Liquid Organic Battery Development: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-14-540

Shriram Santhanagopalan

Research output: NRELTechnical Report

Abstract

Battery electric vehicles (BEV) have the potential to significantly reduce consumption of gasoline and emission of greenhouse gases. However, the commercial success of mass-market, long-range BEVs requires battery technology with a challenging combination of technical metrics -- specific energy, safety, fast recharge capability, cycle life, and cost. The NREL team proposes a robust, liquid-phase battery design utilizing a high-energy organic redox couple capable of decoupling these metrics via electrode exchange to provide the necessary combination of performance characteristics. The overall objective of this project is to demonstrate a functioning prototype and determine its ability to meet RANGE performance targets in large-scale production. Three main tasks described below will work towards this goal with the individual objectives of (1) identifying a robust, high-performance redox couple-solvent-additive combination, (2) designing and demonstrating a functional cell, and (3) analyzing the concept's potential performance and cost in future mass-production scenarios.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/TP-5400-66742

Keywords

  • battery electric vehicles
  • BEV
  • CRADA
  • liquid-phase battery design

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