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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.
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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)

2014

Dai, Kehua, Jing Mao, Zitao Li, Yuchun Zhai, Zhihui Wang, Xiangyun Song, Vincent S Battaglia, and Gao Liu."Microsized single-crystal spinel LAMO for high-power lithium ion batteries synthesized via polyvinylpyrrolidone combustion method."Journal of Power Sources 248 (2014) 22-27. DOI

Gu, Meng, Xingcheng Xiao, Gao Liu, Suntharampillai Thevuthasan, Donald R Baer, Ji-Guang Zhang, Jun Liu, Nigel D Browning, and Chongmin Wang."Mesoscale Origin of the Enhanced Cycling-Stability of the Si-Conductive Polymer Anode for Li-ion Batteries."Scientific Reports 4 (2014). DOI

Zhao, Hui, Sang-Jae Park, Feifei Shi, Yanbao Fu, Vincent S Battaglia, Philip N Ross, and Gao Liu."Propylene Carbonate (PC)-Based Electrolytes with High Coulombic Efficiency for Lithium-Ion Batteries."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 161.1 (2014) A194-A200. DOI

2013

Wu, Mingyan, Julian E. C Sabisch, Xiangyun Song, Andrew M Minor, Vincent S Battaglia, and Gao Liu."In Situ Formed Si Nanoparticle Network with Micron-Sized Si Particles for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes."Nano Letters 13 (2013) 5397-5402. DOI

Xia, Ting, Wei Zhang, Wenjing Li, Nathan A Oyler, Gao Liu, and Xiaobo Chen."Hydrogenated surface disorder enhances lithium ion battery performance."Nano Energy 2.5 (2013) 826-835. DOI

Ling, Min, Jingxia Qiu, Sheng Li, Hui Zhao, Gao Liu, and Shanqing Zhang."An environmentally benign LIB fabrication process using a low cost, water soluble and efficient binder."Journal of Materials Chemistry A 1.38 (2013) 11543-11547. DOI

Liu, Xiaosong, Dongdong Wang, Gao Liu, Venkat Srinivasan, Zhi Liu, Zahid Hussain, and Wanli Yang."Distinct charge dynamics in battery electrodes revealed by in situ and operando soft X-ray spectroscopy."Nature communications 4 (2013). DOI

Wu, Mingyan, Xingcheng Xiao, Nenad Vukmirovic, Shidi Xun, Prodip K Das, Xiangyun Song, Paul Olalde-Velasco, Dongdong Wang, Adam Z Weber, Lin-Wang Wang, Vincent S Battaglia, Wanli Yang, and Gao Liu."Toward an Ideal Polymer Binder Design for High-Capacity Battery Anodes."J Am Chem Soc 135.32 (2013) 12048-56. DOI

Xun, Shidi, Bin Xiang, Andrew M Minor, Vincent S Battaglia, and Gao Liu."Conductive Polymer and Silicon Composite Secondary Particles for a High Area-Loading Negative Electrode."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 160.9 (2013) A1380-A1383. DOI

Wang, Lei, Yanbao Fu, Vincent S Battaglia, and Gao Liu."SBR–PVDF based binder for the application of SLMP in graphite anodes."RSC Advances 3.35 (2013) 15022-15027. DOI

Chong, Jin, Shidi Xun, Xiangyun Song, Gao Liu, and Vincent S Battaglia."Surface stabilized LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄ cathode materials with high-rate capability and long cycle life for lithium ion batteries."Nano energy 2.2 (2013) 283-293. DOI

Huang, Jijun, Elena Ten, Gao Liu, Matthew Finzen, Wenli Yu, Janice S Lee, Eduardo Saiz, and Antoni P Tomsia."Biocomposites of pHEMA with HA/β-TCP (60/40) for bone tissue engineering: Swelling, hydrolytic degradation, and in vitro behavior."Polymer 54.3 (2013) 1197-1207. DOI

Huang, Jijun, Dacheng Zhao, Smit J Dangaria, Xianghong Luan, Thomas G.H Diekwisch, Guoqing Jiang, Eduardo Saiz, Gao Liu, and Antoni P Tomsia."Combinatorial design of hydrolytically degradable, bone-like biocomposites based on PHEMA and hydroxyapatite."Polymer 54.2 (2013) 909-919. DOI

Xun, Shidi, Xiangyun Song, Vincent S Battaglia, and Gao Liu."Conductive Polymer Binder-Enabled Cycling of Pure Tin Nanoparticle Composite Anode Electrodes for a Lithium-Ion Battery."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 160.6 (2013) A849 - A855. DOI

Xiang, Bin, Lei Wang, Gao Liu, and Andrew M Minor."Electromechanical Probing of Li/Li₂CO₃ Core/Shell Particles in a TEM."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 160.3 (2013) A415-A419. DOI

2012

Zheng, Honghe, Li Zhang, Gao Liu, Xiangyun Song, and Vincent S Battaglia."Correlationship between electrode mechanics and long-term cycling performance for graphite anode in lithium ion cells."Journal of Power Sources 217 (2012) 530-537. DOI

Zuo, Xiang, Xiao-Min Liu, Feng Cai, Hui Yang, Xiao-Dong Shen, and Gao Liu."A novel all-solid electrolyte based on a co-polymer of poly-(methoxy/hexadecal-poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) for lithium-ion cell."Journal of Materials Chemistry 22.41 (2012) 22265-22271. DOI

Liu, Xiaosong, Jun Liu, Ruimin Qiao, Yan Yu, Hong Li, Liumin Suo, Yong-sheng Hu, Yi- De Chuang, Guojiun Shu, Fangcheng Chou, Tsu-Chien Weng, Dennis Nordlund, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Yung J Wang, Hsin Lin, Bernardo Barbiellini, Arun Bansil, Xiangyun Song, Zhi Liu, Shishen Yan, Gao Liu, Shan Qjao, Thomas J Richardson, David G Prendergast, Zahid Hussain, Frank M.F de Groot, and Wanli Yang."Phase Transformation and Lithiation Effect on Electronic Structure of Li_xFePO₄: An In-Depth Study by Soft X-ray and Simulations."Journal of the American Chemical Society 134.33 (2012) 13708-13715. DOI

Zheng, Honghe, Jing Li, Xiangyun Song, Gao Liu, and Vincent S Battaglia."A comprehensive understanding of electrode thickness effects on the electrochemical performances of Li-ion battery cathodes."Electrochimica Acta 71 (2012) 258-265. DOI

Zheng, Honghe, Li Tan, Gao Liu, Xiangyun Song, and Vincent S Battaglia."Calendering effects on the physical and electrochemical properties of Li[Ni_1/3Mn_1/3Co_1/3]O₂ cathode."Journal of Power Sources 208 (2012) 52-57. DOI

Zheng, Honghe, Qingna Sun, Gao Liu, Xiangyun Song, and Vincent S Battaglia."Correlation between dissolution behavior and electrochemical cycling performance for LiNi_1/3Co_1/3Mn_1/3O₂-based cells."Journal of Power Sources 207 (2012) 134-140. DOI

Zheng, Honghe, Qunting Qu, Li Zhang, Gao Liu, and Vincent S Battaglia."Hard carbon: a promising lithium-ion battery anode for high temperature applications with ionic electrolyte."Rsc Advances 2.11 (2012) 4904-4912. DOI

Xun, Shidi, Jin Chong, Xiangyun Song, Gao Liu, and Vincent S Battaglia."Li₄P₂O₇ modified high performance Li₃V₂(PO₄)₃ cathode material."Journal of Materials Chemistry 22.31 (2012) 15775-15781. DOI

Huang, Jijun, Gao Liu, Chengyu Song, Eduardo Saiz, and Antoni P Tomsia."Role of Molecular Chemistry of Degradable pHEMA Hydrogels in Three-Dimensional Biomimetic Mineralization."Chemistry of Materials 24.7 (2012) 1331-1337. DOI

Chong, Jin, Shidi Xun, Xiangyun Song, Paul L Ridgway, Gao Liu, and Vincent S Battaglia."Towards the understanding of coatings on rate performance of LiFePO₄."Journal of Power Sources 200 (2012) 67-76. DOI