Distributed Energy Storage

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The main objective of the daily energy storage project is to develop energy storage technologies for the kWh energy range capable of producing at least several kW of power. This energy storage range should be sufficient for household daily energy storage and for grid reliability applications. The average Alberta household consumes ~20 kWh electricity per day (~7200 kWh of per year, www.solaralberta.ca). Assuming all the energy needs to be stored for use during nighttime and a discharge-charge efficiency of 70%, 28.57 kWh will need be stored in the energy storage system. Further, assuming a 4 h discharge time, the power output requirement would be 7.15 kW. The storage system used should be able to sustain at least ~2000 cycles (assuming replacement every 5 years).

Many energy storage technologies can be used for daily storage, however, based on current expertise at the University of Alberta, the following two technologies will be developed: a) Flywheel energy storage systems (FESS) and b) Metal-air (in particular zinc-air) battery systems (MAB)

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Front Cover: Hollow Mesoporous Carbon Nanospheres Decorated with Metal Oxide Nanoparticles as Efficient Earth-Abundant Zinc-Air Battery Catalysts

Douglas Ivey, Jonathan GC Veinot, Yingjie He, Drew Aasen, Alexandra McDougall, Matthew Labbe

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Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship

Matthew Labbe

Award

Distributed Energy Storage

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Graduate students, Post-Doctoral Fellows, and Highly Qualified Personnel

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Project Files

T06 P03 Poster 2017 Open House

T06 P03 NagarajanSkinner Poster 2018 Symposium

Front Cover: Hollow Mesoporous Carbon Nanospheres Decorated with Metal Oxide Nanoparticles as Efficient Earth-Abundant Zinc-Air Battery Catalysts

Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship

Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship

Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship

Captain Thomas Farrell Greenhalgh Memorial Graduate Scholarship

D.B. Robinson Scholarship in Chemical and Materials Engineering

D.B. Robinson Scholarship in Chemical and Materials Engineering

D.B. Robinson Scholarship in Chemical and Materials Engineering

D.B. Robinson Scholarship in Chemical and Materials Engineering

ECS Travel Grant for 241st ECS Meeting

ECS Travel Grant for 241st ECS Meeting

NSERC Canadian Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (CGS-D)

President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction

President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction (PDPD)

W. Youdelis Graduate Scholarship

Sequentially Electrodeposited MnOX/Co-Fe as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries

(Co,Fe)3O4 Decorated Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Nanotubes in Nano‐Composite Gas Diffusion Layers as Highly Stable Bifunctional Catalysts for Rechargeable Zinc‐Air Batteries

A Gas Diffusion Layer Impregnated with Mn3O4 Decorated, Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes for High Performance Zinc-Air Batteries

A Horizontal Zinc-air Battery with Physically Decoupled Oxygen Evolution/Reduction Reaction Electrodes

A Study of Alkaline Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries

A Tri–Electrode Configuration for Zinc–Air Batteries Using Gel Polymer Electrolytes

ABAQUS Analysis of Polygonal Hub Extension

Additive Manufacturing of Magnetically Loaded Polymer Composites: An Experimental Study for Process Development

Additive manufacturing ferromagnetic polymers using stereolithography – Materials and process development

An Investigation into the Charge Storage Mechanism and Cycling Performance of Mn2O3 as the Cathode Material for Zinc-ion Batteries

An Investigation into the Charge Storage Mechanism for Mn2O3 as the Cathode Material in Zinc-ion Batteries

Atomic Layer Deposition of Highly Stable Manganese-Iron Oxide Bifunctional Catalysts for Zinc-Air Batteries

Atomic Layer Deposition of Iron Oxide on a Porous Carbon Substrate via Ethylferrocene and an Oxygen Plasma

Atomic Layer Deposition of Metal Oxides for the Preparation of High Performance Zn-Air Battery Electrodes

Atomic Layer Deposition of Transition Metal Oxide Catalysts for Zinc-Air Batteries

Atomic Layer Deposition of a Manganese-Iron Mixed Oxide as a Bifunctional Oxygen Catalyst for Zinc-Air Batteries

Bifunctional Mn-Fe Oxide Catalysts for Zn-Air Battery Air Electrodes Fabricated Through Atomic Layer Deposition

Bringing down the cost of zinc-air batteries could unlock their full potential for storing renewable energy

Catalyst Integration within the Air Electrode in Secondary Zn-air Batteries

Challenges in Zn-Air Battery Cell Design

Characterization of Electroless Ni-P Coatings and Electrodeposition of Ni Coatings for Electrodes in Zinc-Air Flow Batteries

Characterization of magnetic particle alignment in photosensitive polymer resin: A preliminary study for additive manufacturing processes

Colorimetric Voltmeter Using Colloidal Fe3O4@SiO2 Nanoparticles as an Overpotential Alarm System for Zinc-air Batteries

Composition effects of electrodeposited Co-Fe as electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction

Compositional Effects of Gel Polymer Electrolyte and Battery Design for Zinc\textendash Air Batteries

Current Distribution Investigation and Structure Optimization of Zn-air Batteries

Design Strategies for Flywheel Energy Storage Systems in EV Fast Charging

Design and Multi-Objective Optimization of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composite Flywheel Rotors

Design and Multi-Objective Optimization of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composite Flywheel Rotors

Design and multi-objective optimization of fiber-reinforced polymer composite flywheel rotors

Development and Characterization of Field Structured Magnetic Composites

Development and Characterization of Stable Polymer Formulations for Manufacturing Magnetic Composites

Development and characterization of magnetic particle reinforced polymers for additive manufacturing processes

Dimple Grinding Coupled with Optical Microscopy for Porosity Analysis of Metallic Coatings

Dip-Coating Synthesis of rGO/α-Ni(OH)2@Nickel Foam with Layer-by-Layer Structure for High Performance Binder-Free Supercapacitors

Effect of Background Ions on the Morphological and Electrochemical Properties of Polyampholyte Hydrogels

Effects of Crosslinker Concentration in Poly(Acrylic Acid)–KOH Gel Electrolyte on Performance of Zinc–Air Batteries

Effects of Viscoelasticity on the Stress Evolution over the Lifetime of Filament-Wound Composite Flywheel Rotors for Energy Storage

Efficient Low Temperature Performance of All Solid-State Zinc-air Batteries with MnCo2O4/Carbon Fiber Bifunctional Electrocatalyst and Poly(acrylic Acid) (PAA) Polymer Electrolyte

Electrodeposited Co-Fe as an Oxygen Evolution Catalyst for Rechargeable Zinc-air Batteries

Electrodeposited Electrocatalysts For Rechargeable Zinc-air Batteries

Electrodeposited Manganese Oxide on Carbon Paper for Zinc-Ion Battery Cathodes

Electrodeposited and Oxidized Mn/Co-Fe As Bi-Functional Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries

Enabling transdisciplinary education for energy systems transitions

Energy Storage Flywheel Rotors - Mechanical Design

Ethylene Glycol as an Antifreeze Additive and Corrosion Inhibitor for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries

Experimental Characterization of Low-Speed Passive Discharge Losses of a Flywheel Energy Storage System

Experimental Concerns of Current Collector Interference and Electrolyte Creep During Zinc-Air Battery Testing

Failure Analysis of Nickel-Coated Anodes in Zinc-Air Flow Batteries

Flexible and Self-Healing Aqueous Supercapacitors for Low Temperature Applications: Polyampholyte Gel Electrolytes with Biochar Electrodes

Functional Electrolyte Additives for Zinc-Ion Batteries

Gas Diffusion Layers Impregnated with Metal Oxide Decorated and Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotube Catalysts for Electrically Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries

Gel Polymer Electrolyte for Zinc-Air Batteries Operating at Low Temperatures