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National Lab Battery Capabilities

A quick reference to solid-state, flow battery, and crosscutting capabilities across U.S. national laboratories, including relevant equipment and user facilities for industry and academic partners.

This page summarizes capabilities from National lab inputs and is intended as a starting point for collaboration and facility access.

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Leading National Programs

Key National programs relevant to energy storage.

Consortia

Low-Cost Earth-Abundant Na-ion Storage (LENS) Consortium

Research and development to create superior, no-compromise batteries that replate lithium with inexpensive, domestically abundant sodium and use few – if any – critical materials.

  • Funded by: DOE VTO
  • Keywords: NIB, sodium, critical materials, earth abundant, domestic resources, low cost, long duration, grid
Partners:
Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, SLAC National Acceleration Laboratory, Florida State University, University of California San Diego, University of Houston, University of Illinois Chicago, University of Maryland, University of Rhode Island, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Virginia Tech
Energy Storage Research Alliance (ESRA)

Transform landscape of materials chemistry and unlock the mysteries of electrochemical phenomena at the atomic scale.

  • Funded by: DOE Energy Innovation Hub
  • Keywords: battery, sustainable materials, critical materials, earth abundant, high capacity
Partners:
Argonne National Lab (ANL) [Lead], Berkley Lab, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Columbia University, Duke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Princeton University, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), The University of Chicago, University of Houston, University of Illinois Chicago, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, Xavier University of Louisiana
Battery500 Consortium

Develop high capacity electric vehicle batteries that are more reliable, high performing, safe, and less expensive.

  • Funded by: DOE VTO
  • Keywords: battery, cathode, anode, lithium, LIB, critical materials, high voltage, high capacity
Partners:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Lead), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Binghamton University, Stanford University, UC San Diego, The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Washington, SMU, General Motors (GM)
Silicon Consortium Project

Eliminate barriers to implement silicon-based anodes to significantly increase the energy density of lithium-ion cells.

  • Funded by: DOE VTO
  • Keywords: battery, anode, silicon, critical materials, high capacity
Partners:
Argonne National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratories, National Laboratory of the Rockies)

Initiative

Rapid Operational Validation Initiative (ROVI)

Reduce time it takes for emerging energy storage technologies to go from lab to market by developing new tools that will accelerate the testing and validation process needed to ensure commercial success. ROVI supports the DOE wide Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC).

  • Funded by: DOE
Partners:
Argonne National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Idaho National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories
Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC)

Comprehensive program to accelerate the development, commercialization, and utilization for next generation energy storage technologies and sustain American global leadership in energy storage.

  • Funded by: DOE
  • Keywords: acceleration, commercialization, next-generation technologies
Partners:
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Decadal Challenge

Leverages ESGC to identify key energy storage issues to be addressed over the next decade, and are outlined in the Long Duration Storage Shot.

  • Funded by: DOE
  • Keywords: Long duration, energy storage, low cost, clean power
Partners:
ESGS DOE Org Chart

Facility

Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL) at PNNL

Advance next generation of grid and transportation energy storage technologies through validation, acceleration, collaboration, and education.

  • Supported by: This national capability was made possible with funding from the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Electricity (OE), in collaboration with the Office of Science, and with support from the State of Washington, Battelle, and PNNL. The GSL fosters collaboration between national labs and other stakeholders to support DOE’s mission.
Partners:
Flow batteries, sodium, zinc, lithium ion, lead acid, Prototype and unit-level systems
Key capabilities:
  • T&V1
  • 10 kW and up to 40 kWh
  • T&V2
  • 100 kW and 400 kWh
  • Industry: Apply for testing here.
Advanced Battery Facility (ABF) at PNNL

Bridge the gap between fundamental research and commercialization through the fabrication and testing of pouch cell & prismatic cell batteries.

  • Supported by: Energy Storage Grand Challenge, Long Duration Storage Shot
Partners:
Li-ion, Li metal, Na-ion
Key capabilities:
  • Semi-automatic pouch cell fabrication line for 15 Ah pouch cells or less
  • Semi-automatic prismatic fabrication line for 24 Ah cells or less
  • Two state-of-the-art dry rooms