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

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2019

Thomas, , Edward V., Ira Bloom, Jon P. Christophersen, David C. Robertson, Lee K. Walker, Chinh D. Ho, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Modeling memoryless degradation under variable stress."Journal of Quality Technology 51.3 (2019) 284 - 299. DOI

2012

Thomas, Edward V., Ira Bloom, Jon P. Christophersen, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Rate-based degradation modeling of lithium-ion cells."Journal of Power Sources 206 (2012) 378-382. DOI

2008

Thomas, Edward V., Ira Bloom, Jon P. Christophersen, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Statistical methodology for predicting the life of lithium-ion cells via accelerated degradation testing."Journal of Power Sources 184.1 (2008) 312-317. DOI

2006

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).

2005

Bloom, Ira, Andrew N. Jansen, Daniel P. Abraham, Jamie Knuth, Scott A. Jones, Vincent S. Battaglia, and Gary L. Henriksen."Differential voltage analyses of high-power, lithium-ion cells: 1. Technique and application."Journal of power sources 139.1 (2005) 295-303. DOI

2003

Bloom, Ira, Scott A. Jones, Vincent S. Battaglia, Gary L. Henriksen, Jon P. Christophersen, Randy B. Wright, Chinh D. Ho, Jeffrey R. Belt, and Chester G. Motloch."Effect of cathode composition on capacity fade, impedance rise and power fade in high-power, lithium-ion cells."Journal of power sources 124.2 (2003) 538-550. DOI

2002

Bloom, Ira, Scott A. Jones, Edward G. Polzin, Vincent S. Battaglia, Gary L. Henriksen, Chester G. Motloch, Randy B. Wright, Rudolph G. Jungst, Herbert L. Case, and Daniel H. Doughty."Mechanisms of impedance rise in high-power, lithium-ion cells."Journal of power sources 111.1 (2002) 152-159. DOI

Ben Wright, Wright, Randy Ben, Chester G. Motloch, Jeffrey R. Belt, Jon P. Christophersen, Chinh D. Ho, Roger A. Richardson, Ira Bloom, Scott A. Jones, Vincent S. Battaglia, Gary L. Henriksen, Terry Unkelhaeuser, David Ingersoll, Herbert L. Case, Susan A. Rogers, and Raymond A. Sutula."Calendar-and cycle-life studies of advanced technology development program generation 1 lithium-ion batteries."Journal of power sources 110.2 (2002) 445-470. DOI

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