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)

2004

Christensen, John, and John S. Newman."A Mathematical Model for the Lithium-Ion Negative Electrode Solid Electrolyte Interphase."Electrochemical Society 151 (2004) A1977.

2003

Newman, John S., and Charles Monroe."Dendrite Growth in Lithium/Polymer Systems."Electrochemical Society 150 (2003) 1377.

2001

Srinivasan, Venkat, John W. Weidner, and John S. Newman."Hysteresis During Cycling of Nickel Hydroxide Active Material."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 148.9 (2001) A969-A980. DOI

2000

Thomas, Karen E., Steven E. Sloop, John B. Kerr, and John S. Newman."Comparison of lithium-polymer cell performance with unity and nonunity transference numbers."Journal of Power Sources 89.2 (2000) 132-138. DOI

Gates, Craig M., and John S. Newman."Equilibrium and Diffusion of Methanol and Water in a Nafion 117 Membrane."AIChE Journal 46.10 (2000) 2076-2085. DOI

1998

Perry, Michael L., John S. Newman, and Elton J. Cairns."Mass Transport in Gas-Diffusion Electrodes: A Diagnostic Tool for Fuel-Cell Cathodes."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 145 (1998) 5-15. DOI

1996

Ridgway, Paul L., Frank R. McLarnon, and John S. Newman."Sodium/Phosphorus-Sulfur Cells I. Cell Performance."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 143.2 (1996) 406-411. 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

Ma, Yanping, Marc Doyle, Thomas F. Fuller, Marca M. Doeff, Lutgard C. De Jonghe, and John S. Newman."The measurement of a complete set of transport properties for a concentrated solid polymer electrolyte solution."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 142 (1995) 1859-1868. DOI

Battaglia, Vincent S., and John S. Newman."Modeling of a growing oxide film: The iron/iron oxide system."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 142.5 (1995) 1423-1430. DOI

1994

Battaglia, Vincent S., and John S. Newman."Magnetic Field Effects in High-Power Batteries I. The Penetration of an Electric Field into a Cylindrical Conductor."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 141 (1994) 703-708. DOI

Battaglia, Vincent S., and John S. Newman."Magnetic Field Effects in High-Power Batteries II. Time Constant of a Radial Circuit Terminated by a Cylindrical Cell with Inductance."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 141 (1994) 708-713. DOI