ADVANCED BATTERY DEVELOPMENT IN THE U.S.

Batteries for load-leveling and electric-vehicle applications are under development in the United States. The most difficult requirements for these applications are long cycle life, high power density, and low cost. Steady progress is being made in developing advanced batteries. The US Department of Energy is sponsoring development of sodium-sulfur, zinc-bromine, zinc-chloride, and aluminum-air batteries. Exploratory research is being conducted on a variety of cell systems, such as lithium-metal sulfide, alkali metal-sulfur, glass electrolyte, and low-temperature organic electrolyte. This paper reviews the US government effort in the development of advanced batteries and dicusses some of the key systems.

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  Argonne National Laboratory

  9700 South Cass Avenue
  Argonne, IL  United States  60439
• Authors:
  • Shimotake, H
  • Nelson, P A
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Pagination: 17 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Development; Electric batteries; Electric vehicles; Lithium; Research; Sodium; Zinc
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Research and development
• Old TRIS Terms: Low costs
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Public Transportation; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I35: Miscellaneous Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390672
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-8403116-1
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM