Research Themes +
Energy Technologies Area (ETA) researchers are continually building on the strong scientific foundation we have developed over the past 50 years. We address the world’s most pressing climate challenges by bringing to market energy-efficient innovations across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of developing better batteries for electric vehicles; improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-interactive, efficient buildings; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide for renewable technologies like wind and solar.
Strategic Initiatives +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) Strategic Plan is the guiding force for our research and development for the next ten years. It clearly charts a path toward clean-energy solutions and focuses on five detailed Strategic Initiatives. The Plan provides an in-depth look at how ETA is accelerating research to provide affordable, clean energy to all while accomplishing deep, economy-wide decarbonization, looking to avoid a rise in global average temperature while simultaneously developing solutions to increase humanity's resilience to extreme weather volatility.
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About Us +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) is unique in translating fundamental scientific discoveries into scalable technology adoption. Our approach combines an understanding of the marketplace and the role of state and federal regulation and policies. ETA's research drives real-world, practical results that affect and improve the everyday lives of Americans and those across the globe. Saving energy and battling the Climate Crisis are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by technoeconomic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

Publications

Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2012

Lee, Seok-Hee, Hee-Sang Shim, Chan-Kyu Kim, Jong-Hyun Yoo, Richard E. Russo, and Sungho Jeong."Analysis of the absorption layer of CIGS solar cell by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy."Applied Optics 51.7 (2012) B115-B120. DOI

Zimring, Mark, Merrian Borgeson, Ian M. Hoffman, Charles A. Goldman, Elizabeth Stuart, Annika Todd, and Megan A. Billingsley."Boulder, Colorado's SmartRegs: Minimum Performance Standards for Residential Rental Housing." (2012).

McNeil, Michael A., Jing Ke, Stephane de la Rue du Can, Virginie E. Letschert, and James E. McMahon."Business Case for Energy Efficiency in Support of Climate Change Mitigation, Economic and Societal Benefits in India." (2012).

Rao, Mumin, Xiangyun Song, Honggang Liao, and Elton J. Cairns."Carbon nanofiber–sulfur composite cathode materials with different binders for secondary Li/S cells."Electrochimica Acta 65 (2012) 228-233. DOI

Zheng, Nina, Nan Zhou, David Fridley, and Nina Khanna."Comparison of Test Procedures and Energy Efficiency Criteria in Selected International Standards & Labeling Programs for Copy Machines, External Power Supplies, LED Displays, Residential Gas Cooktops and Televisions." (2012).

Taylor, Robert A., Sylvain Coulombe, Todd P. Otanicar, Patrick E. Phelan, Andrey Gunawan, Wei Lv, Gary Rosengarten, Ravi S. Prasher, and Himanshu Tyagi."Critical Review of the Novel Applications and Uses of Nanofluids."ASME 2012 Third International Conference on Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer (2012) 219–234. DOI

Anders, André, Pavel A. Ni, and Albert Rauch."Drifting localization of ionization runaway: Unraveling the nature of anomalous transport in high power impulse magnetron sputtering."Journal of Applied Physics 111.5 (2012) 053304. DOI

Beer, Sebastian, Tomás Gómez, David Dallinger, Ilan Momber, Chris Marnay, Michael Stadler, and Judy Lai."An Economic Analysis of Used Electric Vehicle Batteries Integrated into Commercial Building Microgrids."IEEE Trans. on Smart Grid 3 (2012).

Gur, , Ilan, Karma Sawyer, and Ravi S. Prasher."Engineering. Searching for a better thermal battery."Science 335 (2012) 1454–1455. DOI

Taylor, Margaret, K. Sydny Fujita, Larry L. Dale, and James E. McMahon."An Exploration of Innovation and Energy Efficiency in an Appliance Industry."European Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy (2012).

Carado, Anthony J., C. Derrick Quarles Jr, Andrew M. Duffin, Charles J. Barinaga, Richard E. Russo, R. K. Marcus, Gregory C. Eiden, and David W. Koppenaal."Femtosecond laser ablation particle introduction to a liquid sampling-atmospheric pressure glow discharge ionization source."Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 27.3 (2012) 385-389. DOI

Zhu, Yuankun, Rueben J. Mendelsberg, Sunnie H.N. Lim, Jiaqi Zhu, Jiecai Han, and André Anders."Improved structural and electrical properties of thin ZnO:Al films by dc filtered cathodic arc deposition."Journal of Materials Research 27.05 (2012) 857 - 862. DOI

Cho, Kyu-Taek, and Matthew M Mench."Investigation of the role of the micro-porous layer in polymer electrolyte fuel cells with hydrogen deuterium contrast neutron radiography."Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 14 (2012) 4296-4302. DOI

Iyer, Maithili, and Jayant A. Sathaye."Market Assessment of Public Sector Energy Efficiency Potential in India." (2012).

Sherman, Max H., and Iain S. Walker."Philosophy and Approaches for Airtightness Requirements in the USA."International Airtightness Workshop (2012).

Wong, , David T., Scott A. Mullin, Vincent S. Battaglia, and Nitash P. Balsara."Relationship between morphology and conductivity of block-copolymer based battery separators."Journal of Membrane Science 394 (2012) 175-183. DOI

Martinez, Carlos A., Peter W. Sauer, and Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia."Reliability Performance Monitoring (RPM) Prototype Preliminary Validation Results, User Interface, Deployment Plan, and Field Test." (2012).

Hoen, Ben, Ryan H. Wiser, Mark A. Thayer, and Peter Cappers."Residential Photovoltaic Energy Systems in California: The Effect on Home Sales Prices." (2012).

Zimring, Mark, Merrian Borgeson, Ian M. Hoffman, Charles A. Goldman, Elizabeth Stuart, Annika Todd, and Megan A. Billingsley."Scaling Energy Efficiency in the Heart of the Residential Market: Increasing Middle America's Access to Capital for Energy Improvements." (2012).

Ji, Liwen, Huolin L. Xin, Tevye R. Kuykendall, Shao-Ling Wu, Haimei Zheng, Mumin Rao, Elton J. Cairns, Vincent S. Battaglia, and Yuegang Zhang."SnS₂ nanoparticle loaded graphene nanocomposites for superior energy storage."Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 14.19 (2012) 6981-6986. DOI

Bolinger, Mark, and Ryan H. Wiser."Understanding wind turbine price trends in the U.S. over the past decade."Energy Policy 42 (2012) 628 - 641. DOI

Mahdavi, Roozbeh, and William F. Tschudi."Wireless Sensor Network for Improving the Energy Efficiency of Data Centers." (2012).

Ridgway, Paul L., Honghe Zheng, Abner F. Bello, Xiangyun Song, Shidi Xun, Jin Chong, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Comparison of cycling performance of lithium ion cell anode graphites."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 159.5 (2012) A520-A524. DOI

Xu, Tengfang T., Joris Flapper, Jing Ke, Klaas Jan Kramer, and Jayant A. Sathaye."Development of a Computer-based Benchmarking and Analytical Tool: Benchmarking and Energy & Water Savings Tool in Dairy Plants (BEST-Dairy)." (2012).

Zheng, Honghe, Lili Chai, Xiangyun Song, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Electrochemical cycling behavior of LiFePO₄ cathode charged with different upper voltage limits."Electrochimica Acta 62 (2012) 256-262. DOI