Part 1 of the tutorial on the Lithium Battery Explorer provides an overview of Li-ion battery technology and the properties that are relevant to battery researchers.
Interested viewers should refer to the following publications for more details:
1) Review: G. Ceder, G. Hautier, A. Jain, S. P. Ong. Recharging lithium battery research with first-principles methods. MRS Bulletin, 2011, 36, 185--191.
2) Computational Electrode Assessment: G. Hautier, A. Jain, S. P. Ong, B. Kang, C. Moore, R. Doe, and G. Ceder. Phosphates as Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes: An Evaluation Based on High-Throughput ab Initio Calculations. Chemistry of Materials, 2011, 23(15), 3495-3508.
3) Predicting Battery Safety: S. P. Ong, A. Jain, G. Hautier, B. Kang, & G. Ceder. Thermal stabilities of delithiated olivine MPO4 (M=Fe, Mn) cathodes investigated using first principles calculations. Electrochemistry Communications, 2010, 12(3), 427--430.
Lattice Energy LLC - Beyond the Haber-Bosch Process for Ammonia Production -...Lewis Larsen
High-temp, high-pressure Haber-Bosch process has dominated commercial production of anhydrous ammonia for over 100 years; its cost is closely tied to economics of available supplies of input natural gas that are slowly dwindling.
Haber-Bosch is arguably single most important industrial chemical process on Earth; 40% of world’s people are alive today thanks to reasonable cost and wide availability of ammonia-based fertilizers. Plants have become quite large.
Recent advances in advanced materials science, nanotechnology, chemistry, enzymology, and many-body collective condensed matter physics have just created a new opportunity to develop commercial Nitrogen fixation processes that can operate at near-ambient temperatures and pressures and utilize natural gas, or alternatively water, as a source of Hydrogen to react with Nitrogen.
Based on its LENR work, Lattice has developed a unique body of valuable proprietary insights into catalysis that directly applies to this opportunity.
Successful development of new lower-cost Nitrogen fixation technologies that go far beyond the 1909 Haber-Bosch process could: sever the present almost obligatory linkage between natural gas supplies and ammonia production; further reduce manufacturing costs (high temps and pressures unnecessary); and enable development of new types of smaller, lower-CAPEX commercial ammonia plants that are cost-effective for worldwide distributed production.
What stories will impact people and the planet in 2015?
2015 will be a decisive year for major environmental and sustainability issues. On Thursday, January 8, Dr. Andrew Steer, WRI’s President & CEO, discussed the issues and stories that will shape the world in economics, business, natural resources, and the environment in 2015. Now in its 12th year, Stories to Watch is a go-to event for media, policymakers, business executives and consultants. Find out more at http://www.wri.org/stw15
Part 1 of the tutorial on the Lithium Battery Explorer provides an overview of Li-ion battery technology and the properties that are relevant to battery researchers.
Interested viewers should refer to the following publications for more details:
1) Review: G. Ceder, G. Hautier, A. Jain, S. P. Ong. Recharging lithium battery research with first-principles methods. MRS Bulletin, 2011, 36, 185--191.
2) Computational Electrode Assessment: G. Hautier, A. Jain, S. P. Ong, B. Kang, C. Moore, R. Doe, and G. Ceder. Phosphates as Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes: An Evaluation Based on High-Throughput ab Initio Calculations. Chemistry of Materials, 2011, 23(15), 3495-3508.
3) Predicting Battery Safety: S. P. Ong, A. Jain, G. Hautier, B. Kang, & G. Ceder. Thermal stabilities of delithiated olivine MPO4 (M=Fe, Mn) cathodes investigated using first principles calculations. Electrochemistry Communications, 2010, 12(3), 427--430.
Lattice Energy LLC - Beyond the Haber-Bosch Process for Ammonia Production -...Lewis Larsen
High-temp, high-pressure Haber-Bosch process has dominated commercial production of anhydrous ammonia for over 100 years; its cost is closely tied to economics of available supplies of input natural gas that are slowly dwindling.
Haber-Bosch is arguably single most important industrial chemical process on Earth; 40% of world’s people are alive today thanks to reasonable cost and wide availability of ammonia-based fertilizers. Plants have become quite large.
Recent advances in advanced materials science, nanotechnology, chemistry, enzymology, and many-body collective condensed matter physics have just created a new opportunity to develop commercial Nitrogen fixation processes that can operate at near-ambient temperatures and pressures and utilize natural gas, or alternatively water, as a source of Hydrogen to react with Nitrogen.
Based on its LENR work, Lattice has developed a unique body of valuable proprietary insights into catalysis that directly applies to this opportunity.
Successful development of new lower-cost Nitrogen fixation technologies that go far beyond the 1909 Haber-Bosch process could: sever the present almost obligatory linkage between natural gas supplies and ammonia production; further reduce manufacturing costs (high temps and pressures unnecessary); and enable development of new types of smaller, lower-CAPEX commercial ammonia plants that are cost-effective for worldwide distributed production.
What stories will impact people and the planet in 2015?
2015 will be a decisive year for major environmental and sustainability issues. On Thursday, January 8, Dr. Andrew Steer, WRI’s President & CEO, discussed the issues and stories that will shape the world in economics, business, natural resources, and the environment in 2015. Now in its 12th year, Stories to Watch is a go-to event for media, policymakers, business executives and consultants. Find out more at http://www.wri.org/stw15