Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage: Recent submissions
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A Liquid–Vapor Two-Phase Model of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells With Platinum Group Metal-Free Cathode Catalyst
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This study has developed a two-dimensional, two-phase transport model to investigate the transport characteristics in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) using platinum group metal (PGM)-free cathode catalysts. The model ... -
Ab Initio Investigation of the Elastic Properties of CaxSn1−x Alloys for Use As Battery Anodes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Density functional theory has been used to investigate 19 CaxSn1−x structures (six bulk materials and 13 alloys) as potential battery anodes. Of the alloys, we have found four stable phases (x = 0.25, 0.5, 0.625, and 0.75) ... -
Multi-Objective Optimization of Structural Parameters of Air-Cooled System for Lithium Battery Pack Based on Surrogate Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The new energy electric vehicle, which takes clean electric energy as the main driving force, has no pollutants and exhaust emissions during its operation and has a higher energy utilization ratio than the fuel locomotive. ... -
Special Section on Mechanics of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The increasing population growth, depletion of natural resources, and rising energy demand have sparked enormous research endeavors in electrochemical energy storage and conversion. For example, rechargeable lithium-ion ... -
Impact on Anode Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries by Deep Cryogenic Treated SnSb/C Nanofiber Derived From Inorganic Precursors
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The major obstacle prohibiting the practical application of Sn-based anodes is drastic volume variation during cycling processes. Here, polyacrylonitrile (PAN) was acted as a carbon source, and stannic chloride pentahydrate ... -
Human-Knowledge-Augmented Gaussian Process Regression for State-of-Health Prediction of Lithium-Ion Batteries With Charging Curves
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Lithium-ion batteries have been widely used in renewable energy storage and electric vehicles, and state-of-health (SoH) prediction is critical for battery safety and reliability. Following the standard SoH prediction ... -
Direct Re-Usability of Lead-Plated Tin Bronze as Negative Plate for Lightweight Lead-Acid Battery
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Lead-plated tin-bronze mesh was adopted as the negative grid to assembly 2V-DZM-20Ah lead-acid battery. Compared with the conventional negative plate, the weight of each tin-bronze plate was reduced by about 17 g, the ... -
Mini-Channel Liquid Cooling System for Improving Heat Transfer Capacity and Thermal Uniformity in Battery Packs for Electric Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Temperature is a significant factor affecting performance and safety of energy storage systems such as battery packs. How to design a reliable battery thermal management system (BTMS) is still a hot issue at present. Most ... -
A Computational Fluid Dynamics Coupled Multi-Objective Optimization Framework for Thermal System Design for Li-Ion Batteries With Metal Separators
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Battery thermal management system (BTMS) has significant impacts on the performance of electric vehicles (EVs). In this research, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) coupled multi-objective optimization framework is ... -
Special Section on Degradation Prediction and Recycling of Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Systems: Scenarios of 2020–2025
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Given the degrading environment, countries across the globe have strongly emphasized the development and deployment of renewable energy and energy storage systems across various sectors such as residential, commercial, ... -
Erratum: “Effects of Nonuniform Temperature Distribution on Degradation of Lithium-Ion Batteries” [ASME J. Electrochem. Energy. Conv. Stor., 2020, 17(2), p. 021101; DOI: 10.1115/1.4045205]
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)An error occurs in Fig. 3(b) of the originally published paper on page 021101-3. The error does not influence the overall results or conclusions from the work. The corrected Fig. 3(b) is below: -
Three-Dimensional Glucose/Oxygen Biofuel Cells Based on Enzymes Embedded in Tetrabutylammonium Modified Nafion
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)A stable three-dimensional glucose/oxygen enzymatic biofuel cell is fabricated based on the method of polymer encapsulation-based immobilization. And three-dimensional carbon felt is used as the substrate of the bio-electrode ... -
Electrochemical Performance of Carbon Nanofibers/Cobalt Ferrite (CNF/CoFe2O4) Composites Synthesized by Two Approaches
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In this paper, we report the fabrication of activated carbon nanofibers/cobalt ferrite (CNF/CoFe2O4) composites by electrospinning and hydrothermal methods for comparative study of electrochemical properties. The structural, ... -
Investigation of Rapid, Moderate Temperature Change Thermal Cycles of a Micro-Tubular Flame-Assisted Fuel Cell
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Despite many efforts and improvements over the last few decades, two of the major challenges facing solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are slow heating rates to operating temperature (typically < 5 °C · min−1) and a limited ... -
Al(NO3)3 Induced Morphological Changes in Nickel and Cobalt Salts as Advanced Electrodes for Supercapacitors
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)As one of the important components of the supercapacitor, electrode material has a significant influence on the electrochemical performance of the device. In this study, Ni2(NO3)2(OH)2 · 2H2O/(Co(NH3)5(N3))(N3)2 (NC) ... -
Deformation Behavior of Single Prismatic Battery Cell Cases and Cell Assemblies Loaded by Internal Pressure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The safety of electrochemical energy storage system depends on the structural integrity of the call containment. Nominal values of cell case dimensions and material properties are the standard inputs for the mechanical ... -
Simplified Pouch Cell Method for 3-Electrode Re-Testing of Harvested Double-Sided Electrodes From Commercial Lithium-Ion Batteries
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)A pouch cell method for retesting double-sided electrodes harvested from commercial lithium-ion batteries in a 3-electrode cell arrangement has been developed. By relying on pressure from restraint plates to make tab ... -
State of Charge Evaluation of Power Battery Pack Through Multi-Parameter Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The state of charge (SoC) is an important index of the energy output performance of power battery pack. But the SoC value is affected by various factors, namely, ambient temperature, working current, equilibrium potential, ... -
Force Scaling Comparison of Transport Phenomena in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Flow Channels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Liquid–gas two-phase flow in flow channels of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells has been investigated extensively in the literature; however, a comparison between the order of the magnitude of the forces occurring ... -
Effect of Sintering on Structural Modification and Phase Transition of Al-Substituted LLZO Electrolytes for Solid State Battery Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Owing to high lithium ion conductivity and good stability with lithium metal, Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO—a solid electrolyte) has emerged as a viable candidate for solid-state battery applications. In the current study, Al-substituted ...