Not exact matches
In the first practical application for the machine learning, the team worked with Assistant Professor Jim Cahoon, Ph.D., in the UNC Department of Chemistry to design a new
electrode material for a type of low -
cost solar cells.
In the paper, the leaf was wireless, with no external inputs or
electrodes, and was made with low -
cost materials like silicon and cobalt.
But since the
material that will be needed for the
electrode in these batteries is a mixture of the two, it may be possible to save on the initial
materials costs by using «lower» grades of the two metals that already contain some of the other.
«One of the direct benefits of utilizing such
materials for both
electrodes in the battery is that neither of the two
electrodes fundamentally limits the power capability, cycle life, or
cost of the device,» said Colin Wessells, CEO at Natron Energy.
Materials like this can be used for fuel cell
electrodes, with far lower
costs than the current ones.
PNNL's expertise in
materials synthesis and processing will also contribute to the development of low -
cost, high - capacity
electrode materials for advanced batteries with unprecedented energy density and power.