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NREL's PHEV/EV Li-Ion Battery Secondary-Use Project

Conference ·
OSTI ID:982536

Accelerated development and market penetration of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) is restricted at present by the high cost of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. One way to address this problem is to recover a fraction of the Li-ion battery's cost via reuse in other applications after it is retired from service in the vehicle, when the battery may still havesufficient performance to meet the requirements of other energy storage applications.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
982536
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-540-48042
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English