Energy Storage

Tremendous amounts of hydrogen and methane can be stored in nanoscopic pores.

With the growing population of plug-in electric vehicles (EVs), the charging infrastructure industry is also progressing quickly to meet the ever-increasing demand for recharging the EV batteries.

This premium article is a drill down from the recent premium article, "Outlook for Graphene's Role in Supercapacitors". That looked at the science and the players. Here we survey historical research achievements and in particularly present our new survey appraising recent research papers on the subject and particularly research progress and trends in 2019-20.

While Li-ion batteries have totally conquered the electric-vehicle industry, and currently dominating the energy storage sector as well, the redox flow batteries are silently (but not too much) taking their share of the stationary energy storage market.

The pan-European arrangement will see SNAM collect and recycle batteries from Honda's increasing number of hybrid and electric vehicles and either potentially prepare them for 'second-life' renewable energy storage uses or extract valuable materials for recycling if they are not suitable for that purpose.

From a commercial point of view, this article appraises the latest research in active materials for supercapacitors SC and their derivatives. Opportunities include; graphene, CNT, MOF, CNF, ionic electrolytes, structural, flexible, wearable.

Lithium batteries hold a lot of promise for the future of many applications, including electric vehicles, but tend to be prohibitively expensive. A research team has developed a new electrode material to make lithium batteries not only cheaper, but longer lasting with higher energy density.

Volterion is a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute of Oberhausen in Germany. The company has developed a novel weldable, innovative, flexible bipolar graphite electrodes that result in compact, and lightweight electrode stacks.

MaterialsZone are a platform technology for connected research data. IDTechEx interviewed their Co-founder and CTO Barak Sela.

IDTechEx forecasts exponential growth to a huge $350 billion in 2040 for clean microgrids. It will be driven by legislation, cost, increasing problems with national grids and many new applications. Electrifying mines to farms and transport helps too.

IDTechEx interviewed CEO of Intellegens, Ben Pellegrini. The work of Intellegens was outlined in a full profile from January 2019. The company has progressed until March 2020, most notably with projects and upcoming product launches.

The proprietary products can perform a wide variety of in front of the meter, behind the meter, and microgrid applications and are designed to be flexible so that as priorities shift, the battery applications can be adapted to meet the needs of future use cases.

Even before the Covid-19 crises, battery supply was apparently struggling to meet demand. How will the industry cope with the expected growth in demand over the next 10 years? This premium article outlines where suggestions of battery shortages come from, puts some numbers behind why this might be the case and outlines the impact growing raw material demand may have.

Researchers have developed a new method to make ceramic-based flexible electrolyte sheets for lithium metal batteries.

Sonnen is a home battery maker with an international presence and a market leader in Europe. It has an innovative virtual power plant business model.

As demands for lighter and smaller wearable devices and high functional IoT gadgets rise, there is a growing need for new technologies for power collection, storage, management.

KEYOU are a high-tech startup developing technology to transform conventional ICE engine platforms to hydrogen combustion, creating a zero on-road CO2 emission powertrain. Robin Zalwert (Business Development Manager) spoke with technology analyst Dr David Wyatt

With compact dimensions, the flexible quick charging station can be installed almost anywhere it's needed or where a charging infrastructure is not yet in place. When connected to the low voltage grid, the station becomes a permanent charging point without the additional cost and effort required for a comparable fixed quick charging station.

Scientists have developed a new battery that could solve the electricity storage problem constraining widespread use of renewable energy.

Currently, Li-ion batteries based on liquid electrolytes are mainly used for batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage devices. However, as battery safety issues have recently been raised several times, various concerns about the use of existing batteries using flammable liquid electrolytes have increased.