Battery with More Energy than Gasoline Stuart Licht , George Washington University, DMR 1006568
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National Science Foundation Battery with More Energy than Gasoline Stuart Licht, George Washington University, DMR 1006568 Outcome : Researchers at George Washington University have used nanomaterials to advance a battery with more energy than gasoline. 1,2 But can it be recharged? The saga continues… Impact : Such a VB 2 /air battery can extend EV driving range several fold. Explanation : Vanadium diboride is an example of a multiple electron transfer material. Rather than Li’s 1 electron per atom, these molecules each release many (in this case 11!) electrons greatly increasing the storage capacity. Professor Stuart Licht (GWU) and co- PI Dr. Christopher Rhodes (Lynntech, Inc.) have teamed up on this NSF Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaisons with Industry (GOALI) award, a program which both advances cutting edge science and provides students unusual opportunities in industry R&D labs. 1 Licht, Hettige, Lau, Cubeta, Wu, Stuart, Wang "Nano-VB 2 synthesis from elemental vanadium and boron: nano- VB 2 anode/air batteries," Electrochem. &Solid State Letters, 15, A12 (2012). 2 Licht, Ghosh, Wang, Jiang, Asercion, Bergmann Energy comparisons with the VB 2 /air battery. (courtesy of Stuart Licht)
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Stuart Licht, George Washington University, DMR 1006568Outcome: Researchers at George Washington University have used nanomaterials to advance a battery with more energy than gasoline.1,2 But can it be recharged? The saga continues… Impact: Such a VB2/air battery can extend EV driving range several fold. Explanation: Vanadium diboride is an example of a multiple electron transfer material. Rather than Li’s 1 electron per atom, these molecules each release many (in this case 11!) electrons greatly increasing the storage capacity.
Professor Stuart Licht (GWU) and co-PI Dr. Christopher Rhodes (Lynntech, Inc.) have teamed up on this NSF Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaisons with Industry (GOALI) award, a program which both advances cutting edge science and provides students unusual opportunities in industry R&D labs.
1Licht, Hettige, Lau, Cubeta, Wu, Stuart, Wang "Nano-VB2 synthesis from elemental vanadium and boron: nano- VB2 anode/air batteries," Electrochem. &Solid State Letters, 15, A12 (2012). 2Licht, Ghosh, Wang, Jiang, Asercion, Bergmann "Nanoparticle facilitated charge transfer and voltage of a high capacity VB2 anode," Electrochem. &Solid State Letters, 14, A83 (2011).
Energy comparisons with the VB2/air battery. (courtesy of Stuart Licht)
