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To: TobagoJack who wrote (131747)3/8/2017 4:27:05 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu  Read Replies (1) of 217591
 
TJ, there substantial more startups than mentioned in this article and I know of an additional few. I am in contact with one of the experts (Head of Dept.) of batteries at TAU and her PhD's started few start-ups including Store Dot, she is nurturing Honeycomb, and another start up 3D Batteries could not raise funds.

The main problem is they all go for old technology Lithium - Magnesium, Calcium, Aluminium to mention a few are now in preliminary development (as explained in my presentation on SlideShare).

As to batteries in general and also super-capacitors, one chemistry is not a solution for all - each use of energy storage has its own specification and the fascination with lithium-ion is misplaced.

As an example the old acid lead batteries in build in super capacitor some calcium and selenium are economically more viable that Li-Ion.

Bottom line energy storage is a wast field by itself as are solar energy collectors, CdTe cell energy.gov proved in some places to be more price effective as the traditional silicon cells not to mention
perovskite solar cell a new emerging technology. so best install what is available but also watch & brief,

DOE SunShot awardees and the projects involving CdTe below.

Arizona State University (Photovoltaic Research and Development) Washington State University (Photovoltaic Research and Development) Texas State University (Photovoltaic Research and Development) Colorado State University (Photovoltaic Research and Development) University of Illinois at Chicago (Photovoltaic Research and Development) Colorado State University (Photovoltaic Research and Development: Small Innovative Projects in Solar) Colorado State University (Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency) University of Chicago (Next Generation Photovoltaics II Projects) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency) University of Illinois (Bridging Research Interactions through collaborative Development Grants in Energy) University of South Florida (Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency)
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