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)

2012

Sethuraman, Vijay A., Venkat Srinivasan, and John S. Newman."Analysis of electrochemical lithiation and delithiation kinetics in silicon."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 160.2 (2012) A394-A403. DOI

2010

Delacourt, Charles, Paul L. Ridgway, and John S. Newman."Mathematical Modeling of CO₂ Reduction to CO in Aqueous Electrolytes."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 157.12 (2010) B1902. DOI

Delacourt, Charles, and John S. Newman."Mathematical Modeling of CO₂ Reduction to CO in Aqueous Electrolytes, II Study of an Electrolysis Cell Making Synagas (CO + H₂) from CO₂ and H₂O Reduction at Room Temperature."Electrochemical Society 157 (2010) B1911-B1926.

2009

Weber, Adam Z., and John S. Newman."Using a Quasi-Potential Transformation for Modeling Diffusion Media in Polymer-Electrolyte Fuel Cells."SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 70.2 (2009) 488 - 509. DOI

Albertus, Paul, John Christensen, and John S. Newman."Experiment on a Modeling of Positive Electrodes with Multiple Active Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries."Electrochemical Society 156 (2009) A606.

2008

Albertus, Paul, Jeremy Couts, Venkat Srinivasan, and John S. Newman."A Combined Model for Determining Capacity Usage and Battery Size for Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles."Journal of Power Sources 183.2 (2008) 771-782. DOI

Albertus, Paul, Jeremy Couts, Venkat Srinivasan, and John S. Newman."II. A combined model for determining capacity usage and battery size for hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles."Journal of Power Sources 183.2 (2008) 771-782. DOI

Delacourt, Charles, and John S. Newman."Mathematical Modeling of a Cation-Exchange Membrane Containing Two Cations."Electrochemical Society 155 (2008) B1210-B2328. DOI

Stewart, Sarah G., Venkat Srinivasan, and John S. Newman."Modeling the performance of lithium-ion batteries and capacitors during hybrid-electric-vehicle operation."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 155.9 (2008) A664-A671. DOI

Stewart, Sarah G., Paul Albertus, Venkat Srinivasan, Irene Plitz, Nathalie Pereira, Glenn G. Amatucci, and John S. Newman."Optimizing the performance of lithium titanate spinel paired with activated carbon or iron phosphate."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 155.3 (2008) A253-A261. DOI

Delacourt, Charles, Paul L. Ridgway, John B. Kerr, and John S. Newman."Design of an Electrochemical Cell Making Syngas (CO + H₂) from CO₂ and H₂O Reduction at Room Temperature."Journal of Electrochemical Society 155 (2008) B42-B49. DOI

Albertus, Paul, John Christensen, and John S. Newman."Modeling Side Reactions and Nonisothermal Effects in Nickel Metal-Hydride Batteries."Electrochemical Society 155 (2008) A48-A60.

Stewart, Sarah G., and John S. Newman."The Use of UV/vis Absorption to Measure Diffusion Coefficients in LiPF₆ Electrolytic Solutions."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 155.1 (2008) F13-F16. DOI

2007

Salminen, Justin, Nicolas Papaiconomou, R. Anand Kumar, Jong-Min Lee, John B. Kerr, John S. Newman, and John M. Prausnitz."Physicochemical properties and toxicities of hydrophobic piperidinium and pyrrolidinium ionic liquids."Fluid Phase Equilibria 261.1-2 (2007) 421-426. DOI

2006

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

Weber, Adam Z., and John S. Newman."Coupled Thermal and Water Management in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 153.12 (2006) A2205-A2214. 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

Christensen, John, and John S. Newman."A Mathematical Model of Stress Generation and Fracture in Lithium Manganese Oxide."Electrochemical Society 153 (2006) A1019.

2005

Chen, Guoying, Karen E. Thomas-Alyea, John S. Newman, and Thomas J. Richardson."Characterization of an electroactive polymer for overcharge protection in secondary lithium batteries."Electrochimica Acta 50.24 (2005) 4666-4673. DOI

Striebel, Kathryn A., Joongpyo Shim, Venkat Srinivasan, and John S. Newman."Comparison of LiFePO₄ from different sources."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 152.4 (2005) A664-A670. DOI

Christensen, John, and John S. Newman."Cyclabel Lithium and Capacity Loss in Li-Ion Cells."The Electrochemical Society 152 (2005) A818-A829.

Monroe, Charles, and John S. Newman."The Impact of Elastic Deformation on Deposition Kinetics at Lithium /Polymer Interfaces."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 152.2 (2005) A369-A404. DOI

2004

Srinivasan, Venkat, and John S. Newman."Design and optimization of a natural graphite/iron phosphate lithium-ion cell."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 151.10 (2004) A1530-A1538. DOI

Srinivasan, Venkat, and John S. Newman."Discharge model for the lithium iron-phosphate electrode."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 151.10 (2004) A1517-A1529. DOI

Thomas-Alyea, Karen E., John S. Newman, Guoying Chen, and Thomas J. Richardson."Modeling the behavior of electroactive polymers for overcharge protection of lithium batteries."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 151.4 (2004) A509-A521. DOI