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

Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

1996

Ridgway, Paul L., Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Sodium/Phosphorus-Sulfur Cells I. Cell Performance."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 143 (1996) 406-412. DOI

Ridgway, Paul L., Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Sodium/Phosphorus-Sulfur Cells II. Phase Equilibria."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 143 (1996) 412-417. DOI

Taucher, Waltraud, Thomas C. Adler, Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Development of lightweight nickel electrodes for zinc/nickel oxide cells."Journal of Power Sources 58.1 (1996) 93-97. DOI

Ridgway, Paul L., Frank R. McLarnon, and John S. Newman."Sodium/Phosphorus-Sulfur Cells II. Phase Equilibria."Journal of the Electrochemistry Society 143.2 (1996) 412-417.

1995

Striebel, Kathryn A., Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Steady-state model for an oxygen fuel cell electrode with an aqueous carbonate electrolyte."Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 34 (1995) 3632-3639. DOI

Striebel, Kathryn A., Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Steady-state model for an oxygen fuel cell electrode with an aqueous carbonate electrolyte."Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 34.10 (1995) 3632-3639. DOI

Brisard, Gessie M., James D. Rudnicki, Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Application of probe beam deflection to study the electrooxidation of copper in alkaline media."Electrochimica Acta 40.7 (1995) 859-865. DOI

Rauhe, , Bruce R., Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Direct anodic oxidation of methanol on supported platinum/ruthenium catalyst in aqueous cesium carbonate."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 142 (1995) 1073-1084. DOI

1994

Dorda, , Andreas A., Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."The effect of zinc ions on the platinum electrode in alkaline solutions."Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 364 (1994) 71-77. DOI

Striebel, Kathryn A., Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Laboratory-scale evaluation of secondary alkaline zinc batteries for electric vehicles."Journal of Power Sources 47 (1994) 1-11. DOI

1993

Rudnicki, James D., Gessie M. Brisard, Hubert A. Gasteiger, Richard E. Russo, Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Effect of the supporting electrolyte and beam diameter on probe beam deflection experiments."Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 362.1-2 (1993) 55-69. DOI

Lessner, Philip M., Frank R. McLarnon, Jack Winnick, and Elton J. Cairns."The Dependence of Aqueous Sulfur-Polysulfide Redox Potential on Electrolyte Composition and Temperature."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 140 (1993) 1847-1849. DOI

1992

Chen, Jenn-Shing, Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Investigation of low-zinc-solubility electrodes and electrolytes in zinc/silver oxide cells."Journal of Power Sources 39 (1992) 333-348. DOI

1991

Weaver, , Jeffrey K., Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Experimental and Theoretical Study of Concentration Distributions in a Model Pore Electrode I. Measurement of Two-Dimensional Concentration Gradients in a Zinc Model Pore."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 138 (1991) 2572-2579. DOI

Haas, Otto, James D. Rudnicki, Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Mechanistic investigations of redox polymer-coated electrodes using probe-beam deflection and cyclic voltammetry."Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 87.7 (1991) 939-945. DOI

1990

Striebel, Kathryn A., Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Fuel Cell Cathode Studies in Aqueous K₂CO₃ and KOH."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 137 (1990) 3360-3367. DOI

Striebel, Kathryn A., Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Oxygen Reduction on Pt in Aqueous K₂CO₃ and KOH."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 137 (1990) 3351-3359. DOI

Isaacson, , Mark J., Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Zinc Electrode Rest Potentials in Concentrated KOH-K₂Zn(OH)₄ Electrolytes."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 137 (1990) 2361-2364. DOI

Isaacson, , Mark J., Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Current Density and ZnO Precipitation-Dissolution Distributions in Zn-ZnO Porous Electrodes and Their Effect on Material Redistribution: A Two-Dimensional Mathematical Model."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 137 (1990) 2014-2021. DOI

1989

McLarnon, Frank R., and Elton J. Cairns."Energy Storage."Annual Review of Energy 14 (1989) 241-271. DOI

1987

Lessner, Philip M., Frank R. McLarnon, Jack Winnick, and Elton J. Cairns."Kinetics of Aqueous Polysulfide Solutions Part III. Investigation of Homogeneous and Electrode Kinetics by the Rotating Disk Method."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 134 (1987) 2669-2677. DOI

Russo, Richard E., Frank R. McLarnon, Jonathan D. Spear, and Elton J. Cairns."Probe beam deflection for In situ measurements of concentration and spectroscopic behavior during copper oxidization and reduction."J.Electrochem.Soc. 134 (1987) 2783.

1986

Lessner, Philip M., Jack Winnick, Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Kinetics of Aqueous Polysulfide Solutions I. Theory of Coupled Electrochemical and Chemical Reactions, Response to a Potential Step."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 133 (1986) 2510-2516. DOI

1985

Nichols, James T., Frank R. McLarnon, and Elton J. Cairns."Zinc electrode cycle-life performance in alkaline electrolytes having reduced zinc species solubility."Chemical Engineering Communications 37.1-6 (1985) 355-379. DOI

1983

Katz, Marc H., James T. Nichols, Frank R. McLarnon, Elton J. Cairns, and Marc H. Katz."Computer-controlled multiple-channel system for electrochemical experiments."Journal of Power Sources 10 (1983) 149-165. DOI