OVERVIEW Timeline ? Project start date: October 2016 ? Project end date: December 2016 ? Percent complete: 100 Budget ? Total project funding: $300K (DOE) ? Funding received in 2016: $300K ? Funding for 2017: 0
Thermal Implications for Extreme Fast Charge Matthew Keyser National Renewable Energy Laboratory June 6, 2017 Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation, Washington, D.C. Project ID # ES306
For NPWZ,Bloom, who manages the Battery Post-Test Facility and Electrochemical Analysis and Diagnostics Laboratory (EADL), is a key player.
To be successful, Bloom and colleagues use a methodical approach in which they first identify and characterize the nature of the fast charge problem. This requires the expertise of EADL researchers who perform electrochemical transport properties tests on materials carefully chosen for their potential. After evaluating and understanding their transport properties, researchers model the material in prototype cells and examine the effects of fast charging.
Widespread demand for electric vehicles could hinge on batteries that can be charged in minutes instead of hours, and researchers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are on the road to making that happen.
“Our goal is to give drivers an experience they’re familiar with, and that is being able to pull into a station, charge their battery and be on their way in about 10 minutes,” said Argonne chemist and battery expert Ira Bloom, who sees this happening in the near future. DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office is demonstrating its commitment to this effort through a $15 million funding opportunity announced Oct. 24.
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