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University of Warwick and Loughborough University

HALO-SMART-ESS-LAB

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Exide Technologies and INMA

In-operando Neutron Scattering Analysis of the Charge/Discharge Processes inside the Battery Electrodes with an Energy Storage Systems (ESS) Focus

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Hammond Group, Inc. and East Penn Manufacturing

Examination of the Effects of the Surfactant Coatings & Particle Size of Barium Sulfate on the Structure Changes and Performance of NAM in ESS Applications

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Gridtential Energy, Inc. and Electric Applications Incorporated (EAI)

Bipolar Lead Batteries for Energy Storage Systems Applications

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Fraunhofer Institute/WUST

Investigations on the effect of carbon surface functional groups on electrochemical behavior of lead-carbon electrodes

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Fraunhofer Institute/TUB/Moll/Ford

Best practices of cell testing for EFB regarding DCA and high-temperature durability

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UCLA

Visualizing the dynamics of carbon-enhanced negative electrodes

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Borregaard/Cabot/East Penn/Hammond

Investigation into the Combined Influence of Carbon Black and Organic Expander to Improve Micro-Hybrid Service of Enhanced Flooded Batteries

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Exide Technologies/Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (ICMA)

Initial Neutron Diffraction Studies of Lead Battery Plates

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Electric Applications Incorporated

Grid Energy Storage Performance Improvement Using Controlled Overcharge

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Advanced Battery Concepts / EAI

Feasibility Study: Bipolar Lead Batteries in Automotive Applications

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Narada Power Source

Life and cost optimisation of absorptive glass matt valve-regulated lead-acid batteries for frequency regulation and load following to IEC 61427-2 for on-grid energy storage systems.

Exide Technologies

Carbon nano materials in the positive active mass of energy storage batteries.

Shuangdeng Group (China Shoto)

Alloys for low carbon energy storage batteries operating at elevated temperatures.

Shandong Jinkeli Power Sources Technology

Improving the cycle life of energy storage batteries by the use of nano-silica sol technology.

ISC Fraunhofer, Ford Research, Technical University of Berlin

Effect of additives and negative active mass microstructure on dynamic charge acceptance in micro-hybrids.

Tianneng Power

Stability of the negative active mass in automotive batteries.

ISEA (RWTH), Battery Engineers, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Evaluation of dynamic charge acceptance and water loss in partial state-of-charge conditions.

CSIRO, Electric Applications Incorporated, NorthStar Battery, Swinburne University

Influence of electrolyte concentration local to the negative active mass on dynamic charge acceptance.

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Carbon additives for the negative active mass and hydrogen evolution at elevated temperatures.

Brno Technical University

Carbon and other additives for better negative active material performance in partial state-of-charge operation.

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