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

Zheng, Ziyan, Zhihui Wang, Xiangyun Song, Shidi Xun, Vincent S Battaglia, and Gao Liu."Biomimetic Nanostructuring of Copper Thin Films Enhances Adhesion to the Negative Electrode Laminate in Lithium-Ion Batteries."ChemSusChem 7 (2014) 2853-2858. DOI

Chong, Jin, Shidi Xun, Jingping Zhang, Xiangyun Song, Haiming Xie, Vincent S Battaglia, and Rongshun Wang."Li₃PO₄-Coated LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄: A Stable High-Voltage Cathode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries."Chemistry - A European Journal 20.24 (2014) 7479-7485. DOI

2013

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

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

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

2012

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

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

Ji, Liwen, Honghe Zheng, Ariel Ismach, Zhongkui Tan, Shidi Xun, Eric Lin, Vincent S Battaglia, Venkat Srinivasan, and Yuegang Zhang."Graphene/Si multilayer structure anodes for advanced half and full lithium-ion cells."Nano Energy 1.1 (2012) 164-171. DOI

2011

Xun, Shidi, Xiangyun Song, Linwang Wang, Michael E Grass, Zhi Liu, Vincent S Battaglia, and Gao Liu."The Effects of Native Oxide Surface Layer on the Electrochemical Performance of Si Nanoparticle-Based Electrodes."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 158 (2011) A1260-A1266. DOI

Liu, Gao, Shidi Xun, Nenad Vukmirovic, Xiangyun Song, Paul Olalde-Velasco, Honghe Zheng, Vincent S Battaglia, Linwang Wang, and Wanli Yang."Polymers with tailored electronic structure for high capacity lithium battery electrodes."Advanced Materials 23.40 (2011) 4679-4683. DOI

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

Xiao, Jie, Xiaojian Wang, Xiao-Qing Yang, Shidi Xun, Gao Liu, Phillip K Koech, Jun Liu, and John P Lemmon."Electrochemically Induced High Capacity Displacement Reaction of PEO/MoS₂/Graphene Nanocomposites with Lithium."Advanced Functional Materials 21 (2011) 2840-2846. DOI

Ji, Liwen, Zhongkui Tan, Tevye R Kuykendall, Shaul Aloni, Shidi Xun, Eric Lin, Vincent S Battaglia, and Yuegang Zhang."Fe₃O₄ nanoparticle-integrated graphene sheets for high-performance half and full lithium ion cells."Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 13.15 (2011) 7170-7177. DOI

Chong, Jin, Shidi Xun, and Vincent S Battaglia."Insight into Iron Heat-Powder Combustion Products for Thermal Batteries: Core-Shell Structure and Semi-Conductive Properties."Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 14 (2011) A123-A125. DOI

Xun, Shidi, Xiangyun Song, Michael E Grass, Daniel K Roseguo, Zhi Liu, Vincent S Battaglia, and Gao Li."Improved Initial Performance of Si Nanoparticles by Surface Oxide Reduction for Lithium-Ion Battery Application."Electrochemical Solid-State Letters 14.5 (2011) A61-A63 . 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

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).