Investigating the Complex Chemistry of Functional Energy Storage Systems: The Need for an Integrative, Multiscale (Molecular to Mesoscale) Perspective
Abstract
Electric energy storage systems such as batteries can significantly impact society in a variety of ways, including facilitating the widespread deployment of portable electronic devices, enabling the use of renewable energy generation for local off grid situations and providing the basis of highly efficient power grids integrated with energy production, large stationary batteries, and the excess capacity from electric vehicles. A critical challenge for electric energy storage is understanding the basic science associated with the gap between the usable output of energy storage systems and their theoretical energy contents. The goal of overcoming this inefficiency is to achieve more useful work $(w)$ and minimize the generation of waste heat $(q)$. Minimization of inefficiency can be approached at the macro level, where bulk parameters are identified and manipulated, with optimization as an ultimate goal. However, such a strategy may not provide insight toward the complexities of electric energy storage, especially the inherent heterogeneity of ion and electron flux contributing to the local resistances at numerous interfaces found at several scale lengths within a battery. Thus, the ability to predict and ultimately tune these complex systems to specific applications, both current and future, demands not just parametrization at the bulk scale butmore »
- Authors:
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
- Energy Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States, Energy Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties (m2M)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1254877
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1387841
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012673; DGE-11-44155
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Published Article
- Journal Name:
- ACS Central Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: ACS Central Science Journal Volume: 2 Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2374-7943
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; energy storage (including batteries and capacitors); charge transport; mesostructured materials
Citation Formats
Abraham, Alyson, Housel, Lisa M., Lininger, Christianna N., Bock, David C., Jou, Jeffrey, Wang, Feng, West, Alan C., Marschilok, Amy C., Takeuchi, Kenneth J., and Takeuchi, Esther S. Investigating the Complex Chemistry of Functional Energy Storage Systems: The Need for an Integrative, Multiscale (Molecular to Mesoscale) Perspective. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1021/acscentsci.6b00100.
Abraham, Alyson, Housel, Lisa M., Lininger, Christianna N., Bock, David C., Jou, Jeffrey, Wang, Feng, West, Alan C., Marschilok, Amy C., Takeuchi, Kenneth J., & Takeuchi, Esther S. Investigating the Complex Chemistry of Functional Energy Storage Systems: The Need for an Integrative, Multiscale (Molecular to Mesoscale) Perspective. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.6b00100
Abraham, Alyson, Housel, Lisa M., Lininger, Christianna N., Bock, David C., Jou, Jeffrey, Wang, Feng, West, Alan C., Marschilok, Amy C., Takeuchi, Kenneth J., and Takeuchi, Esther S. 2016.
"Investigating the Complex Chemistry of Functional Energy Storage Systems: The Need for an Integrative, Multiscale (Molecular to Mesoscale) Perspective". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.6b00100.
@article{osti_1254877,
title = {Investigating the Complex Chemistry of Functional Energy Storage Systems: The Need for an Integrative, Multiscale (Molecular to Mesoscale) Perspective},
author = {Abraham, Alyson and Housel, Lisa M. and Lininger, Christianna N. and Bock, David C. and Jou, Jeffrey and Wang, Feng and West, Alan C. and Marschilok, Amy C. and Takeuchi, Kenneth J. and Takeuchi, Esther S.},
abstractNote = {Electric energy storage systems such as batteries can significantly impact society in a variety of ways, including facilitating the widespread deployment of portable electronic devices, enabling the use of renewable energy generation for local off grid situations and providing the basis of highly efficient power grids integrated with energy production, large stationary batteries, and the excess capacity from electric vehicles. A critical challenge for electric energy storage is understanding the basic science associated with the gap between the usable output of energy storage systems and their theoretical energy contents. The goal of overcoming this inefficiency is to achieve more useful work $(w)$ and minimize the generation of waste heat $(q)$. Minimization of inefficiency can be approached at the macro level, where bulk parameters are identified and manipulated, with optimization as an ultimate goal. However, such a strategy may not provide insight toward the complexities of electric energy storage, especially the inherent heterogeneity of ion and electron flux contributing to the local resistances at numerous interfaces found at several scale lengths within a battery. Thus, the ability to predict and ultimately tune these complex systems to specific applications, both current and future, demands not just parametrization at the bulk scale but rather specific experimentation and understanding over multiple length scales within the same battery system, from the molecular scale to the mesoscale. Herein, we provide a case study examining the insights and implications from multiscale investigations of a prospective battery material, Fe3O4.},
doi = {10.1021/acscentsci.6b00100},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1254877},
journal = {ACS Central Science},
issn = {2374-7943},
number = 6,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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