About Us +
The Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division (ESDR) works on developing advanced batteries and fuel cells for transportation and stationary energy storage, grid-connected technologies for a cleaner, more reliable, resilient, and cost-effective future, and demand responsive and distributed energy technologies for a dynamic electric grid.
Research +
We work closely with academic, government and industry partners to conduct foundational and applied research that provides the groundwork for the development of transformative new energy technologies in the areas of energy storage and conversion, electrical grid, advanced materials for the energy infrastructure, science of manufacturing and water-energy nexus.

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Cairns, Elton J, and David G Lovering."Batteries."Molten Salt Technology (1982) 287-321. DOI

Cairns, Elton J, Earl H Hietbrink, John Bockris, Brian E Conway, Ernest Yeager, and Ralph E White."Electrochemical power for transportation."Comprehensive Treatise of Electrochemistry 3: Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage (1981) 421-504. DOI

Cairns, Elton J, D.W Murphy, J Broadhead, and B.C.H Steele."Requirements of Battery Systems."Materials for Advanced Batteries 2 (1980) 3-27. DOI