Advanced Battery Facility
The Advanced Battery Facility was built to bridge the gap between fundamental battery research and commercial-scale battery development. The facility provides an ideal system for exploring a broad range of chemistries and materials.
Planar High Density Sodium Battery
A method of making a molten sodium battery is disclosed. A first metallic interconnect frame having a first interconnect vent hole is provided. A second metallic interconnect frame having a second interconnect vent hole is also provided. An electrolyte plate having a cathode vent hole and an anode vent hole is interposed between the metallic interconnect frames. The metallic interconnect frames and the electrolyte plate are sealed thereby forming gaseous communication between an anode chamber through the anode vent hole and gaseous communication between a cathode chamber through the cathode vent hole.
Discovery Opens Doors for Cheaper and Quicker Battery Manufacturing
Researchers discovered a new way to more efficiently and affordably create nickel-rich battery materials.
Machine Learning Provides Chemistry of Uranium Insight for Advanced Reactors
PNNL researchers use chemometric analysis to model chemistry in molten salt.
The kWh Battery Challenge for Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage
This seminar series is organized and sponsored by Battery500 Consortium, a multi-institute program supported by the Department of Energy to accelerate development and manufacturing of next-generation batteries for electrical vehicles.
Mini Flow Battery Speeds Energy Storage Research
Mini flow cell battery provides the first step toward an AI-driven, robotic energy storage discovery laboratory.
ETHER-BASED ELECTROLYTE FOR NA-ION BATTERY ANODE
A sodium-ion battery that includes an anode comprising hard carbon and lithium; and an electrolyte composition comprising an ether solvent and a sodium salt.
New Model Accelerates Battery Development
EZBattery Model allows energy storage researchers to more quickly and easily identify the best performing battery designs without the need for extensive physical prototyping or computationally expensive simulations.
PNNL Invention Reduces Risk of Battery Explosions
A simple sensor system developed at PNNL can prevent dangerous battery fires.
A New Twist on Rechargeable Battery Performance
Rechargeable battery performance could be improved by a new understanding of how batteries work at the molecular level. Researchers at PNNL upend what's known about how rechargeable batteries function.