Lithium Battery Power 2012(10) – December 4 – 5, LasVegas, NV

- Advances in Lithium Ion Battery Technologies for Commercial & Military Applications - >> More

"Energy Storage 2030: A Technology Roadmap" by Kai-Christian Möller, PhD, Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology
For lithium-ion batteries, that are now considered as the key technology for the dissemination of electro mobility, a detailed roadmap will be given that has been developed under guidance of Fraunhofer by experts from industry and academic research within the innovation Alliance Lithium-Ion-Battery LIB2015", supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
The roadmap will classify the expected technological developments such as cell components, resulting cell types and their expected properties for the horizon 2012 ・2030. A chronological ranking of the availability and the properties of materials momentarily under development will be the basis for a road map for the development of effective batteries for the application in electric vehicles in future.Last but not least the chances for competitive technologies such as fuel cells and emerging technologies such as lithium metal batteries and redox-flow batteries will be discussed.

8th Li Battery Power & 3rd Battery Safety 2012

「8th Lithium Battery Power」 & 「3rd Battery Safety 2012」がDecember 4 – 6に LasVegas, NVで開催される。45 presentations があり、over 80 organizations が参加する（現時点で）。
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Participating Organizations to date:　
AIST
Honda R&D Americas
Kobelco Research Inst., Inc.
Tohoku University
Tosoh USA
Toyo Systems
Toyohashi University of Technology

Distinguished Faculty:　Saburo Tanaka, PhD, Toyohashi University of Technology, National University Corporation

Lithium Battery Power 2012(9) – December 4 – 5, LasVegas, NV

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"Global Lithium-Ion Batteries Market" by Vishal Sapru, Frost & Sullivan, Inc.The presentation will focus on the global market size of the lithium-ion batteries covering consumer, industrial and automotive applications.
The presentation will highlight potential opportunities for lithium-ion batteries in renewable applications, utilities among others.
The focus will also be on some of the emerging chemistries that can be a competitor for lithium-ion in the future.
Talk about mega trends and emerging market.
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Battery Safety 2012, December 6-7, 2012
- Advancements in System Design, Integration & Testing for Safety & Reliability -

"Cells' and Battery Safety in High-End Applications" by Frank Puglia, Yardney Technical Products
Yardney batteries are used in multitude of air, land, sea, and space applications and must meet very stringent performance requirements.
Pushing the boundaries of performance of batteries requires concerted efforts dedicated to understanding and implementing battery safety.
The safety-related work at Yardney starts at the fundamental understanding level and extends to cell design improvements as well as the cell pack and battery level developments.
This presentation summarizes the current safety-related advancements at Yardney.

Small fuel cells, some examples in Japan

The DMFC (direct methanol fuel cell) is a typical example of the small fuel cell. Some types of the DMFC have been commercially available worldwide. The volume and energy density of the fuel cell are both much higher than of other battery cells.
The small fuel cells will be used as the power sources in places where no power infrastructure is installed and the power infrastructure installed does not reach, and emergency power sources in disaster cases. Particularly in Japan, much interest has been placed on how to secure electric power sources in emergency situations after the 3.11 earthquake/tsunami disaster and the Fukushima nuclear meltdown. There is a strong demand for the small fuel cells in the market. >> More

Hitachi’s DMFC, advancing toward the next step

Hitachi has revealed two DMFC technologies recently.
One of them concerns improvements of the high polymer electrolytic membrane. The result is that the methanol penetration of the electrolytic membrane is reduced half and the DMFC power generation efficiency is improved 5%.
The other concerns catalyst technologies to be applied to the fuel and air electrodes of the DMFC. Those catalyst technologies are free from platinum. The result is that the DMFC incorporating the technologies is reduced by 45% when compared with those using platinum.
Hitachi and CPI (The Centre for Process Innovation Ltd.) have signed an agreement to industrialize the DMFC in England. In the agreement, Hitachi will develop the DMFC and CPI will carry out the demonstration test of the developed DMFC. Hitachi has a long history to develop the DMFC, since 2001. > More

Lithium Battery Power 2012(8) – December 4 – 5, LasVegas, NV

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"Nanoporous Substrate materials for Rechargeable Li-Air Batteries" by Hua Cheng, PhD, Newcastle University
The rechargeable Li-air battery has a key role to play for the storage of renewable energy and in future electric vehicles.
But it suffers from cycling fading and low rate capability; cathode materials (including substrate) were identifies as one of main responsible sources.
Here we compare several potential cathode substrates with widely used carbon materials based on results from cycling studies and FTIR measurement. Ag and TiC show promising properties.

Battery Safety 2012, December 6-7, 2012- Advancements in System Design, Integration & Testing for Safety & Reliability

"Mechanisms of catastrophic Battery Failure" by Nicholas Willard, University of Maryland
Battery failure can be generalized into two broad categories, slow progressive degradation and immediate catastrophic failure.
To date, most theoretical work has been performed on the former with little work focusing on how to model, predict, or mitigate the onset of catastrophic failure.
This presentation will explain the root cause mechanisms that lead to catastrophic failure and will offer solutions on how to better predict and handle this problem

Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. Announces Shine-On Solar Edition Of Clean Energy Patent Growth Index

* Solar pv at new high in 2011
* General electric leads pv for 2011
* Solar thermal owners remain scattered

ALBANY, NY—Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. is pleased to announce the Shine-On Solar edition of the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI) by the firm’s Cleantech Group.
The Shine On Solar edition of the CEPGI provides an indication of the trends in innovative activity in the Solar energy sector.
Victor Cardona, Co-chair of the firm’s Cleantech Group stated, “Solar patents in 2011 reached levels 60% higher than 2010 and about three times those of 2009.
Solar vastly outperformed the other non-Fuel Cell sectors after hitting a record low in the third quarter of 2008.
Solar PV patents spiked in 2011 to record levels with Second Generation Solar PV patents topping the other generations of PV technology.
General Electric led the other Solar PV patent owners while Solar Thermal patents in 2010 were granted to 28 separate entities all with one patent each.”
The Shine On Solar edition analyzes the Solar sector and illustrates where patents are being granted within the Solar arena. This edition of our Shine On Solar edition analyzes solar energy trends in general with an emphasis on solar patenting trends in 2011.
As depicted below, Solar technology patents in continued to shine- reaching levels nearly three times that of 2009 and vastly outperforming the other non-Fuel Cell sectors after hitting a record low in the third quarter of 2008. >> More

New platinum-ruthenium alloy catalyst, Effectively removes carbon monoxide in hydrogen gas

A new alloy catalyst has been developed. An alloyness of the platinum-ruthenium (Pt-Ru) alloy catalyst (a degree of homogeneous mixture of platinum and ruthenium) is increased to a maximum level. The resultant catalyst is stable and has high catalytic activity. Where a trace of carbon monoxide is contained in the hydrogen gas as the fuel to the ENEFARM (residential PEFC CHP system in Japan), the CHP system is efficiently operable.
Additionally, a process in which the catalyzing function appears and the reason why the catalyst highly efficiently functions have been clearly explained with the aide of the tools, including the XAFC station and others in Photon Factory of High Energy Accelerator Research Organization. >> More

Small hydrogen fuel cell – Unique hydrogen generation sheet

Developed by: ROHM, Aquafairy Corporation, and Kyoto University.
A unique small hydrogen fuel cell (FC) battery has been developed.
The battery is removably coupled with a sheet-like plate as the hydrogen source (see Fig. 1). The uniqueness resides in the use of the sheet-like plate. Calcium hydride is solidified into the sheet-like plate. To generate hydrogen, a simple action to drip water on the sheet is only required. The calcium-hydride solid-state sheet stably generates hydrogen when water drips on the sheet. The construction to ensure the stable hydrogen generation is based on the proprietary technology. The FC battery coupled with the hydrogen generation sheet is light in weight and high in output power. The hydrogen generation sheet has a volume of 3cc (38 x 38 x 2 mm3). >> More