Applied research at the US DOE supporting the development of next-generation batteries for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs)

摘要

Translational science-R&D moving from the discovery/invention to societally beneficial devices and processes-has become a significantly larger, more manifest component of the Department of Energy’s research portfolio. 'From the lab bench to the plant floor' has become a hallmark of the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, but no more so than for Sustainable Transportation. This talk will provide an overview of the technical aspects of FY2013+ programs in electrochemical energy storage supporting President Obama’s EV-Everywhere Challenge. The initiative, which will brings together the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office, the Office of Science’s Basic Energy Sciences Program, and the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), exists to make electric vehicles affordable. Central to the initiative’s larger mission is realizing the promise of next-generation Li-ion batteries for plug-in vehicles. The programmatic overview will be augmented with recent results addressing the critical performance issues with high voltage, high capacity Li-ion batteries.