CEI Research Highlights: January 2018
Research updates from the labs of Profs. Daniel Kirschen, Karl Böhringer, Charles T. Campbell, and Xiaodong Xu. Topics include energy storage planning and markets, self-cleaning solar panels, modeling chemical potential in nanoparticles, and the optoelectronic properties of 2-dimensional magnets. ...
A new battery for grid-scale energy storage
Dr. Mengyu Yan, Dr. Shanyu Wang, and Professor Jihui Yang have published breakthrough research on the mechanics of a zinc-ion, aqueous-electrolyte battery. Zinc-based models have the potential to be ideal for grid-scale energy storage, due to their high-performance, low-cost, safe, and environmentally-friendly characteristics. ...
Helping Puerto Rico & Reusing Bus Batteries: The New York Times on CEI
December 11, 2017: The New York Times features chemical engineering professor Lilo Pozzo, chemical engineering Ph.D. student Matt Murbach, and CEI director Dan Schwartz in an article published this week about clean energy innovation in Washington and California. ...
