Professor Materials Science and Engineering
Part of the Low-Carbon Energy Centers
A better battery? MIT researchers say discovery could improve storage of energy from wind, sun
The Boston Globe
MIT researchers have made improvements to liquid-sodium batteries, potentially paving the way for the battery to be used for renewable energy storage, reports Laney Ruckstuhl for The Boston Globe. “Unlike lithium-ion batteries used in cellphones and laptops, the liquid-sodium batteries won’t lose their capacity quickly.”
New metal-mesh membrane could solve longstanding problems and lead to inexpensive power storage
Storing clean energy in salt isn’t as crazy as it sounds
Grist
The Charge of the Ultracapacitors
November 2007
Joel Schindall, John Kassakian, Donald Sadoway
Low-cost, long-lasting storage for the grid
