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)

2014

Cho, Kyu-Taek, Michael C. Tucker, Markus Ding, Paul L. Ridgway, Vincent S. Battaglia, Venkat Srinivasan, and Adam Z. Weber."Cyclic Performance Analysis of Hydrogen/Bromine Flow Batteries for Grid-Scale Energy Storage."ChemPlusChem 80.2 (2014) 402 - 411. DOI

Delacourt, Charles, Paul L. Ridgway, Venkat Srinivasan, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Measurements and Simulations of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy of a Three-Electrode Coin Cell Design for Li-Ion Cell Testing."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 161.9 (2014) A1253 - A1260. DOI

2012

Cho, Kyu-Taek, Paul L. Ridgway, Adam Z. Weber, Sophia Haussener, Vincent S. Battaglia, and Venkat Srinivasan."High performance hydrogen/bromine redox flow battery for grid-scale energy storage."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 159.11 (2012) A1806-A1815. DOI

Ridgway, Paul L., Honghe Zheng, Abner F. Bello, Xiangyun Song, Shidi Xun, Jin Chong, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Comparison of cycling performance of lithium ion cell anode graphites."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 159.5 (2012) A520-A524. 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

Ridgway, Paul L., Honghe Zheng, Abner F. Bello, Xiangyun Song, Shidi Xun, Jin Chong, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Comparison of Cycling Performance of Lithium Ion Cell Anode Graphites."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 159.5 (2012) A520. DOI

2011

Chong, Jin, Shidi Xun, Honghe Zheng, Xiangyun Song, Gao Liu, Paul L. Ridgway, Ji Q. Wang, and Vincent S. Battaglia."A comparative study of polyacrylic acid and poly (vinylidene difluoride) binders for spherical natural graphite/LiFePO₄ electrodes and cells."Journal of Power Sources 196.18 (2011) 7707-7714. DOI

2010

Zheng, Honghe, Gao Liu, Xiangyun Song, Paul L. Ridgway, Shidi Xun, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Cathode performance as a function of inactive material and void fractions."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 157.10 (2010) A1060-A1066. DOI

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

Zheng, Honghe, Gao Liu, Xiangyun Song, Paul L. Ridgway, Shidi Xun, and Vincent S. Battaglia."An Optimization of Electrode Energy and Power Density through of Variations in Inactive Material and Electrode Porosity."J. Elec. Chem (2010).

2009

Ridgway, Paul L., Honghe Zheng, Xiangyun Song, Gao Liu, Philip N. Ross, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Effect of Vinylene Carbonate on Graphite Anode Cycling Efficiency."Electrochemical Society 19.25 (2009) 51-57. DOI

2008

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

Ridgway, Paul L., Honghe Zheng, Xiangyun Song, Abdelbast Guerfi, Patrick Charest, Karim Zaghib, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Performance of Lithium Ion Cell Anode Graphites Under Various Cycling Conditions."ECS Trans. 13 (2008).

2005

Lafond, Emmanuel, Ted Jackson, Gary Baum, Xinya Zhang, Paul L. Ridgway, and Richard E. Russo."Laser Ultrasonics at 20 m/s in the production environment and on a budget: from dream to reality."IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, 2005.IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, 2005. 2 (2005) 1003 - 1006. DOI

2003

Ridgway, Paul L., Richard E. Russo, Emmanuel Lafond, Ted Jackson, and Charles Habeger."A Laser Ultrasonic System for On-Line Measurement of Elastic Properties of Paper."Journal of Pulp and Paper Science 29.9 (2003) 289-293.

1999

Ridgway, Paul L., Arlon J. Hunt, Mary S. Quinby-Hunt, and Richard E. Russo."Laser ultrasonics on moving paper."Ultrasonics 37 (1999) 395-403.

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 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

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.