Batteries and fuel cells for emerging electric vehicle markets

Cano, Zachary P.; Banham, Dustin; Ye, Siyu; Hintennach, Andreas; Lu, Jun; Fowler, Michael; Chen, Zhongwei

doi:10.1038/s41560-018-0108-1

Batteries and fuel cells for emerging electric vehicle markets

Journal Article · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 2018 · Nature Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0108-1· OSTI ID:1483668

; Banham, Dustin; Ye, Siyu; Hintennach, Andreas; ; Fowler, Michael; Chen, Zhongwei

Today's electric vehicles are almost exclusively powered by lithium-ion batteries, but there is a long way to go before electric vehicles become dominant in the global automotive market. In addition to policy support, widespread deployment of electric vehicles requires high-performance and low-cost energy storage technologies, including not only batteries but also alternative electrochemical devices. Here, we provide a comprehensive evaluation of various batteries and hydrogen fuel cells that have the greatest potential to succeed in commercial applications. Three sectors that are not well served by current lithium-ion-powered electric vehicles, namely the long-range, low-cost and high-utilization transportation markets, are discussed. The technological properties that must be improved to fully enable these electric vehicle markets include specific energy, cost, safety and power grid compatibility. Six energy storage and conversion technologies that possess varying combinations of these improved characteristics are compared and separately evaluated for each market. The remainder of the Review briefly discusses the technological status of these clean energy technologies, emphasizing barriers that must be overcome.

Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

Sponsoring Organization:: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) - Office of Vehicle Technology

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1483668

Journal Information:: Nature Energy, Journal Name: Nature Energy Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 3; ISSN 2058-7546

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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