddha, Uwe Bergmann, Stephen P Cramer, and Elton J Cairns."In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopic study of Li_1.05Ni_0.35Co_0.25Mn_0.4O₂ cathode material coated with LiCoO₂."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 154 (2007) A534-A541. DOI

Park, Yong Joon, and Marca M Doeff."Effect of structure on the storage characteristics of manganese oxide electrode materials."Journal of power sources 165 (2007) 573-580. DOI

Wilcox, James D, Marca M Doeff, Marek Marcinek, and Robert Kostecki."Factors influencing the quality of carbon coatings on LiFePO₄."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 154.5 (2007) A389-A395. DOI

Nakahara, Kentaro, Jiro Iriyama, Shigeyuki Iwasa, Masahiro Suguro, Masaharu Satoh, and Elton J Cairns."Al-laminated film packaged organic radical battery for high-power applications."Journal of Power Sources 163.2 (2007) 1110-1113. DOI

Choi, Sung Won, Jeong Rae Kim, Young Rack Ahn, Seong Mu Jo, and Elton J Cairns."Characterization of electrospun PVDF fiber-based polymer electrolytes."Chemistry of Materials 19 (2007) 104-115. DOI

Liu, Gao, Honghe Zheng, Vincent S Battaglia, Amanda S Simens, Andrew M Minor, and Xiangyun Song."Optimization of Acetylene Black Conductive Additive and Polyvinylidene Difluoride Composition for High Power Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Cells."ECS Transactions 6.14 (2007) 45-56. DOI

Nakahara, Kentaro, Jiro Iriyama, Shigeyuki Iwasa, Masahiro Suguro, Masaharu Satoh, and Elton J Cairns."Cell properties for modified PTMA cathodes of organic radical batteries."Journal of Power Sources 165 (2007) 398-402.

Nakahara, Kentaro, Jiro Iriyama, Shigeyuki Iwasa, Masahiro Suguro, Masaharu Satoh, and Elton J Cairns."High-rate capable organic radical cathodes for lithium rechargeable batteries."Journal of Power Sources 165 (2007) 870-873. DOI

Braun, Artur, Hongxin Wang, Joongpyo Shim, Steven S Lee, and Elton J Cairns."Lithium K(1s) synchrotron NEXAFS spectra of lithium-ion battery cathode, anode and electrolyte materials."Journal of Power Sources 170 (2007) 173-178.

Gabrisch, Heike, James D Wilcox, and Marca M Doeff."TEM Studies of Carbon Coated LiFePO₄ After Charge Discharge Cycling."ECS Transactions 3.36 (2007) 29-36. DOI

2006

Doeff, Marca M, James D Wilcox, Robert Kostecki, and Grace Y Lau."Optimization of carbon coatings on LiFePO₄."Journal of power sources 163.1 (2006) 180-184. DOI

Christensen, John, Venkat Srinivasan, and John S Newman."Optimization of lithium titanate electrodes for high-power cells."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 153.3 (2006) A560-A565. DOI

Christophersen, Jon P, Ira Bloom, Edward V Thomas, Kevin L Gering, Gary L Henriksen, Vincent S Battaglia, and David Howell."Advanced Technology Development Program for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Gen 2 Performance Evaluation Final Report." (2006).

Kerlau, Marie, and Robert Kostecki."Interfacial impedance study of Li-ion composite cathodes during aging at elevated temperatures."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 153.9 (2006) A1644-A1648. DOI

Gabrisch, Heike, James D Wilcox, and Marca M Doeff."Carbon surface layers on a high-rate LiFePO₄."Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 9 (2006) A360-A363. DOI

Chen, Guoying, Xiangyun Song, and Thomas J Richardson."Electron Microscopy Study of the LiFePO₄ to FePO₄ Phase Transition."Electroanalytical Chemistry 9 (2006) A295-A298. DOI

Lux, Kenneth W, and Elton J Cairns."Lanthanide–Platinum Intermetallic Compounds as Anode Electrocatalysts for Direct Ethanol PEM Fuel Cells I. Synthesis and Characterization of LnPt₂ (Ln= Ce, Pr) Nanopowders."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 153 (2006) A1132-A1138. DOI

Lux, Kenneth W, and Elton J Cairns."Lanthanide–Platinum Intermetallic Compounds as Anode Electrocatalysts for Direct Ethanol PEM Fuel Cells II. Performance of LnPt₂ (Ln= Ce, Pr) Nanopowders in an Operating PEM Fuel Cell."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 153 (2006) A1139-A1147. DOI

Deb, Aniruddha, James M Ralph, Elton J Cairns, and Uwe Bergmann."Characterization of La_0.8Sr_0.2FeO_{3- δ} and La_0.7Sr_0.2FeO_{3- δ} as a function of temperature by x-ray absorption spectroscopy."Physical Review B 73.11 (2006) 1151144. DOI

Park, Yong Joon, and Marca M Doeff."Synthesis and electrochemical characterization of M₂Mn₃O₈ (M= Ca, Cu) compounds and derivatives."Solid State Ionics 177 (2006) 893-900. DOI

Kostecki, Robert, Jinglei Lei, Frank R McLarnon, Joongpyo Shim, and Kathryn A Striebel."Diagnostic evaluation of detrimental phenomena in high-power lithium-ion batteries."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 153.4 (2006) A669-A672. DOI

Srinivasan, Venkat, and John S Newman."Existence of path-dependence in the LiFePO₄ electrode."Electrochemical and solid-state letters 9.3 (2006) A110-A114. DOI

Deb, Aniruddha, Uwe Bergmann, Stephen P Cramer, and Elton J Cairns."Local structure of LiNi_0.5Mn_0.5O₂ cathode material probed by in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy."Journal of Applied Physics 99 (2006). DOI

Son, Jong-Tae, and Elton J Cairns."Preparation and Characterization of Li_1.05[Ni_0.35Co_0.25Mn_0.4]O₂ as a Cathode Material for Rechargeable Lithium Cells."Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 9.1 (2006) A27-A30. DOI

Wilcke, Sam L, Elton J Cairns, and Jeffrey A Reimer."An effective stochastic excitation strategy for finding elusive NMR signals from solids."Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 29 (2006) 199-203.