Carbon Nanotechnology to Enhance Energy Storage Applications

EnerG2 has introduced an energy storage application research platform. The EnerG2 Carbon Technology Platform will accelerate development and application of carbon technologies.

The platform offers flexible processing for iterative nanostructured carbon materials synthesis. The materials will incorporate metals, oxides, alloys and catalysts to store energy. It drives the pore structure at the nano-scale to insert active material at multiple points during production. Carbonic materials having tunable pore size disruptions and select electrochemically active materials will be applicable in Li-ion anodes, Li-air cathodes, alkali-sulfur cathodes, pseudocapacitors, lead acid batteries and industrial gas storage.

The research has been funded by the United States Department of Energy and the Washington State Energy Program, to develop energy storage capabilities and improve lead acid batteries. These batteries are applicable in automotive and industrial sectors. The company, in order to address these issues, is collaborating with other companies to use the platform to create a Li-air battery that will allow for cost-efficient mass production of electrode forms such as cathode structures using various combinations of sodium, lithium and sulfur.