Researchers from INL will join Argonne in battery testing and electrochemical charging characterizations while NREL researchers will conduct thermal characterization tests and work with Argonne on battery cell modeling.

  Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have patented an extremely stable, 4-Volt redox shuttle molecule that provides overcharge protection for lithium-ion batteries containing lithium–iron-phosphate based cathodes across hundreds of charging cycles. Overcharge is a major safety concern for Li-ion batteries because it could cause thermal runaway, a concern for…