Introduction to JCESR Lynn Trahey Materials Scientist, Research Integration Officer, JCESR

1. Introduction to JCESR Lynn Trahey Materials Scientist, Research Integration Officer, JCESR Argonne National Laboratory

2. Batteries Today Lithium-ion batteries enabled the personal electronics revolution. LIBs are in cars and on Mars. http://www.teslamotors.com/modelx http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/instruments/

3. Lessons from lithium-ion inform JCESR 20 year incubation period Simple, elegant concepts Complex interfering side effects “Murphy’s Law” worst case scenario Many (most) ideas do not work Many strategic pivots Balance targeted outcomes with back up alternatives “Convergent” and “divergent” research Crabtree, Kocs, Trahey, MRS Bulletin, Dec 2015 After 40 years, the “holy grail” of Lithium metal anodes still eludes us 1991 Commercialization Sony Lithium-ion 1971 Conceptualization Li metal anode Intercalation cathode Steady but saturating post-commercialization discovery and development Nimble strategic pivots and a balance of convergent and divergent research are essential

4. Next Generation Energy Storage Needed to Transform Transportation and the Grid Energy Demand Two biggest energy uses and markets • Transportation 28% • Replace gasoline with electricity • Electricity 39% • Uncouple instantaneous generation from instantaneous demand Residential & Commercial Non-electric 11% Transportation 28% Electricity Grid 39% Personal electronics < 2% In energy terms, half the market for cars and the grid is ~10x personal electronics Industrial Non-electric 22% 2013 EIA Monthly Energy Review Table 2.1 (May 2014) The bottleneck for both transitions is inexpensive, high performance electrical energy storage

5. JCESR: Beyond Lithium-ion Batteries for Cars and the Grid • Vision • Transform transportation and the electricity grid • with high performance, low cost energy storage • Mission • Deliver electrical energy storage with five times the energy density and one-fifth the cost of today’s commercial batteries within five years • Legacies • A library of the fundamental science of the materials and phenomena of energy storage at atomic and molecular levels • Two prototypes, one for transportation and one for the electricity grid, that, when scaled up to manufacturing, have the potential to meet JCESR’s transformative goals • A new paradigm for battery R&D that integrates discovery science, battery design, research prototyping and manufacturing collaboration in a single highly interactive organization $100/kWh 400 Wh/kg 400 Wh/L 800 W/kg 800 W/L 1000 cycles 80% DoD C/5 15 yrcalendar life EUCAR Transportation $100/kWh 95% round-trip efficiency at C/5 rate 7000 cycles C/5 20 yrcalendar life Safety equivalent to a natural gas turbine GRID

6. JCESR’s Beyond Lithium-ion Concepts e Li metal anode Sulfur cathode Li+ cycles between anode and cathode, storing and releasing energy Mg++ Replace intercalation with high energy chemical reaction: Li-S, Li-O, Na-S, . . . Non-aqueous Redox Flow Multivalent Intercalation Lithium-ion “Rocking Chair” Li+ Chemical Transformation Replace monovalent Li+ with di- or tri-valent ions: Mg++, Ca++, Al+++, . . . Double or triple capacity Replace solid electrodes with liquid solutions or suspensions: lower cost, higher capacity, greater flexibility

7. JCESR Creates a New Paradigm for Battery R&D Multivalent Intercalation Cell Designand Prototyping SystemsAnalysis and Translation CROSSCUTTING SCIENCE Commercial Deployment Chemical Transformation Sprints MATERIALS PROJECT Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Manufacturing Collaboration Research Prototyping Battery Design Discovery Science ++ • ELECTROCHEMICAL DISCOVERY LAB • Wet and dry electrochemical interfaces • Model single crystals • Practical nanoparticles TECHNO-ECONOMIC MODELING “Building battery systems on the computer”

8. Li-Sulfur Transportation and Grid Batteries Sx 2- Li2S4 Li2S6 Appeal • Very high theoretical specific energy (2567 Wh/kg) • Sulfur: Naturally abundant, non-toxic, low cost Challenges • Instability of Li metal  Li/electrolyte depletion • Polysulfide (PS) shuttle mechanism: self-discharge • Insoluble S/Li2S  Partial active material utilization Li2S8 ? Li2S Li+ S Li2Sx Li2S S8(s) + 16 Li ↔ 8 Li2S (s) U = 2.2 V vs Li • JCESR Solutions • Cathodes that trap polysulfide's with PEO6TFSI and other binders • Sparingly solvent electrolytes that do not solvate polysulfides • Protect Li anode with • - Intrinsic SEIs from high concentration salts in conventional electrolytes • - ALD-deposited artificial membranes: LiAlSx: high Li conductivity • - Composite polymer membranes

9. Toward a Non-aqueous Redox Flow Grid Battery Three JCESR innovations 2013 Redox Organic Molecules (ROM) < 1 nm Design organic molecules Activemolecules Solvent for active molecules Salt: mobility Rich design space Largely unexplored Electrolyte Genome 2014 Redox Active Polymers (RAP) Few nm to sub-micron Create long chain of active molecules Selectively filter from non-active counterions by size Dense chain of active molecules 2015 Redox Active Colloids (RAC) Microns and larger Cross-link polymers to form large spherical colloids Shape easier to control and filter Off-the-shelf Celgardmembranes Challenge of mixing between energy storage tanks is solved

10. JCESR and the Energy Storage Community Community Outreach Regional Events UIUIC Oct 2014 NY-BEST, Buffalo Nov 2014 Chicago Area High School Jun 2015 Mississippi State University Aug 2015 Pacific Northwest Sep 2015 Bay Area Nov 2015 Dallas Feb 2016 Energy Summit Phoenix ECS Oct 2015 Keynote: Under Secretary Lynn Orr Overviews by EFRCs and Hubs Panel Discussions Team Science Public-Private Partnerships • 80+ Affiliates • Annual Affiliates Days • Argonne Mar 2014 • UC-Chicago Innovation Exchange May 2015 • Assisting affiliate to site manufacturing plant in Chicago • Several affiliate licensing discussions Chicago area High School Regional Event June 2015

11. Energy Storage at Argonne ACCESS: Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science Phenomena and Prediction Cell Fabrication Scale Up Engineering Synthesis Battery Testing Post-test Analysis

12. Joint Center for Energy Storage Research jcesr.org Lynn Trahey trahey@anl.gov